President Donald Trump pardoned two turkeys Tuesday as part of a Thanksgiving tradition coordinated by the National Turkey Federation, but 44 million other turkeys were not so lucky.

"Drumstick" and "Wishbone" were officially pardoned during a White House ceremony whose roots stretch back to 1947. The turkeys will now live out the rest of their natural lives in a custom-built enclosure on the campus of Virginia Tech. (Farm turkeys are not bred to be long-lived, so most pardoned turkeys only live about another year before dying of natural causes, according to CNN.)

By receiving pardons, Drumstick and Wishbone hit the equivalent of the gobbler lottery. Americans will consume an estimated 44 million Turkeys for Thanksgiving this year, according to NTF. Another 22 million turkeys will be eaten on Christmas.

NTF was not the only group to release industry figures for the holiday:

• An estimated 28.5 million people will fly during the Thanksgiving period, according to Airlines for America.
• Nearly 51 million people will travel 50 miles or more for Thanksgiving, AAA reported. An estimated 45.5 million of those people will travel by automobile.
• More than 164 million consumers will shop over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, which includes Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to the National Retail Federation.

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