1. Eight years of Obama's turkey pardons

2. President Barack Obama pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey amid the 68th yearly presentation of the turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

3. President Barack Obama takes an interest in the yearly turkey exculpating service denoting the 67th presentation of the National Thanksgiving Turkey while on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 26, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing

4. President Barack Obama joins his little girls Sasha and Malia as they absolve National Thanksgiving Turkey, "Popcorn", on the 66th commemoration of the service, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 27, 2013. Director of the National Turkey Federation John Burkel looks on at left. REUTERS/Larry Downing

5. President Barack Obama looks as his little girl Sasha pets National Thanksgiving Turkey, "Shoemaker", amid a function in The Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

6. President Barack Obama looks as his little girl Malia pets the 2011 Thanksgiving Turkey, "Freedom", close by her sister Sasha, amid a function on the North Portico of the White House in Washington November 23, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Reed

7. President Barack Obama pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey beside National Turkey Federation President Yubert Envia in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 24, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing

8. "Courage", the National Thanksgiving Turkey, is envisioned on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 25, 2009, preceding being exculpated by President Barack Obama. REUTERS/Jason Reed

9. President Barack Obama responds in the wake of exonerating the National Thanksgiving Turkey amid the 69th yearly presentation of the turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria