UPCOMING EVENTS MAY-AUGUST, 2008

MAY: International Respect for Chickens Month

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Sunday, May 4 – International Respect for Chickens Day. Launched in 2005, International Respect for Chickens Day celebrates chickens and protests the bleakness of their lives in farming operations. People are encouraged to do a POSITIVE ACTION for chickens on or around May 4th. For information: http://www.upc-online.org/respect/index.html.

Sunday, May 18, Noon to Night. First Veggie Pride Parade in America. Greenwich Village, New York City. Parade participants are encouraged to dress up in costumes and wear sign boards announcing their pride in their vegetarian lifestyle. UPC President Karen Davis will speak on “The Hidden Lives of Birds in the Poultry & Egg Industries and What We Can All Do About It.” For information, call 212.242.0011. Visit http://www.veggieprideparade.org.

JUNE

June 6-8. Their Lives, Our Voices. Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference 2008 organized by Compassionate Action for Animals in Minneapolis. Brings together people from across the region for a high quality conference on helping animals with a focus on farmed animal advocacy efforts. Speakers include UPC President Karen Davis who will talk about “Advocating Effectively for ‘Broiler’ Chickens and Turkeys.” 10AM Saturday June 7. For information: http://www.tlov.org/tlov2008/.

Friday, June 13 from 5PM to 8PM – National Pigeon Day in New York City. Central Park off 5th Avenue near 72nd Street. Sponsored by the New York Bird Club. Join people who share a love of pigeons and want to learn more about pigeons, their relationship to humans, and their situation in New York City. UPC President Karen Davis joins others in speaking out for pigeons – their amazing intelligence, parenting skills, and more. For information: http://www.nationalpigeonday.com.

Saturday, June 21 from Noon to 6PM. Richmond Vegetarian Festival 2008. Bryan Park in the Azalia Gardens off the I-95/I-64 interchange. Food, Fresh Air, Music & Fun! Free Admission. UPC will host an exhibit table. For information: http://www.veggiefest.org/.

JULY

July 19-21. Taking Action for Animals 2008 Conference. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington Virginia. An opportunity to reach and meet hundreds of animal advocates who share a vision for a better world. For information: http://www.takingactionforanimals.org.

AUGUST

August 12-13. The Minds of Animals: Conceptions from the Humanities, Sciences, and Popular Culture. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. UPC President Karen Davis will present “Birds are More Evolved Than Previously Believed: Prospects and Implications for Chickens and Other Birds Used in Food Production.” For information contact Professor Robert W. Mitchell at robert.mitchell@EKU.EDU. Visit: http://www.psychology.eku.edu/MindsofAnimalsConference08.html.

August 14-18. Washington, DC. Animal Rights 2008 National Conference. Hilton Mark Center, Alexandria, Virginia. 100 speakers from 60+ animal protection groups. Newcomers and visitors welcome! For information, call 800.632.8688. Visit: http://www.ARConference.org.

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JULY 13-19, 2009

Minding Animals Conference, presented by The Animals and Society (Australia) Study Group & The University of Newcastle, Australia. Conference will be held at Newcastle Civic Precinct, 290 King Street. Prominent advocates and scholars. UPC President Karen Davis will lead a workshop on “Environmental Ethics and Animal Advocacy” and present a paper in the Protecting the Animals Seminar Series on “Procrustean Solutions versus Empathic Anthropomorphism in Our Relationship with Other Animal Species.” For information: http://www.mindinganimals.com. Email: mindinganimals@pco.com.au.

• 5/12/08: amNew York Publicizes Veggie Pride Parade Sunday May 18, 2008

• 2/28/08: We are at the End of the Road for Animal Fighting in Virginia

• 11/30/07: United Poultry Concerns, Animals’ Angels “Talk Turkey” in Today’s Des Moines Register. Action Alert: Please Urge Sara Lee to Protect Turkeys in Frigid Weather

• 8/16/07: Contact the Rabbinical Council of America About Kapparot Using Chickens

• 7/31/07: Protest Orthodox Union Event

• 6/08/07: AMAZON.COM SUPPORTS COCKFIGHTING Please Protest!

• 4/26/07:UPC Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day at the White House & Takoma Park, Md, May 4 & 5, 2007 – Please Join Us!

• 4/11/07: UPC President Karen Davis Will Speak at Maine Animal Coalition Food Festival

• 4/04/07: Do a Good Deed for Chickens for International Respect for Chickens Day May 4

• 2/26/07: Chickens Sadistically Abused at Kansas State University Basketball Game

• 2/22/07: Urge MORNINGSTAR FARMS to Stop Using Eggs

• 12/04/06: San Diego Meeting Dec 6 to Ban Foie Gras: Help is Needed!

• 11/22/06: Turkey article in Minneapolis Star-Tribune - letters needed

• 11/16/06: New Yorker Article on Turkeys Cites United Poultry Concerns

• 9/29/06: MAKE A PHONE CALL AGAINST CHICKEN SACRIFICE IN LA

• 9/29/06: Jewish chicken-killing ritual "Kapparot" is "illegal, inhumane and unnecessary. It is animal cruelty."

• 9/29/06: THIS SUNDAY ACTION ALERT – LAST DAY OF THE ANNUAL WEEKLONG CHICKEN SACRIFICE

• 9/27/06: Action Alert - Annual Weeklong Chicken Sacrifice

• 9/13/06: Action Alert – Please Protest Cruelty to a Chicken on Survivor

• 8/17/06: (NC) Wildlife/bird sanctuary serving chicken

• 7/19/06: Letters Needed for chickens

• 6/08/06: Nevada Spca Fundraiser

• 6/05/06: SHUT DOWN FILTHY LIVE POULTRY MARKETS!!

• 5/15/06: Shipment of Baby Chicks: Oppose Senate Bill 2395

• 4/24/06: International Respect for Chickens Day May 4th

• 4/11/06: Rapid City Journal (SD) Covers United Poultry Concerns Protest Against Cruel Treatment of Chickens

• 3/07/06: Urge Reptile Gardens to Drop Chicken Basketball and Tic Tac Toe Games

• 2/17/06: Volunteer(s) Urgently Needed to Videotape "Chicken Drop" in Ridgeland, Wisconsin

• 1/06/06: Rescued Quails Need Homes

• 11/11/05: Avian Influenza: Action Alert

• 10/24/05: Help 270 Brooklyn Chickens Rescued From Ritual Slaughter

• 9/28/05: Chat with a Cockamaniac
  
  
• 8/19/05: Contra Costa Times: "Groups save chickens, offer them for adoption"
  

• 8/11/05: Rabbits Renamed "Poultry" by the USDA: Your Help is Urgently Needed
  
  
• 8/11/05: Future Trends in Animal Agriculture Symposium Program
  
  
• 8/03/05: Protest Carl’s Jr. Ad that Denigrates Chickens
  
  
• 6/27/05: Sierra Club Touts Turning Slaughterhouse Chicken Feathers Into Plastic: "The Perfect Fix" to help the Poultry Industry Get MORE RICH
  
  
• 6/09/05: UPC Alert: Thank Wild Oats for Adopting a Cage-Free Policy for Hens
  
  
• 5/31/05: Tyson Chicken Torture: UPC Letter and Action Alert: Please Write!
  
  
• 5/19/05: Urge District Attorney to Prosecute Chicken Torturers at Camp Evergreen
  
  
• 5/11/05: "[UPC] Activists Cry Fowl in Takoma Park" in TAKOMA PARK GAZETTE
  
  
• 5/09/05: Let HSBC Bank know that you find their current ad offensive.
  
  
• 4/21/05: Attention Washington DC Area Residents & Others
  
  
• 3/18/05: LETTERS OF SUPPORT NEEDED ON SB 662
  
  
• 3/03/05: New Investigation Exposes Appalling Cruelty at Ohio’s Largest "Animal Care Certified" Egg Farm"
  
  
• 2/28/05: Ask AARP to Stop Advertising Cruel, Demeaning Ostrich Races
  
  
• 2/01/05: UPC Sends You a Great Letter-to-the-Editor Opportunity
  
  
• 1/31/05: UPC Brings You the Following Three Action Alerts
  
  
• 1/24/05: NY School Duck Hatching Project---Letters Needed
  
  
• 1/17/05: URGENT UPDATE: Monstrous Cruelty at a KFC-Supplier Slaughterhouse Your Help Needed!
  
  
• 1/11/05: Why is Viva!USA Down on Pier 1 Imports?
  
  
• 12/14/04: YOUR HELP REQUESTED
  
  
• 12/10/04: Urge the University of California To Enact an Anti-Cruelty Policy
  Student Slaughtered a Chicken in an Art Class
  
  
• 12/01/04:Urge University of Delaware President to Stop Nutritional Deprivation Experiments On Chicks and Ducklings
  
  
• 10/27/04: Christian Science Monitor Looks at the Search for “Guilt-Free” Food
  
  
• 10/15/04: Urge USDA to Regulate Care & Use of Birds, Mice, and Rats
  
  
• 8/31/04: Why UPC Supports SB 1520 and Urges Everyone Else to Support the Bill
  
  
• 8/30/04: Urge CA Governor Schwarzenegger to Sign SB 1520 into Law!
  
  
• 8/23/04: UPC Action Alert and Fundraiser
  
  
• 8/10/04: UPC Brings You Three Alerts
  
  
• 8/07/04: Urge Prosecutor to Charge Pilgrim’s Pride Co. and Workers with Animal Cruelty. Urge Pilgrim’s Pride to Implement Changes
  
  
• 7/22/04: Urge Congress to Include Poultry Under the Federal Humane Slaughter Act
  
  
• 7/20/04: UPC eNews
  
  
• 7/17/04: Please take a quick second to thank WJLA!
  
  
• 7/16/04: “Chicken Soup” Book Authors Need to Hear From Us
  
  
• 6/28/04: AVMA Responds Falsely to New York Times Ad
  
  
• 6/27/04: UPC President and AVAR Veterinary Consultant Publish Replies to Veterinarian Who Calls Wood Chipper a Humane Death for Thousands of Chickens. Letters and Action Alerts Follow.
  
  
• 6/24/04: DawnWatch: Parenting Magazine offers encouragement when kids decide to go veggie
  
  
• 6/15/04: URGENT ACTION ALERT ON CALIFORNIA SB 1520
  
  
• 6/09/04: Chickens and Other Sanctuary Animals Desperately Need New Homes
  
  
• 5/28/04: Austrian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Ban Battery Cages!
  

• 5/14/04: Please Urge a Full Investigation of Bird Abuse Case
  
  
• 4/27/04: Help Ban Force Feeding of Ducks in California
  
  
• 4/27/04: Letter to Ban Foie Gras in California!
  
  
• 4/16/04: Help Ban Foie Gras in California!
  
  
• 3/15/04: The Pig Who Sang To the Moon Gets a Great Review in The Atlantic Monthly
  
  
• 03/03/04: Foie Gras Production Under Attack in California, New York
  
  
• 2/2/04: Veterinary Magazines Cite United Poultry Concerns Leadership on Wood-Chipper Probe into the Role of AVMA Animal Welfare Committee Member
  
  
• 1/23/04: Harper's Alert
  
  
• 1/16/04: URGE PROSECUTION OF FEDERALCOCK-FIGHTING CASE
  
  
• 1/10/04: Protest Humane Society Serving Animal Products at Fundraiser
  
  
• 12/11/03: Thank Howard Stern for Sticking Up for Chickens!
  
  
• 12/08/03: Front page of today's LA Times: A Killing Floor Chronicle
  
  
• 11/19/03: Protest to the AVMA Against Gregg Cutler, DVM
  
  
• 11/13/03: United Poultry Concerns Urges the NHSPCA to Serve Compassionate Meals Instead of Dead Chickens and Fish at Its November 15 Fundraiser
  
  
• 11/11/03: Live chickens to be tortured in Spanish blood fiesta
  
  
• 11/07/03: Protest to Dairy Queen – Again
  
  
• 11/07/03: Urge the New Hampshire SPCA NOT to Serve Dead Animals
  
  
• 11/05/03: Urge The People's Champions Not to Harass Animals
  
  
• 10/21/03: DUCK FARM SUES ANIMAL ACTIVISTS
  
  
• 10/20/03: URGENT: DON'T LET COCKFIGHTERS DETER CONGRESS FROM FUNDING ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL
  ANIMAL FIGHTING LAW!
  
  
• 10/07/03: Washington Post Article on New USDA Poultry Categories
  
  
• 9/09/03: Urgent Action Alert: Sadistic Cruelty Alleged at a Tyson Slaughterhouse
  
  
• 9/09/03: Protest the new Dairy Queen ads showing basketball players throwing chickens around like basketballs
  
  
• 9/04/03: Men in Bulloch County Georgia Charged in Sadistic Videotaped Chicken Killings Letters to the Editor Urgently Needed
  
  
• 9/04/03: Vote for Sugar for Sanctuary Animal of the Year
  
  
• 8/22/03: OohMahNee Sanctuary Has Rescued Buckeye Hens for Adoption Responsible Caregivers Sought
  
  
• 8/13/03: Urge Trader Joe’s to Refuse to Sell Eggs from Battery-Caged Hens
  
  
• 8/13/03: MTV “Road Rules” Executive Producers Need To Hear From Us
  
  
• 724/03: Buckeye Chickens Need Your Help!
  
  
• 7/24/03: AVMA Protest Report
  
  
• 6/25/03: United Poultry Concerns (UPC) Condemns Fox Broadcasting for Promoting Bird Abuse for Ratings, People are Urged to Protest
  
  
  
• 6/16/03: United Poultry Concerns, Eastern Shore Chicken Sanctuary Will Protest Delmarva Festival of Death
  
  
• 6/06/03: New Jersey Proposes Cruel “Humane Standards” for Farmed Animals
  
  
• 6/03/03: United Poultry Concerns Urges the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to oppose the forced molting of laying birds. Veterinarians and others are encouraged to write to the AVMA.6/03/03
  
  
• 5/30/03: Urge that Three New Jersey Men Charged with Bludgeoning Birds to Death at the Popcorn Park Zoo Be Prosecuted for Cruelty to Animals
  
  
• 4/30/03: Letters for Chickens are Needed
  “Killing Them Softly,” The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Column One, Stephanie Simon, April 29, 2003
  
  
• 4/16/03: Thirty Thousand Hens Were Fed to Wood-Chipping Machines Urge Deputy District Attorney to File Cruelty Charges Against Everyone Responsible
  
  
• 4/04/03: United Poultry Concerns Report & Action Alert Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) and the Mass Killing of Birds
  
  
• 4/03/03: Urge Prosecution of Tyson Chicken Slaughterhouse Workers
  
  
• 3/19/03: Tell the USDA to Stop Reimbursing Cockfighters with U.S. Tax Dollars
  
  
• 3/10/03: Please Write a Letter Against Cockfighting
  
  
• 3/07/03: Chickens Bought By Marines To Detect Poisonous Chemicals Died in Kuwait Use of Chickens Suspended: Urge President Bush Not to Resume Their Use
  
  
• 3/06/03: Poultry Company Resumes Starvation of Hens
  
  
3/03/03: Letters Needed Immediately Regarding Two Cases of Cruelty to Birds



• 2/27/03: Cockfighting Hurts More Than Just Fighting Birds
  
  
• 2/23/03: Chickens to Be Used by U.S. Military in Iraq What You Can Do to Protest
  
  
• 2/13/03: Tell President Bush to Treat Pardoned Turkeys Better
  
  
• 2/10/03: Urge Baking Companies to Include Vegan Alternatives to Eggs in Their
  Package Instructions and Recipes
  
  
• 1/2/2003: Protest Chicken Abuse on NBC's "Tonight Show."
  
  
• 12/3/2002: Urge That Livestock Abuse Charges Be Pressed Against Iowa Turkey Beaters
  
  
• 11/22/2002: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Article Disparages Turkeys
  
  
• 11/21/2002: New Hampshire SPCA Supports Cruelty to Farmed & Ocean Animals
  
  
• 11/11/2002: "An Animal's Place," "....Mindful Meat Eating"
  
  
• 10/29/2002: Action Alert - Protest to Orbitz-Again!
  
  
• 10/7/2002: Protest Wisconsin Teacher's Hatcheting of a Chicken in the Schoolyard
  
  
• 8/13/2002: Please write to the National Chicken Council Today!
  
  
• 8/2/2002: Action Alert - Tell Orbitz to Pull Vicious Chicken Cartoon Ad Immediately
  
  
• 6/27/2002: Please Urge AVMA to Change Position on Forced Molting
  
  
• 6/24/2002: Please Urge Casino to Stop Forcing Hens To Pay Tic-Tac-Toe
  
  
• 5/23/2002: The Pawtucket Times: Poultry slaughter sparks outcry in Puerto Rico (external link) [Voice your opinion on this story]
  
  
• 4/23/2002: Letter to Living on Earth Re: Show on Germany Battery Cage Ban
  
  
• 4/12/2002: Please Write a Letter for the Cypress Hens Now!
  
  
• 4/9/2002: Tell UEP To Practice What They Preach:Stop Starving Hens!
  
  
• W2002 PP: Cloned Chickens, Facially Disfigured Chicks, & Blinded Hens
  
  
• 3/12/2002: UPC Donations Needed For Cypress Farms Hens Rescue
  
  
• 3/6/2002: Protest "Send a Chick to Afghanis-Scam" Updated 3/27
  
  
• 3/4/2002: AFLAC TV Commercial Degrades Ducks
  
  
• 2/13/2002: UPC Internet Campaign Gets Carl's Jr. to Drop Lewd Commercial
  
  
• Winter 2001 PP: Urge the ASPCA to Enforce the Law Regarding "Kapparot" Chickens
  
  
• 11/5/2001: Burger King Toy Promotes Cruelty Towards Animals
  
  
• 10/11/2001: Force Feeding of Ducks and Geese-Contact NY Attorney General
  
  
• 10/11/2001: Support Anti-Cockfighting Amendment
  
  
• 9/6/2001: Protest the Use of Live Hens in Casino Video Game
  
  
• 8/1/2001: RSPCA approved Liberty Barnlaid Eggs a Sham
  
  
• 7/20/2001: Senate Ag Bill: School Lunch and Forced Molting
  
  
• 5/31/2001: Please Urge Prosecution of Sexual Abuser and Killer of Hen
  
  
• 4/19/2001: Children's Book Celebrates Chicken Killing as Boyish Mischief
  
  
• 4/4/2001: Birds, Rats, and Mice Need Your Help ASAP!
  
  
• 3/28/2001: UK Chicken Rescue Centre Needs Our Support
  
  
• Spring 2001: Tell United Egg Producers They Need to do More to Help Hens
  
  
• 2/20/2001: The Dallas Children's Zoo - What To Do?
  
  
• 1/29/2001: Live Chicks on Comedy Central's TV Funhouse
  
  
• 1/10/2001: Tyson Chickens Victimized by Winter Storms
  
  
• 2000-01 Winter PP: Stop Production, Distribution & Sale of Cruel, Obscene Rubber Chicken Toy
  
  
• 11/28/2000: "A Southern Season" Selling Foie Gras
  
  
• 11/8/2000: Tell Food Companies to Treat Chickens Better
  
  
• 11/3/2000: Stop Boston Museum of Science Chick Hatchery Exhibit
  
  
• 10/30/2000: Imagine Foods, Inc. Selling Chicken Broth
  
  
• Help Stop Forced Molting
  • California Bill To Ban Forced Molting: Update
  • Today Show Promoting The Incredible IN-EDIBLE Egg
  • AVMA Betrays Veterinarian's Oath
  • UPC Campaign to Ban Starvation of Hens
• Martha Stewart Promoting Foie Gras
• Urge the Boy Scouts to implement a formal written Code of Behavior
• 12/10/99: SICK OF PERDUE? CALL 1-800-473-7383
• Ongoing Campaigns: Guinea Fowl Drop, Chicken Flying Contest, Ostrich Races
  Chicken Flying Contest Canceled!!
• Protest Sutton Place Gourmet Selling of Emu
• Protest WholeFoods Selling of Ostrich and Emu

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