Humane Education

Carissa kissing Akachan
Photo: Laurelee Blanchard
Photo: Laurelee Blanchard
Educational Materials for Children
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- Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken — A Heartwarming New Children’s Book 23 August 2025
- Petition: Stop Cruel Chick Hatching at Ohio Public Library 24 August 2023
- Help Us Shut Down Oberlin Public Library's CRUEL Chick Hatching Events! 6 June 2023
- Karen Davis letter to Megan Degenfelder, WY State Superintendent of Public Instruction 22 March 2023
- Letters RE: Technician Rejects Ad Exposing Ventilation Shutdown+ Experiments on Helpless Hens @ NCSU 22 December 2022
- UPC Letter to NCSU Chancellor Woodson Regarding VSD Experiments 7 December 2022
- NCSU Student Paper Censors Our Chicken Cruelty Ad 6 December 2022
- Bringing Animals Into the College Classroom: My Experience 5 August 2022
- How to Teach the Chicken Egg Hatching Process in School Ethically www.twinkl.com
- News Release: United Poultry Concerns Urges Tractor Supply Company to Stop Selling Chicks & Ducklings 24 March 2022
- Chicken Talk: The Language of Chickens by Karen Davis 22 March 2022
- Alternatives to School Hatching Projects and Facts About Chickens 6 March 2022
- Bird Flu and Tractor Supply: Urge “No Baby Chicks or Ducklings!” 4 March 2022
- FOREVER YOUNG: How Six Great Individuals Have Drawn upon the Powers of Childhood and How We Can Follow Their Lead 19 February 2022
- Becoming an Activist, Humane Education, “Humane” Factory Farming 31 December 2021
- Take Action with “Digital Leafleting” and Share Our New Video 4 May 2021
- UPC Letter to Thunder Bay (MI) News Network: “Children Do Not Learn ‘All About Chickens’ Mechanically Incubated,” 20 April 2021
- “There is No Place For This Type of Cruelty in the Classroom,” Letter from Esther Klein Friedman, PhD to Thunder Bay (MI) News Network 19 April 2021
- News Release: Tractor Supply Company Mistreats Baby Chicks and Ducklings 22 April 2021
- Tractor Supply Employee Exposes the Company’s Cruelty to Chicks and Ducklings as a Matter of Policy and Practice 16 April 2021
- Tractor Supply: Crueler Than Ever to Chicks 6 March 2021
- Protect Baby Chicks & Ducklings: Sign & Share Petition 28 February 2021
- Ducklings & Baby Chicks are NOT Easter Toys! Take Action! 22 February 2021
- Demand that Critter Visits and Timberwind Farms STOP ‘Renting Out’ Nonhuman Animals! 2 February 2021
- Kind News Digital Issue January/February 2021 1 February 2021 - kindnews.redrover.org
- Children’s Art/Coloring Page by Victoria Hart, 4 May 2020
- Appeal to Washington Governor on Petition Denial by the Office of Public Instruction 5 December 2019
- Press Release: Cruelty-Free Education Petition to Oregon Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 September 2019
- Press Release: Cruelty-Free Education Petition to Washington’s Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction 29 August 2019
- International Respect for Chickens Day Coloring Page 3 May 2019
- Hen With Chicks Cut-out Coloring Page 3 May 2018
- Ducks are NOT Easter Toys! Do Not Buy, Sell, or Release These Birds into “the Wild”! 23 March 2018
- Are All Your Ducks In a Row? Did You Know...? 22 March 2018
- Chicken Art For International Respect For Chickens Day! 3 May 2017
- Student INTERVIEW with Karen Davis, President of United Poultry Concerns 23 March 2017 (Also in UPC Summer 2017 Poultry Press)
- Ducklings Are Not Easter Toys 3 March 2017
- Color Me Safe and Sound for International Respect for Chickens Day 2 May 2016
- The Emotional Lives of Animals and Children with Dr. Karen Davis on eHealth Radio Network 23 December 2014
- New from UPC! ‘Twas the Night Before THANKSGIVING UPC Winter 2014 Poultry Press
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12 September 2014 - A Home for Henny by Karen Davis – Brand New Edition!
UPC Fall 2014 Poultry Press
- Salisbury University Environmental Class Visits UPC UPC Summer 2014 Poultry Press
- Students Excited to Learn about Chickens & Turkeys & the Go Vegan Life! 24 July 2013
(Also in UPC Fall-Winter 2013 Poultry Press) - Humane Education Committee Brings Teachers & Students Together for Chickens at New York City Conference, Jan. 26 UPC Spring 2008 Poultry Press
- UPC Campaign to Save Canandaigua Chickens Succeeds! UPC Winter 2008-2009 Poultry Press
- Respect for Chickens Day 2006 at Poplar Spring 14 June 2006
- International Respect for Chickens Day at Poplar Spring 16 May 2005
- International Respect for Chickens Day Wins Hearts and Minds 16 May 2005
Goosie's Story
By Louise Van Der Merwe$4.95
Goosie's Story is a wonderful illustrated children's book by Louise Van Der Merwe about a "battery" hen who is given a chance to lead a normal life - a happy life. This moving book will be warmly welcomed and shared by children, parents and teachers, highlighting as it does the concern and compassion we ought to feel for all our feathered friends on this earth.