ANNUAL REPORT for 1994

To Our Members,

• persuaded Bob Evans Farms to replace the "International Chicken Flying Contest" with a humane form of entertainment at their annual October festival.

• persuaded The Coca-Cola Company to issue a policy statement against sponsoring or promoting cockfighting events in Latin America.

• persuaded AmericanAirlines to remove foie gras from its International Duty Free catalog by June 1995.

• initiated a vigorous letter-writing campaign to replace the annual "Turkey Olympics" in New Preston, CT with a humane form of Thanksgiving entertainment.

• launched the international protest campaign against the "rooster pull," a horrible tourist entertainment in New Mexico based on the dismemberment of live roosters before spectators.

• organized successful public education protests with strong media coverage at the Townsends chicken slaughterhouse in Millsboro, DE; the Delmarva Chicken Festival in Dover, DE; the National Turkey Federation conference in Williamsburg, VA; and the United Game Fowl Breeders Association in Richmond, VA.

• published the first information brochure in the United States on ostriches and emus; a brochure against chicken-flying contests; a Fact Sheet on the effect of intensive poultry production, "Fouling the Environment."

• introduced the powerful new video showing the horrendous cruelty of factory farm egg production, Raw Footage, Raw Pain: Inside a Battery Hen Operation by Dave Crawford.

• launched a national campaign to replace chick hatching projects with humane alternatives in the classroom. UPC published and distributed a model resource catalog for educators, the first and only one of its kind in the United States, Replacing School Hatching Projects: Alternative Resources & How to Order Them.

• extended our campaign against the debeaking of poultry in food production by placing a vivid sequence of display advertisements in WildBird magazine and in The Diamondback student newspaper at the University of Maryland, College Park.

• adopted eleven homeless chickens into our sanctuary as well as placing many abandoned and abused chickens, turkeys, and ducks in permanent homes around the country.

• published numerous letters-to-the-editor and op-ed articles including publications in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, and Dear Abby.

• provided a wealth of information and

• assistance in immediate response to thousands of requests from educators, parents, animal activists, public interest groups, students, and the media throughout the year.

Revenues
$42,043

Public Support
40,534

Sales
1,410

Interest
99

Expenses
$32,693

Education
25,275

Management
5,785

Fundraising/Admin
1,633

Net Assets/Fund Balance
$21,144

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__ Sponsor ($500 to $999 per year)

__ Patron ($1,000 to $4,999 per year)

__ Benefactor ($5,000 or more per year)

Please send your tax-deductible contribution to United Poultry Concerns, P.O. Box 59367, Potomac, MD 20859.

Thank You!
Karen Davis
Founder and President