What's New on the UPC Website
Florence
(Rescued hen, now UPC resident)
07/24/10: United Poultry Concerns Did NOT Support
(or Even Know About) the Ohio Fundraiser for Humane Farms 07/10/10: “Enriched” Cages for Egg-Laying Hens in the US and EU 06/30/10: The Social Life of Chickens: A Visual Lecture & Book Signing with Karen Davis in San Diego on September 2, 2010
06/22/10: PBS News Hour Treats Chicken Abuse as Cute Advertising
06/18/10: National Pigeon Day in NYC & Richmond Vegetarian Festival in VA 06/09/10: TIME For Fake Chicken 06/03/10: Protest “Hammered Chicken” Contest in Baltimore Maryland, June 4 06/02/10: New Hatchery Video Shows the Miseries Forced on Newly-Hatched Birds 05/27/10: Thoughts on the North Pole chicken-killing episode 05/26/10: Chickens Viciously Attacked in North Pole, Alaska 05/24/10: Summer 2010 Poultry Press Inside:
UPC Bus Displays “Give a Cluck!”,
UPC’s 8th Annual Conference on “Experts”,
Rosetta the Hen & the Man Who Loved Her,
San Francisco Live Bird Markets,
Carnegie Mellon Cruelty,
Chicks Saved!,
Book Review: Ninety-Five,
Recipe Corner & More05/18/10: Cockfighting operation in Mullica Township shut down, property owner arrested 05/12/10: New York City Events, May 15-16, 2010 - Be There! “Fowl Play” Screening, Lecture & Leafleting, Saturday May 15; 05/07/10: Hudson Valley Foie Gras Found Guilty of Violations, and Other Foie Gras News 05/07/10: Doug Clifford Radio Show Features International Respect for Chickens Day 05/06/10: Chickens In Mind and How Much They Matter - Psychology Today & Journal for Critical Animal Studies & the Examiner
05/04/10: Today is International Respect for Chickens Day! 04/29/10: United Poultry Concerns Honors International Respect for Chickens Day 04/26/10: Cockfighting Raid and Arrest on Virginia Eastern Shore First known arrest for cockfighting in Accomack County in recent memory. . . . 04/22/10: Bird Watching as an Alternative to Chick Hatching: United Federation of Teachers Humane Education Committee Booklet for Grades 2 to 6 04/19/10: Join United Poultry Concerns at the White House for International Respect for Chickens Day Leafleting! 04/15/10: Chickens Cruelly Spray-Painted at Carnegie Mellon University 04/07/10: “Give a Cluck” Posters Hit Washington DC - UPC Bus Ads Urge People to “Stick Up For Chickens - Go Vegan!” 04/01/10: National Pigeon Day, Saturday June 19, 2010, from 10am to 3pm in NYC 03/31/10: Hatching Good Lessons - Alternatives To School Hatching Projects - Revised & Updated 03/29/10: “Cruelty is criminal” – Letter to the Editor in Today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
03/29/10:Praise the Egg! – A Musical by Mary Gage Celebrates the Life of Chickens.
The Altoona Mirror, March 27, 2010
03/26/10: Fowl Play Screening and UPC Presentation in New York City May 15 03/26/10: Dogwood Initiative Apologizes for Chicken Abuse Episode; Takes “full responsibility” and is “taking steps to ensure the birds are
adopted by a humane home”
03/25/10: The Perils and Pleasures of Urban Backyard Chicken-Keeping 03/25/10: Environmental Group Mistreats Chickens to “Help” the Environment 03/24/10: Veggie Pride Parade New York City, May 16, 2010 03/17/10: Call for Entries: CHICKEN RUN RESCUE PHOTO CONTEST! 03/15/10: Lobby to Help Chickens in San Francisco’s Live Animal Markets California Humane Lobby Day in Sacramento Thursday April 8, 2010 03/10/10: Rescued King Pigeons Make Great Pets! 03/08/10: Foodfest Benefit at Zia’s Café in Towson, Md Invites You to “Taste the Best”!
03/04/10: Sticking Up for Chickens, Turkeys and a Compassionate Planet! Click on UPC President Karen Davis’ Radio Interviews 02/22/10: Humane Methods of Poultry Slaughter Lawsuit Dismissed 02/18/10: Norm Phelps' 5-Star Amazon Review of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs, 2009 Edition 02/15/10: Winter-Fall 2010 Poultry Press Inside: Mr. Clucky, A Fellow Spirit,
Classroom Cruelty, Urban Chicken-Keeping, Praise the Egg! A Musical
Sanctuary Residents, Recipe Corner & More
02/12/10: Pennsylvania Pigeon Shoots Need Protest Letters 02/05/10: “Creature Feature: Coming Home to Roost” The practices of big agribusiness - and some irresponsible locals - may bring chickens into your shelter 02/02/10: Join UPC President Karen Davis in Oregon February 26, 2010 PIEL Conference, University of Oregon, and Corvallis Lecture 02/01/10: Vegetarians in Paradise Reviews Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs 01/19/10: Praise the Egg! New Musical by Mary Gage Premiers in State College, PA 12/23/09: Mid-Manhattan Library Presents UPC President Karen Davis : "The Social and Secret Life of Chickens: A Visual Lecture &
Book-Signing" in New York City, Wednesday, December 30, 2009
12/22/09: Please Give a Generous Holiday Gift to United Poultry Concerns: We Need Your Compassionate Support for the Birds in 2010
12/16/09: Five Precious UPC Sanctuary Residents 12/11/09: Choice Magazine Recommendation of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: “Riveting . . . brilliant . . . noteworthy for its breadth and depth.” 12/07/09: UPC Condemns 8th Grade Chicken Slaughter at Idaho School: Letter to The Community School Urges Compassionate Teaching 12/01/09: Order Your 2010 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest Calendar Now! 11/25/09: Coalition of Animal Sanctuaries Craft Policy Statement on Urban Chicken-Keeping 11/23/09: Tune In to UPC President Karen Davis on WRIR.org Tuesday November 24 11/19/09: United Poultry Concerns Will Hold Vigil for Turkeys in Bethesda Nov 20 11/18/09: Fall-Winter 2009 Poultry Press Inside: Ethical Kapparot, Santa Monica Chickens, Houdini’s Escape
UPC Thanksgiving, San Francisco Markets, Karen Davis in NYC, Mark Hawthorne Review
Tofurky & More
11/18/09: Children Slaughtered Chickens in Idaho Community School 11/17/09: “Chickens require more care than some realize,” by UPC President Karen Davis 11/10/09: Edna Byrd: “Memoir of a Wild Turkey”
11/04/09: “Thanksgiving: A Time to Celebrate Birds” in The Order of the Earth
11/02/09: Environmental Impact of Animals Raised for Food Recalculated: World Watch Magazine Links Human Diet & Greenhouse Gases 10/23/09: The Inner World of Farm Animals: Their Amazing Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Capacities 10/22/09: Average and Total Numbers of Animals Who Died to Feed Americans in 2008 10/16/09: UPC Defends Delmarva Resident’s Right to Keep Her Chickens and Ducks 10/15/09: Animal Place Seeks Rescue Ranch Manager for California Sanctuary 10/02/09: Thanksgiving Vigil for Turkeys - Please Join Us in Bethesda, MD, November 20th 09/29/09: “Ethical Kapparot” Urged by Editor of Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles 09/24/09: News Release: United Poultry Concerns Activists Will Protest Cruelty to Chickens: Kapparot Chicken “Swinging” Ritual at Chabad Shul of Potomac, MD 09/23/09: Forward.com on United Poultry Concerns’ “Case Against Swinging Chickens” 09/22/09: Urge ASPCA to Make Kapparot Chicken Abusers Give Water and Food to Crated, Suffering Chickens 09/17/09: Protest at the National Chicken Council Conference - Fairmont Hotel in DC, Thursday, October 1st, Noon- 2:00pm 09/15/09: UPC President Karen Davis Presents “The Social and Secret Life of Chickens: A Lecture with Visuals & a Book-Signing” in New York City, December 30, 2009 09/11/09: UPC 19th Vegetarian Thanksgiving Open House on the Virginia Eastern Shore November 28th 09/11/09: Join UPC President Karen Davis on The Doug Clifford Show Sunday Morning 09/07/09: United Poultry Concerns’ 2009 letter to Rabbi David Zwiebel and Rabbi Avi Shafran 09/09/09: “The Social Life of Chickens” by UPC President Karen Davis 09/02/09: After Baby Chick Video Goes Viral, Advocates Warn 'Free Range' Not All It's Cracked Up to Be (External Link) 08/31/09: United Poultry Concerns’ 2009 letter to Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Re: A Wing & A Prayer - The Kapparot Chicken-Swinging Ritual 09/04/09: Baltimore Jewish Times, Letters to the Editor: No To Kapparot (External Link) 09/03/09: City Chicken Care Class, Minneapolis MN, Sunday September 27 09/02/09: Hatchery Horrors: The Egg Industry’s Tiniest Victims 09/01/09: News Release: United Poultry Concerns Urges Little Rhody Egg Farms to Stop Starving Hens 08/26/09: United Poultry Concerns’ 2009 letter to Rabbi Jack Abramowitz 08/26/09: United Poultry Concerns’ 2009 letter to Rabbi David Zwiebel 08/25/09: A Wing & A Prayer - The Kapparot Chicken-Swinging Ritual - Please Help! 08/20/09: Little Rhody on the Radio - Tune in Friday August 21 @ 1:00 PM ET 08/18/09: UPC Tells Little Rhody Egg Farms Owner: Stop Starving Your Hens! 08/15/09: UPC on Shipping Chicks Like Luggage in Today’s New York Daily News 08/14/09: UPC’s Plea to Humane Society of Missouri President to Serve Compassionate Meals 08/13/09: Urge Humane Society of Missouri NOT to Serve Animals 08/13/09: Summer-Fall 2009 Poultry Press Inside: Little Rhody Hens at UPC, Starving Hens “Gently,” Prisoned Chickens: Essential Reading, Dahlia & Lena: Who Gets the Chick?, “Humane” Flesh-food, Cock-A-doodle Crumb Cake, 2008 Annual Report, More! 08/07/09: Help Stop San Francisco Good Hope Church-Sponsored Cruelty to Birds This Sunday August 9th 08/05/09: “Free-Range” Poultry and Eggs: Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be - UPC’s New Brochure is Now Available in Print and Online! 07/14/09: Pain and Suffering in Birds 07/14/09: New UPC Online Store: T-shirts, Aprons, Bags and more! www.printfection.com/upcstore (external link) 07/12/09: “Free-Range” Poultry and Eggs: Not All They’re Cracked Up To Be (Updated) 07/01/09: Baron L. Miller Letter Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Jeffrey Ross, Chief of the Criminal Division, San Francisco DA’s Office 07/01/09: Turkey Abusers Convicted of Cruelty in Landmark Case 06/29/09: Reply From: Amy Brown, Director of Real Estate,City and County of San Francisco Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Karen Davis 06/29/09: Karen Davis Letter Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Amy Brown, Director of Real Estate,City and County of San Francisco 06/26/09: Karen Davis Letter Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Reverend Rance Whiteside, Good Hope Baptist Church
06/25/09: Karen Davis Letter Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Christine Adams, Manager, The Heart of the City Farmers Market Community 06/24/09: Reply From Office of District Attorney Kamala D. Harris Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Karen Davis 06/26/09: “Animal Agriculture Boosts Antibiotic Resistance,” The Epoch Times , June 24, 2009 06/24/09: Letter from UPC President Karen Davis, PhD Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris 06/24/09: Live Chickens Sold in Sealed Bags by San Francisco Markets: Law Enforcement Turns Blind Eye - Letters Are Urgently Needed! 06/19/09: 5-Star Amazon Reviews of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs, 2009 Edition 06/19/09: 06/18/09: Video now online:
Virgil Butler - "Inside Tyson's Hell: 06/15/09: Screening of Fowl Play, New Brunswick, NJ Saturday, June 20th 7PM 06/13/09: Humane Meat? It may seem easier to eat “humane meat” than choose vegetarian, but in fact it’s not. 06/09/09: City Chicken Class - Register Now! - Chicken Run Rescue 06/08/09: National Pigeon Day Celebrates Pigeons in New York City June 13 06/04/09: Urban Chicken-Keeping Has Caring Friends in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 06/02/09: The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of Our Kinship with Animals 05/27/09: Providing a Good Home for Chickens (Updated) 05/15/09: Recent Podcasts Featuring UPC President Karen Davis: The Little Chicken Named Viva Who Started It All & Why Industrial Chicken Production is Wrong 05/08/09: ACT Radio Features UPC President Karen Davis & Her New Book Sunday May 10, at 7:30 p.m. Mountain Time 05/06/09: Protest Oprah's Giving Away KFC Chicken Meals (Eating Misery: Contamination and Cruelty are Linked in Chickens Raised for Food) 05/05/09: Book Recommendation by Mark Hawthorne: Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs 05/04/09: LA Times: Your morning adorable: Celebrating chicken athletes the world over (external link) 05/02/09: DC Indymedia: Chicken Activists Protest at White House (external link) 4/30/09: News Release: United Poultry Concerns Honors International Respect for Chickens Day 04/28/09: International Respect for Chickens Day Events in Washington DC & San Diego, CA on 2 May 2009
04/27/09: UPC President Karen Davis Discusses Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs in Radio Interviews This Week in Minneapolis, MN & Richmond, VA 04/17/09: Blame industrial animal operations for disease outbreaks among humans - Agweek 02/23/2009 04/16/09: UPC President Karen Davis Will Sign Books, Do Live Radio in Richmond, VA on 21 April 2009 04/16/09: Spring-Summer 2009 Poultry Press Inside: Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs Sheds Light in New Edition, Safa Lee Turkeys Update, Mississippi Hends Saved, Mr. Joy Passes Away, Little Rhody Egg Farms, International Respect for Chickends Day, Veggie Pride Parade, Recipe Corner. 04/16/09: A Moral Question on the Dinner Table: NY Times Letters 04/15/09: April 25th: Join UPC President Karen Davis at the Conference for Critical Animal Studies 04/14/09: BROKEN WINGS: The Breakdown of Animal Protection in Canada 04/06/09: International Respect for Chickens Day May 4, 2009 04/03/09: Vegan World Radio Features UPC President Karen Davis April 6th 04/02/09: ARTS & OPINION Discusses Chickens in April Issue Online 03/23/09: Join UPC at Go Green America Expo in Gaithersburg, MD March 28-29 03/17/09: Call for Entries: CHICKEN RUN RESCUE PHOTO CONTEST! 3/10/09: Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs Sheds Light in New Edition 03/05/09: Investigators See Improvement for Turkeys at Sara Lee Plant 03/01/09: Help UPC by Purchasing Ethical Jewelry 02/26/09:
Veggie Pride Parade, New York City, 2009: Mark your calendar for Sunday, May 17, 2009! 02/25/09: Life and Death on Little Rhody Egg Farms: From Battery Cage to Live Market 02/15/09: European Geese & Plucked Alive (article in Sweden's largest morning newspaper) 02/12/09: UPC Welcomes 60 Hens from Mississippi Cockfighting Raid 02/04/09: Join UPC President Karen Davis at National Pigeon Day Celebration June 13, 2009 in New York City. Speakers/Presenters Wanted 01/25/09: Winter 2008-2009 Poultry Press Inside: Chicken Project Killed, Proposition 2 Passes, Cooper the Rooster, Questioning Kapparot , Caring Turkey Mothers, Great Pumpkin Pancakes 01/21/09: Join Karen Davis and Tina Volpe on Wake Up America! Saturday, January 24th, 2009 – 11 AM PST 1/13/09: UPC President Karen Davis Tells Doris Lin What Led Her to Become a Chicken Rights Activist 1/13/09: Mr. Joy, Dear Little Rooster Who Brought Joy to Nursing Home Residents, Has Died 1/7/09: Framed! Vegan artists for animal rights: Mary Britton Clouse - for the wonderful Chicken
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