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Florence
(Rescued hen, now UPC resident)
News Release: United Poultry Concerns Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day 1 May 2012 "Defending Your Dinner" Contest Sparks Letter to The New York Times Magazine 27 April 2012 "The Truth About Feather Hair Extensions" Now Available as a Handout! 26 April 2012 Open Letter to AVEDA in VegNews magazine, May-June, p. 87 26 April 2012 Nedim Buyukmihci's Letter to Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms 24 April 2012 Hatcheries Ship Baby Roosters as Packing Material 23 April 2012
Parental Appeal to Stop Daycare Chick Hatching Project Succeeds! 23 April 2012 OTCA Feed-in for International Respect for Chickens Day at Let's Eat Charles Street on Saturday May 12th, 2012 20 April 2012 Animal Organizations Intensify Opposition to Egg Bill (H.R. 3798) in Anticipation of Senate Version 19 April 2012 International Respect for Chickens Day May 4, 2012 "Please do an ACTION for Chickens in May!" 16 April 2012 Privatization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection and Animal Advocacy 11 April 2012 Enter the Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest! 6 April 2012 Join UPC at the White House for International Respect for Chickens Day Leafleting! 4 April 2012 Don't Allow Chicks and Rabbits to Be Artificially Colored with Dye 29 March 2012 Urge Lakeland Animal Welfare Society to Serve a Compassionate Charity Dinner 28 March 2012 Conscious Eating Conference Videos Now Ready to Watch 26 March 2012 Spring-Summer 2012 Poultry Press Inside:
Sue Coe’s Screaming Hen • Flags for Laying Hens • Misery in Every Mouthful • “Art” Project Killed by UPC •
“Chickens Deserve Compassionate Care” • International Respect for Chickens Day •
A Boy, A Chicken & The Lion of Judah • Recipe Corner & More
15 Minutes of Shame: "The Story of Chickens" - Art and life in an age of doublespeak. 21 March 2012 "Enriched Colony" Cages for Egg-Laying Hens: TV Report from New Zealand 20 March 2012 Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office: Prosecute Andy Keung Cheung for willfully starving 50,000 chickens. 17 March 2012 Critical Theory and Animal Liberation Discount through June 14 March 2012 Animal Liberation, Critical Theory, and Critique of Locavorism! Are you hungry for academic food for thought? Then check these out . . . 13 March 2012 "Rescued Turkeys" by Bill Crain, director of Safe Haven Farm Animal Sanctuary in New York.
13 March 2012
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"Agreement Raises Flags For Egg-Laying Hens: A Chicken Activist's Perspective on the 'New Deal,' " ANIMAL PEOPLE , March 2012. 5 March 2012 Artist Upsets Animal Rights Community with Chicken Project - Kansan.com 5 March 2012 News Release: Chickens Will Not Be Slaughtered for “Art” in Lawrence, Kansas. Activists Celebrate the Good News 1 March 2012 Over 4,000 Hens Saved by Animal Place and Harvest Home 28 February 2012 Slaughtering Chickens For "Art" Cancelled in Lawrence, Kansas! 28 February 2012 "Chickens Deserve Compassionate Care," by Karen Davis - Letters to the Editor, The Washington Post 27 February 2012 Help ANIMAL PLACE Save & Rehabilitate Thousands of Starving Hens in California! 26 February 2012 Chicken Abuse "Art" Project Illegal Within Lawrence, KS City Limits! Letters to The Percolator Art Space Board Members are Urgent. Please Read On! 25 February 2012 Urge The Percolator Not to Be Part of Slaughtering Chickens for "Art" in Lawrence, Kansas 23 February 2012 Tell Rocket Grants NO to Chicken Slaughter "Art" Project at Spencer Museum! 15 February 2012 News Release: Experts Promote Conscious Eating at UC Berkeley Conference February 18 14 February 2012 New Poster! Riot of Poultry by Renowned Activist Artist Sue Coe. Portrays the madness of poultry & egg-eating culture. $10 13 February 2012 "Farm Animal Angst" on One Green Planet by Karen Davis, PhD, President of UPC 13 February 2012 SUE COE, World Famous Visual Artist, Tells Spencer Museum of Art to Cancel Cruel Slaughter Exhibit; Other Powerful Voices Speak Out Against Chicken Slaughter as "Art" 10 February 2012 Protest Chicken Slaughter “Art” Project in Lawrence, Kansas 8 February 2012 Register Today & Travel Info: Conscious Eating Conference on February 18 7 February 2012 Decompression Technology - A New Way to Torture Birds in the Lab and the Slaughterhouse. Illustration by Activist-Artist Sue Coe 3 February 2012 Sue Coe Benefit Prints Order the signed print and/or the poster by Sue Coe shown in the link and you can specify that the proceeds are donated to United Poultry Concerns - graphicwitness.org - 3 February 2012 Contact South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to Stop Cruel Pigeon Shoot 31 January 2012 Will Battery Cages for Egg-Laying Hens Be Banned by Proposed Federal Law? 30 January 2012 Winter 2011-2012 Poultry Press Inside:
Black Eagle Farm Revisited •
The Case for Animal Rights Law •
Remembering Sweet Amelia •
Conscious Eating: A Conference •
Comfortably Unaware: A Review •
Aveda Campaign: What's New? •
Recipe Corner & More
Virginia Senate Bill 610 is DEAD! Bill Sought to Exclude All Agricultural Animals from Legal Protection 26 January 2012 Virginia Bill No. 610 Seeks to Kill All Protections for Farmed Animals 25 January 2012 Klinka the Hen Saves a Bird of Another Species - By Kim Bartlett 19 January 2012 Conscious Eating Conference - Speaker’s Presentations, Bios & Schedule 19 January 2012 Irish Hens: Update from Eden Farm Animal Sanctuary in Ireland Includes Photos of Hens Who Escaped Being Slaughtered by Irish Farmers - 16 January 2012 vimeo.com/upc/freerangechickenslaughter - 12 January 2012Matilda the Hen edenfarmanimalsanctuary.com - 12 January 2012 Irish Battery Hens Cruelly Slaughtered; Some Lucky Hens Saved 10 January 2012 A Model of The Perfect Vegan thevegantruth.blogspot.com - 9 January 2011 Battery Hens with Waiting Homes Slaughtered by Irish Farmers 5 January 2012 Do Chickens Have Souls? The question arose today on "Live with Kelly." 4 January 2012 Aveda's Letter to Its Salons Urging Removal of Bird Feathers from Sale 30 December 2011 What Wings are For and Not For - By Robert Grillo, Founder of Free From Harm 30 December 2011 MFA Investigation Leads to Law Enforcement Raid on Butterball 29 December 2011 A Happy Ending & New Beginning! “Saving Chicklit” by Sarah Anikin 28 December 2011 VA Gov. McDonnell signs bills weakening farmed animal cruelty penalties, Approved April 29, 2011 26 December 2011 Comfortably Unaware: global depletion and food responsibility . . . What you choose to eat is killing our planet 21 December 2011 UPC Needs Your Support This Holiday Season 20 December 2011 UPC’s Tenth Annual Conference - Conscious Eating: Local, Organic, Plant-Based – What is Truly Sustainable? “It Takes Courage to Support Animals’ Dignity” by UPC President Karen Davis 15 December 2011 Bill to Ban Live Pigeon Shoots! Pennsylvania Residents: Please Contact Your State Legislator Now! 12 December 2011 UPC’s Letter to My Pet Chicken about Shipping Baby Chicks, December 9, 2011 9 December 2011 Shipping young chicks compromises their welfare. Letter to My Pet Chicken from Nedim C. Buyukmihci, V.M.D., Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California - Davis, December 6, 2011. 9 December 2011 Baby Chicks Make Bad Christmas Gifts: Protest to My Pet Chicken 9 December 2011 Please order your Chicken Run Rescue Calendar for 2012.
It's the Best One Ever! 6 December 2011 Aveda Responds to UPC's Campaign to Rid Company of Animal Abuse Products: Urge Aveda to Upgrade "Recommendation" to Corporate Requirement 5 December 2011 Turkeys Rescued by Loving People by Karen Dawn of DawnWatch 25 November 2011 Rescued "Cockfighting" Roosters in New Jersey Need Homes 23 November 2011 Katie's Story Katie was a domestic turkey, hatched in a hatchery with
no mother to comfort or peep to her - 22 November 2011
"Talking Turkey" on Vegan World Radio: Interview with UPC President Karen Davis 22 November 2011 Undercover Investigation: The Rotten Truth Behind McDonald's Egg McMuffins 21 November 2011 - www.mcdonaldscruelty.com Amelia, a Turkey Beloved By All by Karen Davis, President of United Poultry Concerns 21 November 2011 Tell NPR Sexually Assaulting Turkeys for “Food” Is Wrong, Not Funny 17 November 2011
United Poultry Concerns Urges “Don’t Gobble Me!“ at the White House
Thursday, November 17 Noon to 3pm. Please join us! 16 November 2011 Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman Book Review of “More Than A Meal” www.all-creatures.org - 16 November 2011 University of Maryland Journalism Major, Alexis Gutter, Covers Hair Fashion Feathers Cruelty Campaign by United Poultry Concerns 16 November 2011 Fall 2011 Poultry Press 14 November 2011 Inside:
Remembering Boris •
Rooster Feather Hair Extensions •
From Hunting Grounds to Chicken Rights •
Sister Species (Book Review) •
“Delicate” Lady by Sue Coe •
Good News for Chickens in CA •
Recipe Corner & More
"Don't Gobble Me" in Today's University of
Maryland Newspaper The Diamondback 10 November 2011 2011 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest Winning Entries! 19 October 2011 End Chickens as Kaporos Campaign: A Growing Force for Compassionate Change 18 October 2011 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com Guide to Staffing Tables & Leafleting for Animal Rights 11 October 2011 Video of Kaporos 4 Oct 2011 Demo #1 (Midwood, Brooklyn) 5 October 2011 - www.youtube.com A Yom Kippur of Mercy or Cruelty? | The Jewish Week 3 October 2011 - www.thejewishweek.com Need volunteers to transport rescued chickens to several locations in NY, PA, and possibly MD 1 October 2011 Directions & Instructions for End Chickens as Kaporos Demos October 4, 5, and 6 1 October 2011 Gothamist.com: Annual Protests Of Annual Jewish Chicken Ritual On Schedule 1 October 2011
Times Square Ad for End Chickens as Kaporos Rally & Logo - Our PR Newswire Release was displayed on September 28, 2011 29 September 2011 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com Richmond, CA City Council Bans Live Chicken Sales Effective November 1, 2011! 28 September 2011 News Release: Activists Will Rally In Brooklyn, NY to "End Chickens as Kaporos" 28 September 2011 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
“An End to Chickens as Kapores?” By Jenna Weissman Joselit, Forward.com, September 21, 2011 26 September 2011 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com Join Us in Brooklyn for 3 End-Chickens-As-Kaporos Demos in October 21 September 2011 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com Janet Waking UPC Stories & Poems - 20 September 2011 Score One for the Roosters! San Diego County, CA Passes Ordinance to Curb Rampant Cockfighting Activity 19 September 2011 Gourmet Dinner to Benefit the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos - Join Us at Blossom in NYC on Monday 3 October 2011 at 6pm 14 September 2011 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com The Locavore Movement's Mistake: Deregulating Animal Slaughter By James McWilliams. Inexpertly killed animals suffer immensely. 13 September 2011 Poultry Slaughter: The Need for Legislation, Revised Booklet, 2011 13 September 2011 Join Us in Brooklyn for 3 End-Chickens-As-Kaporos Demos in October 8 September 2011 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com Jonathan Scovner's Review of When the Chickens Went on Strike and interview with Erica Silverman 2 September 2011 - picturebooksreview.blogspot.com Please Help Stop Cockfighting in San Diego County: San Diego County, CA Residents Only - We Need Your Calls and Emails 1 September 2011 Please Sign Our End-Chickens-as-Kaporos Petition for 2011 30 August 2011 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com Going with the Faux in Fall Fashion, Los Angeles Times, August 28, 2011 28 August 2011 UPC Letter Re: Aveda’s Sale of Rooster Feather Hair Ornaments 23 August 2011 Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice - Order Now from United Poultry Concerns! 22 August 2011 Sign our Change.org Petition Now! Steven Tyler: Stop Wearing Rooster Feather Hair Extensions and Publicize Your Decision 19 August 2011 Urge American Idol Host Steven Tyler to Shed Rooster Feathers 18 August 2011 UPC Letter to Steven Tyler Urging Him To Reject Rooster Feathers 17 August 2011 End Chickens as Kaporos: Get Ready for Demos in New York City! 15 August 2011 Summer 2011 Poultry Press 10 August 2011 Inside:
Benefit of Being Vegan •
Betrayal of Egg-Laying Hens •
Celebrating Chickens in May •
Florida Dept of Education Denies Petition •
San Francisco Activists End Live Bird Sales •
2010 Annual Report •
Recipe Corner & More
Vote Veggie Award for United Poultry Concerns: Favorite Nonprofit Animal Organization 5 August 2011 Salmonella-Contaminated Turkey Products Recalled by Cargill 4 August 2011 Deadly Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Contaminated Ground Turkey 3 August 2011 San Diego County CA Moves to Curb Cockfighting; Board of Supervisors Votes 4-1 3 August 2011 Feather Hair Extensions & Fly-fishing Tyers: Roosters Slaughtered for Fashion & Fishing 29 July 2011 Hens deserve better conditions - Letters, Los Angeles Times Sunday Edition, July 17, 2011 20 July 2011 Urban Farming -- Life-giving vs. Life-threatening Foods: A Perspective on Bay Area Public Radio 13 July 2011 Agreement Raises Hopes & Fears for Egg-Laying Hens: Our Perspective 10 July 2011 Is the US Egg Industry "Evolving"? Agreement Raises Hopes for Egg-Laying Hens 8 July 2011 Cruel Decompression of Chickens Called "Humane" - Arkansas Democrat Gazette, July 3, 2011 6 July 2011 5 July 2011 Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice, University of Illinois Press, 2011 29 June 2011 New York Daily News Glorifies Killing Birds & Other Animals in Live Animal Markets 27 June 2011 UPC Chickens Brochure Now Available in Spanish! 24 June 2011 Animals Today - Hear Karen Davis on Mark Zuckerberg Today! 19 June 2011 Free Ways to Help United Poultry Concerns Raise Much-Needed Funds 17 June 2011 FAUN "Abolish Live Markets" demo @ Marzigliano's Live Poultry -
Saturday, June 18th, 3-7pm, 5217 Bergenline Avenue, West New York, NJ, 07093-5512 16 June 2011
Listen to Karen Davis's Radio Interview about Compassion for Animals Tomorrow at 12:30pm ET on WRIR in Richmond, VA; also on Wednesday 13 June 2011 "Only Connect." Is Boiling a Lobster a Bonding Experience? 13 June 2011
How NOT to Raise Chickens: A field guide for urban poultry farmers 9 June 2011 (external link) International Respect for Chickens Day at New Orleans Veggie Fest 6 June 2011 International Respect for Chickens Day Garage Sale in Orange County, CA 3 June 2011 UPC Letter to Port St Lucie, Florida City Council Re: Urban Chicken-Keeping Proposal 3 June 2011 Tracing My Own Personal Food Route By Robert Grillo 2 June 2011 Urge Oakland, CA to Reject Backyard Livestock & Slaughter! 2 June 2011 Rooftop Protest at Melbourne Egg Laying Farm
on May 4, International Respect for Chickens Day 31 May 2011 "No Voice Unheard" Remembers Beloved Birds, Features United Poultry Concerns 31 May 2011 Book Review: Critical Theory and Animal Liberation 23 May 2011 Flesh from the Lab: Read, Listen, Weigh In 20 May 2011 Veggie Pride Parade in NYC, "What Wings Are For" in Washington DC, Vegan Food Festival in New Orleans 13 May 2011 2011 UPC Bus Ad Running on Washington, DC Buses in the month of May Promoting & Practicing a Vegan Diet: Easy for Some, Hard for Others? 10 May 2011 Five Myths About Vegans by Carol Adams 5 May 2011 In Honour of International Respect for Chickens Day! 10 Things You Might Not Know About Chickens! 4 May 2011 Photos from Vegan Bake Sale at Towson University for International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2011
International Respect for Chickens Day on Việt Nam Ăn Chay (Vegan Việt Nam) 4 May 2011
International Respect for Chickens Day in Victoria, Australia 4 May 2011 Journal of Animal Ethics 2011 Review of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs 3 May 2011 News Release: Activists Celebrate International Respect for Chickens Day May 4 2 May 2011 News Release: Activists End Live Bird Sales at San Francisco's Farmers' Market! 2 May 2011 Vegan Bake Sale May 3rd at Towson University to benefit United Poultry Concerns, in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day. 2 May 2011 Karen Davis Cries Fowl on GO VEGAN with Bob Linden 29 April 2011 DECOMPRESSION: A New Way to Torture Chickens & Turkeys to Death 28 April 2011
Slideshow of images from FAUN's Pre-Easter "Abolish Live Markets" demo @ Marzigliano's Live Animal Market 26 April 2011 Spring-Summer 2011 Poultry Press 21 April 2011 Inside:
Poultry Welfare Interview •
International Respect for Chickens Day •
Petition to Florida Dept of Education •
El Monte Chickens Update •
Decompression Technology •
Misery in Every Bite •
Recipe Corner & More
Join FAUN's Pre-Easter "Abolish Live Markets" demo @ Marzigliano's Live Animal Market in West New York, NJ on Saturday, April 23rd, 3-7pm! 21 April 2011 What Happened to Peter Singer? By UPC President Karen Davis 14 April 2011 Gilly's Story 12 April 2011 Call for Entries: CHICKEN RUN RESCUE PHOTO CONTEST FOR 2012! 8 April 2011 Rally to Stop Killing In Florida Schools & Raise Your Voice on Change.org 7 April 2011 Online Petition to Stop the Harming and Killing of Animals in Florida Classrooms
30 March 2011 Doug Clifford Radio Show Airs Chicken Slaughter Issue in Florida Schools 26 March 2011 News Release: Animal Advocates Challenge Animal Slaughter in Florida Classrooms 24 March 2011 Adam Karp Press Release: Petition to End Classroom Animal Slaughter in Florida 20 March 2011 Petition for Agency Action Regarding Animal Slaughter in Florida Classrooms 14 March 2011 Slideshow of Faun Demo to End Live Poultry Markets in New Jersey 21 March 2011 Chicken Abusers Charged With Animal Cruelty
by Contra Costa County, California DA 18 March 2011 International Respect for Chickens Day May 4, 2011 "Please do an ACTION for Chickens in May!" 17 March 2011 You Can Help Birds in March! 14 March 2011 UPC FOIA requests to VA officials re: Black Eagle Farm (March 1, 2011) 11 March 2011 Orlando Rally & Protest to Stop Animal Slaughter in Florida Schools 10 March 2011 Psychology Today Article About Animal Emotions and Intelligence 10 March 2011 Tune In to www.WRIR.org Tuesday March 8 at 12:30pm ET -
Topic: Virginia Cruelty to Farm Animals Bills SB 1026 & HB 1541 7 March 2011 Tell Va Governor to Veto Cruel Farm Animal Bills 4 March 2011 Goose and Man - You Gotta Watch This! 3 March 2011 New Bills Will Endanger Farm Animals - Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia 24 February 2011 Exclusive Interview with Poultry Welfare Pioneer Karen Davis PhD 22 February 2011 Contact New DA Re: Chicken Killings at El Monte Elementary School in California 21 February 2011 News Release: Animal Advocacy Group Urges VA Governor to Veto Bad Farm Animal Bill 16 February 2011 Virginia Residents: Tell Governor NO to Proposed Farm Animal Cruelty Exemptions! 16 February 2011 Winter-Spring 2010-2011 Poultry Press 7 February 2011 Inside:
Heroic Student Saves Chicken •
Chicklett’s Poem •
“Becoming a Mentsh” •
Teenagers Need Prosecuted •
Sanctuary , an Exhibit •
Recipe Corner & More
Live Poultry Markets Targeted by Activists in San Francisco and West New York, NJ 28 January 2011 Rescued Roosters Need Homes! Animal Place Needs Your Help . . . 20 January 2011 UPC Letters Detailing Complaint Re: Black Eagle Farm a.k.a. Piney River Farms LLC 12 January 2011 UPC Letter to Pittsburgh City Planning Commission Re: Zoning to Keep Farmed Animals in the City - 4 June 2011 12 January 2011 Average and Total Numbers of Animals
Who Died to Feed Americans in 2009 12 January 2011 San Francisco Live Bird Markets Campaign Gets Bigger, Draws Media 11 January 2011 Comic About Backyard Chicken-Keeping 7 January 2011 “Culturally Rationalized Forms of Chicken Sacrifice: The Kaporos Ritual and the Chicken Project” 5 January 2011 12/16/10: UPC Needs Your Support This Holiday Season 12/12/10: Chicken Theme on Animals Today Radio, Sunday Dec. 12, 2-3pm PST. 5-6pm EST 12/10/10: Myth of Sustainable Poultry and Danger of the Local 12/03/10: Prosecute Teenagers Who Strangled Hens to Death - The Petition Site (external link) 12/03/10: Karen Davis's letter to the Contra Costa County DA Re: Teenage Boys Arrested for Killing Chickens at El Monte Elementary in Concord, CA 12/03/10: Teenage Boys Arrested for Killing Chickens at El Monte Elementary in Concord, CA 12/01/10: School Chicken Deaths Elicit Outpouring of Support, The Mercury News , Nov. 30, 2010 12/01/10: Order Your 2011 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest Calendar Now! 11/29/10: Sanctuary, A Portrait Exhibition by Local Artist, Sharon Lee Hart 11/26/10: “Consider the Turkey,” by James McWilliams, The Atlantic , Nov. 24, 2010 11/24/10: Tribute to Turkeys, November 24, 2010 11/23/10: Thanksgiving - Let's Talk Turkey (Youtube Video ) 11/23/10: David Rosenfeld - “End Chickens as Kaporos” - Tonight on MINDLIGHT, Queens Public Television, QPTV Channel 34, from 8-9pm ET. 11/19/10: United Poultry Concerns Will Stick Up for Turkeys at the White House on Saturday, November 20 from Noon to 3PM
11/18/10: Black Eagle Farm: Chicken Starvation, Consumer Fraud, Cruelty 11/17/10: Chicklett’s Poem and a Letter to the Editor 11/16/10: Winter 2010 Poultry Press Inside: End Chickens as Kaporos Campaign,
Organic Standards,
Black Eagle Farm,
Thanksgiving Open House,
Recipe Corner & More
11/15/10: UPC “Talks Turkey,” Serves Tofu, Teaches Teachers - 4 Upcoming Events!
Join Us at the White House, on the Radio, at a Teachers Conference & in Machipongo, VA.
11/15/10: AECK Founding Member's Home & Banner Vandalized 11/11/10: Ban Battery Cages in Israel! Add Your Voice to the Demand! 11/07/10: “Weigh In” – on Going Vegan and Speciesist Language 10/27/10: AFLAC Ad Promotes Animal Abuse in New Commercial. Please Protest! 10/26/10: Oct 30th Schedule: UPC 9th Annual Forum - Expert Discourse and the Problem of the Chicken 10/25/10: Kansas City Star Tells Chicklett’s Savior, Whitney Hillman’s Story 10/21/10: Concordia High School Teacher Bullies Students to Kill Chickens - One Bold Student Said No! She Stole Her Chicken Chicklett to Safety 10/15/10: Chicken-Human Relationships: From Procrustean Genocide to Empathic Anthropomorphism 10/12/10: Please Write a Thank You Letter to the Editor of THE WASHINGTON POST Re: “An ancient tradition draws protests” by Carol Guzy, The Washington Post, Oct. 9, 2010 10/11/10: “An ancient tradition draws protests” by Carol Guzy, The Washington Post, Oct. 9, 2010 10/06/10: Protesters to Crowd SF Farmers' Market This Sunday Over Public Health & Animal Cruelty Concerns 10/04/10: Mary and Peter Max Benefit to End Chickens in Kaporos Rituals was a Great Success! 09/30/10: Canned Pigeon Hunt Exposed on CNN Headline NEWS show TONIGHT 09/28/10: News Release: Mary and Peter Max Will Host Benefit to End Chickens in Kaporos Rituals 09/27/10: Kind Kaporos Article, Blog & Letters to the Editor 09/17/10: Register Now: Benefit to End Chickens as Kaporos Hosted by Mary & Peter Max 09/16/10: Please join FAUN NJ for a "Live Animal Market" demonstration on Saturday, September 18th in West New York, NJ 09/15/10: Brooklyn Rally to End Chickens as Kaporos
Draws Vigorous Activist Turnout & Media Coverage 09/10/10: Fall 2010 Poultry Press Inside: Hatching Good Lessons,
Roly Poly Rescued!,
“Enriched Cages” for Laying Hens,
Kaporos Rally & Fundraiser,
UPC “Chicken Experts” Conference,
2009 Annual Report,
Recipe Corner & More 09/09/10: Activists Cry Foul Over [Cruel] Chicken Ritual 09/07/10: Chicken Abuse Protest on San Diego Channel 6 News, Aug. 31 09/07/2010: Activists Will Rally on September 12 in Brooklyn, NY to “End Chickens as Kaporos” 08/30/10: News Release: National Poultry Improvement Plan Is a “Cluster-Cluck”
Animal Activists Say 08/26/10: Speak Up for Chickens Rally at USDA National Poultry
Improvement Plan Conference Committee Meeting 08/24/10: Mary and Peter Max Benefit for UPC and The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos on September 30th 08/17/10: Petition to Replace Chickens with Money in Kaporos Rituals 08/16/10: ‘Beautiful Yetta’: A Yiddish Chicken With Chutzpah - NPR Morning Edition, Saturday, August 14, 2010
08/13/10: Petition to Replace Chickens with Money in Kaporos Rituals 08/05/10: Vote for UPC: Favorite Nonprofit Animal Organization - 2010 Veggie Awards 08/04/10: End Chickens As Kaporos Rally on September 12 in Brooklyn, NY 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
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