“Broiler” Chickens
Photo: Carol McCormick
At the slaughterhouse, birds may wait in the trucks from one to 9 hours or more depending on killing and processing speed. These chickens fell off the truck onto the cement loading dock at Townsend's chicken slaughter plant in Millsboro, Delaware. (From UPC Spring-Summer 2011 Poultry Press)
Kokun and Potpo were rescued from a Perdue chicken house
before they ended up like this...
or this...
Photo: David Harp
before they ended up like this...
or this...
Photo: David Harp
- The story of the little chicken named Viva who started it all. . . . (Also in UPC Winter 2004-2005 Poultry Press)
- Chickens are great companions. If only people knew how smart and lovable they can be.
2024
- “Broiler Breeder” Chickens: Their Misery Revealed UPC Winter-Spring 2024 Poultry Press
2023
- Animal Outlook’s Investigation of Tyson Grower Reveals Mass, Systemic Cruelty 4 August 2023
- Partners in The Humane Hoax: Take Action! 22 June 2023
- A “Super Bowl” of Suffering for Nothing 11 February 2023
2022
- Jidori Chicken: As Good As It Gets for Chickens? 2 October 2022
- Urge Koch Foods to Transition from Poultry to Plant-Based 2 August 2022
- A “Super Bowl” of Suffering for Nothing 12 February 2022
2021
- Petition: Tell American Veterinary Medical Association to Oppose Inhumane “Depopulation” 28 December 2021
- I want to tell you about the action we had in a chicken farm of the broiler industry 26 January 2021
2020
- An Open Letter to The Guardian 20 August 2020
- Pilgrim’s Pride and Koch Foods Pursue Mass Killing and Live Burial of Chickens, Rescuers Arrested 28 April 2020
2019
- Costco, Bill Gates & Africa: The Chicken Connection 7 November 2019
2018
- “Chickens,” not “broilers” (or “layers”) 25 October 2018 (Also in UPC Winter 2018-2019 Poultry Press)
- 3.4 Million “Live Inventory” – Chickens and Turkeys – Drowned or Starved to Death in North Carolina Storm 24 September 2018
- News Release: UPC Issues Statement Regarding Jason Alexander's Sponsorship of KFC 16 August 2018
- “Jason Alexander: Why Have You Forsaken Me?” 15 August 2018
- Stress and Death for Chickens in Transport Cages. . . Pilgrim’s Pride 18 July 2018
- Motherless Days – In the “Broiler” Shed, He Remembers 9 May 2018
2017
- Karen Davis: Stop cruel chicken breeding practices 22 December 2017
- My Letter in The Washington Post on Chicken Torture 11 December 2017
- Investigation of Tyson Chicken Farm in Virginia Shows Workers’ Sadistic Cruelty to Chickens – Again 7 December 2017 (Also in UPC Winter 2017-2018 Poultry Press)p
- No Tyson in Kansas - Wichita Eagle Letter by Karen Davis 29 November 2017 (Also in UPC Winter 2017-2018 Poultry Press)
- “Classic Misdirection in National Chicken Council’s Assurance Standards” 12 September 2017
- Would “Healthier” Chickens Harm the Environment? 30 January 2017 - Animals 24-7
2016
- Perdue’s Chickens: Could Their Lives Be Made Less Miserable? 5 July 2016
- Tyson Dismisses Chicken Abuse Revelations as “Old Videos” 2 June 2016
- Tyson Caught Abusing Chickens – Again! 26 May 2016
- “Please Help Me - I am Suffering” 18 April 2016
- Chickens in a Truck Accident (1995) 15 March 2016 - youtube.com
2015
- Tell Chicken Giant Perdue to Stop Appalling Animal Abuse 21 December 2015
- Is Chicken Healthier Than Red Meat? 6 November 2015
- Tyson Employees Torture Chickens Mercy For Animals' Latest Investigation, 28 October 2015
- Impromptu Video Interview with Karen Davis, President of United Poultry Concerns 8 October 2015
- Two Change.org Petitions Need Your Support!
Chickens Tortured for McNuggets, “Just Mayo” Under Attack! 2 September 2015 - Felix the Rooster has a New Friend – Gabby! 20 August 2015 (Also in UPC Fall 2015 Poultry Press)
- Light the Path - A Worldwide Virtual Animal Rights Event 17 July 2015
- Investigate McGinnis Chicken Farm for Horrific Cruelty 16 July 2015
- Courting hen & egg producers leads animal charities into deep @#$% 25 June 2015
- Prevent Bird Flu, Protect the Planet, Save Northampton County Virginia from the Chicken Industry: Two Pleas from UPC 22 June 2015
- A Chicken Named Viva Changed My Life - A Plea for Compassion on International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2015 (Also in UPC Summer 2015 Poultry Press)
- Demand Chicken Slaughter Company Be Punished for False Advertising 12 April 2015
- Nicholas Kristof’s “To Kill a Chicken,” March 14, 2015 20 March 2015
- WAYNE CREED Pays a Visit to United Poultry Concerns 23 February 2015 (Also in UPC Summer 2015 Poultry Press)
- Super-Sizing the Chicken 1923-Present 19 February 2015
- February 16, 2015, Sick Chickens - UPC Letter in The New Yorker 9 February 2015
2014
- Va. woman not chicken about making a stand for birds 18 November 2014
- VOICES FOR CHICKENS: Karen Davis’s Podcast Interview, Robert Grillo’s Memorial to Doris 27 August 2014
- Hurting Animals Humanely - Two Views 21 August 2014
- Reconsidering the plight of the chicken and the egg 13 August 2014 (Also in UPC Winter 2014 Poultry Press)
- Letter: Poultry production is just as polluting as beef, pork, by Karen Davis, United Poultry Concerns 29 July 2014 (Also in UPC Fall 2014 Poultry Press)
- The Secret Life of Poultry Products 24 July 2014 (Also in UPC Fall 2014 Poultry Press)
- The Chicken Caucus ducks legislative restraints 21 April 2014
- Baby Chicks and “Breeder” Turkeys Tortured by Canadian Poultry Company 14 April 2014
- One Green Planet: Disgusting Reason Why Chicken is NOT a Healthy Food Choice! 27 March 2014
- Do Chickens Make People Chubbier? Antibiotics and Obesity 19 March 2014 (Also in UPC Fall 2014 Poultry Press)
- Contamination and Cruelty in the Chicken Industry 26 February 2014 (Also in UPC Summer 2014 Poultry Press)
- Urge Bill and Melinda Gates NOT to Support KFC in Africa! 22 January 2014 (Also in UPC Spring 2014 Poultry Press)
- Esperanza, Story of a Rescued Broiler Chicken, and Ducks Who Escaped the Guns: Two short videos of beloved birds 8 January 2014
2013
- Suffering of Farmed Animals. Humane “Processing.” 31 October 2013
- Want to fight salmonella? Don't eat chickens. 30 October 2013
- What's REALLY in Chicken Products? You Don't Want To Know.
By Martha Rosenberg, Published in Op-Ed News, October 22, 2013 - 23 October 2013 - Appetite for Justice: "You Eat Babies", Appetite for Cruelty: "I couldn't wait to kill them." 28 May 2013
- Eliminating the Suffering of Chickens Bred for Meat 24 February 2013 (Also in UPC Summer 2013 Poultry Press)
2012
- ASPCA Helps Poultry Producer Expand His Business UPC Summer-Fall 2012 Poultry Press
- ASPCA Funds Poultry Production Operation; Birds treated "with dignity and compassion" so please eat them. 19 June 2012
- International Respect for Chicken Day on The Doug Clifford Show UPC President Karen Davis explains the life of chickens in the meat industry - 3 May 2012
- Maple Leaf "Poultry" chicken slaughterhouse in Toronto torontochickensave.wordpress.com - 3 May 2012
2011
- UPC Chickens Brochure Now Available in Spanish! 24 June 2011
- DECOMPRESSION: A New Way to Torture Chickens & Turkeys to Death 28 April 2011 (Also in UPC Spring-Summer 2011 Poultry Press)
2010
2008
- “What Wings Are For” - The Story of Ruby and Ivy 9 Octboer 2008
- Suffering of Chickens Bred and Raised for Meat 22 January 2008
2006
- EU chicken welfare talks collapsed 15 December 2006
- Jane – one tiny chicken foot. . . . 12 December 2006
- “42-Day Wonders,” Washingtonian magazine, September 2006, pp. 66-79 23 September 2006
- Pecking Order 4 October 2006
- Washingtonian Magazine Cites United Poultry Concerns on the Chicken Industry 11 September 2006
- Poultry Industry Experimenters Promote Fire-Fighting Foam as a “Humane” Method of Mass Extermination 15 March 2006
- Forced Labor on the Factory Farm 17 February 2006
- The Gestapo of the Human Spirit 17 February 2006
2005
- UPC President Karen Davis Speaks Out Against Chicken Houses in Northampton County, Virginia – Home of United Poultry Concerns 13 October 2005
- Tyson Chicken Torture: UPC Letter and Action Alert: Please Write! 31 May 2005
2004
- New Undercover Investigation of Perdue Farms, Including Video 5 November 2004
- KFC SUPPLIER ACCUSED OF ANIMAL CRUELTY 20 July 2004
- UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROL OF GANGRENOUS DERMATITIS IN POULTRY HOUSES 25 June 2004
- BBC UNDER FIRE FROM POULTRY BODY 17 May 2004
- POULTRY LITTER HARBORS AGENTS THAT GENERATE ANTIBIOTIC MULTI-RESISTANCE17 May 2004
- US/UK "BROILER" CHICKEN WELFARE 8 May 2004
2003
- Compassion In World Farming's Court Case Regarding Factory Farming of Broiler Chickens, December 2003. 19 December 2003
- U.K. High Court Rejects Claim Against Chickens' Suffering 23 November 2003
- Factory Farming Needs to End (by Virgil Butler) 12 November 2003
- Inside the Chicken Industry UPC Summer-Fall 2003 Poultry Press
- Chickens Have Gotten Bigger With Demand for Easy-to-Prepare Meals 29 October 2003
- Washington Post Article on New USDA Poultry Categories 7 October 2003
- KFC’s Tortured, Crippled, Suffering Chickens Speak Out for Chickens on World Farm Animals Day, October 2 4 September 2003
- Human Health and Animal Welfare Will the McDonald’s policy cure cruelty to chickens? 14 July 2003
- Birds Factory-Farming Plight 9 April 2003
- United Poultry Concerns Calls on Tyson Foods, KFC, and the National Chicken Council to Improve Bird Welfare and Set Policies Prohibiting Deliberate Cruelty to Chickens 1 April 2003
- UPC’s letters to Tyson Foods, KFC, and the National Chicken Council 4 February 2003
- Formal Complaint, Whistleblower Tell of Deliberate Torture of Birds at Tyson Plant 24 February 2003
- Australian Broiler Chicken Rescue 28 January 2003
2002 & earlier
- Undercover Campaigners Expose Factory Chicken Suffering 22 April 2002
- The Plight of Birds in the Poultry and Egg Industry 2002. Revised and updated from 1996.
- "Broiler" Chicken Skeletal Problems in the U.S. (A summary of information sources from 1990-2001)
- "Welfare Problems of Meat-type Chickens" UPC Fall 2001 Poultry Press
- Crippled Chickens Choose Pain Relief 26 March 2000 - BBC News
- Kapparot "Broiler" Chickens 18 September 1997