Turkeys

• UPC Turkeys Brochure
• Turkeys – Who Are They? PowerPoint Slideshow by UPC President Karen Davis
• More Than A Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and Reality by UPC President Karen Davis
• Peeper: A Story of Unending Love

See also: Turkey Sanctuary Videos and Turkey Investigation Videos

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2024

• Leafleting for Turkeys at Target in Encinitas, CA on Sunday, December 15, 2024. 16 December 2024
• More photos of our "Be Kind to Turkeys - Go Vegan!" ads that ran on buses in Austin, Texas through the entire month of November. 6 December 2024
• Charlotte Cressey’s display in Laguna Niguel, CA celebrates compassion for turkeys. The QR code opens UPC's Turkeys brochure. 26 November 2024
• "Don't Gobble Me!" Leafleting for Turkeys at Target in Encinitas, November 7, 2024 28 November 2024
• UPC “Don't Gobble Me!” Truck and Bus Ads Are Turning Heads 25 November 2024
• "Don't Gobble Me!" Leafleting for Turkeys at Encinitas Holiday Street Fair, Encinitas, CA on Sunday, November 24, 2024.25 November 2024
• First sighting of our “Be Kind to Turkeys - Go Vegan!” ads running on buses in Austin, Texas through the entire month of November. 20 November 2024
• Vegan (Thanksgiving) Demo in Olney, MD: Raise Awareness for Farmed Animals on Sunday, November 17, 2024. 19 November 2024
• Our "Don't Gobble Me!" truck is turning lots of heads in downtown Washington, DC and runs on November 15, 16 & 17, 2024. 16 November 2024
• UPC is grateful for all the wonderful activists that showed today up to be a voice for turkeys at our Leafleting for Turkeys at the White House. 16 November 2024
• On November 15, 16 & 17, we are running our ads “Don't Gobble Me! Be Kind to Turkeys - Go Vegan!” on a truck driving around downtown Washington, DC for 8 hours each day. 15 November 2024

2023

• The “Thanksgiving” turkey: object of sentimentality, sarcasm, & sacrifice 24 Nov 2023 - www.animals24-7.org
• More Than a Meal: Thanksgiving, turkeys, tradition & Karen Davis 24 Nov 2023 - www.animals24-7.org
• UPC Runs Bus Ads in Los Angeles for Turkeys! 20 Nov 2023

2022

• The Dumbest Thing I Ever Believed In To Date: Humane Meat 12 December 2022
• The “Thanksgiving” Turkey: Object of Sentimentality, Sarcasm, and Sacrifice 27 November 2022
• Thanksgiving Day in America: Everyday in America 23 November 2022
• Ready to Watch: Who are Turkeys & Why Should We Care? 22 November 2022
• No One Came. A Baby Turkey Cries in Vain for His Mom 17 November 2022
• The Tragedy of Trusting Turkeys UPC Fall 2022 Poultry Press
• I Feel So Bad for These Turkeys Hauled on Freezing Nights UPC Fall 2022 Poultry Press
• Thursday, Nov 3; 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT: Turkeys – Who Are They? And Why Should We Care? Animal Activism Mentorship Webinar Features Karen Davis, PhD, United Poultry Concerns 25 October 2022

2021

• UPC TARGETS AMERICAN HUMANE ON BEHALF OF TURKEYS 21 December 2021
• Sharing the Love & the Loathing 25 November 2021
• Traditional Thanksgiving: Where the “Sacred” and the Profane Intersect 23 November 2021
• Turkey Education Action Nov. 19 at Bellingham Food Co-Op in Washington State Plus Decorated Turkey Advocacy Yard! 21 November 2021
• Our Turkey Bus Posters in Austin, TX Win Praises! 8 November 2021
• CLARIFICATION Re: Huffpost Turkey Article 5 November 2021
• “Thanksgiving Without Turkey? A Valid Argument For Skipping The Bird” 4 November 2021
• TURKEY HUNTER, “Creatively Arrayed in Pink Camo” 3 November 2021
• Ahimsa For All: Turkeys, Holiday Celebrations, and Peace 20 October 2021
• Plant Based Briefing 121: Turkeys by United Poultry Concerns 11 October 2021 - www.plantbasedbriefing.com
• Turkeys Stomped on, Punched, and Left to Die at ‘Humane’ Farms 15 August 2021

2020

• Making a Thanksgiving place for Tofurky, Animals 24-7, 26 November 2020
• The “Thanksgiving” Turkey: Object of Sentimentality, Sarcasm, and Sacrifice 25 November 2020
• What Turkey Producers Don’t Want You to Know, by Martha Rosenberg 23 November 2020
• Louie B. Free Interviews Karen Davis 23 November 2020 - www.facebook.com/louiebfree
• “We need to talk about Gerald,” by Ally Markovich, The Oakland Side, 20 November 2020
• Be Kind to Turkeys – Go Vegan, Miami! 19 November 2020
• Gerald the Rose Garden Turkey Has Been Safely Relocated After Months of Worry Over His Fate 25 October 2020
• Gerald, Oakland's Rose Garden Turkey, Still at Large 13 August 2020
• Petition Update - Gerald the Turkey: Update & Call to Action 24 June 2020
• Update and New Call For Action for Gerald, the Rose Garden Turkey 21 June 2020
• Public Pressure Saves Gerald, the Rose Garden Turkey, from Gov’t Killing! 20 June 2020
• Protect the Life of Gerald the Rose Garden Turkey in Oakland, CA! 16 June 2020

2019

• “I Feel So Bad For Those Turkeys Hauled on Freezing Nights” 16 December 2019
• Prayer Circle for Animals #454; “Great Wake” for the Turkeys 27 November 2019
• Protecting Purity from Pollution, or Protecting Pollution from Purity? 26 November 2019
• The “Thanksgiving” Turkey: Object of Sentimentality, Sarcasm, and Sacrifice 23 November 2019
• UPC President Karen Davis Live Friday on The Other Animals! 21 November 2019
• Turkeys: Sympathy, Sensibility, and Sentience 19 November 2019 (Also in UPC Winter-Spring 2020 Poultry Press)
• UPC Leaflets for Turkeys at the White House Saturday November 16 – Please join us! 14 November 2019
• UPC Letter to Pfizer regarding their Chantix Turkey commercial 14 November 2019
• Every Gun Was Aimed At Them: The Wild Turkey in America UPC Winter 2019 Poultry Press
• Ads for Turkeys! UPC Winter 2019 Poultry Press
• Cutie, My Precious Turkey, Was a True Joy to Me Winter Fall 2019 Poultry Press
• Love to All Our Friends This Valentine’s Day! 14 February 2019

2018

• Yellville, Arkansas Turkey Trot Festival: What Happened in October 2018? 12 December 2018
  (Also in UPC Winter 2018-2019 Poultry Press)
• “Bird Notes” – My Response to Hearing Turkeys’ Intelligence Disparaged on National Public Radio 28 November 2018
• Remembering Dear Turkeys - Two Short Videos Show Different Worlds 21 November 2018
• Turkeys – Who Are They, and Why Should We Care? 20 November 2018
  (Also in UPC Winter 2018-2019 Poultry Press)
• The Thanksgiving Turkey as Ritual Scapegoat in The Carnivalesque Tradition 17 November 2018
• United Poultry Concerns had a great day Leafleting for Turkeys at the White House on Saturday, November 10, 2018. 11 November 2018 - fb.com
• Connecticut Turkey Farm Protest 9 November 2018
• Advocating for Turkeys This Holiday Season: The Plate is No Place for a Turkey 5 November 2018
• UPC Letter to Mid-Marion County Rotary Club 11 July 2018
• Six Animal Rights Activists Charged With Felonies for Investigation and Rescue That Led to Punishment of a Utah Turkey Farm 4 May 2018 - The Intercept
• Dropping Turkeys from Airplanes May Cease in Yellville, Arkansas 25 April 2018 (Also in UPC Summer 2018 Poultry Press)

2017

• Loving Turkeys at Christmas – 4 Photos from Friends 26 December 2017
• “Turkeys – Who Are They?” This presentation by UPC president Karen Davis was beautifully organized by Animal Justice Advocates at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Nov. 15, 2017. 29 November 2017
• The Presidential Turkey “Pardoning” Ceremony 21 November 2017
• Breaking News! Leafleting for Turkeys, Bus Ads for Turkeys, Vegan Feast for Turkeys! 17 November 2017
• Where’s the Turkey? – A Delightful New Children’s Book 13 November 2017
• Turkeys - Who Are They? Karen Davis Talks "Turkey" at UVA Nov. 15 12 November 2017
• Arkansas Online Editorial Opposes Turkey Drop 17 October 2017
• Yellville, Arkansas: A Sad, Bad Place 16 October 2017
• Turkeys – Who Are They and How Can We Help Them? UPC Fall 2017 Poultry Press
• Tell Yellville to Stop Dropping Turkeys from Airplanes 27 July 2017 (Also in UPC Fall 2017 Poultry Press)
• Video: Turkeys Being Suffocated with Fire-Fighting Foam 31 January 2017

2016

• Animal "Production": Cruel and Obscene 14 December 2016
• For The Birds & A Beautiful World! 2 December 2016
• Transforming Our Traditions 22 November 2016 (Also in UPC Winter 2016-2017 Poultry Press)
• Turkeys – Who Are They? 15 November 2016
• Please Join Us Leafleting for Turkeys at the White House - Sunday November 20 Noon to 3pm! 14 November 2016
• Arkansas Town Is Dropping Live Turkeys From Plane Again This Year 12 October 2016
• Stop Dropping Live Turkeys from Airplanes! 9 October 2016
• UPC Thanksgiving Dinner for Turkeys (1994) 5 March 2016 - youtube.com

2015