What’s New on the UPC Website

• UPC had a great day sticking up for chickens and turkeys at Roots Market's MD Vegan Fest in Clarksville on Sat, Sept. 27, 2025. 29 September 2025
• UPC Fall 2025 Poultry Press – Volume 35, Number 2 16 June 2025
  Inside: PA Bill to Ban Live Pigeon Shoots • “Human” Nature of Pigeons • Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken • Can We Assume Happiness in Other Animals? • Summer Activities Gallery • 2024 Annual Report • Just a Chicken, but Stasi Was My Friend • Freddaflower Fund • Vegan Recipe Corner & More!
• Sunday, September 28: Richmond Vegfest, Richmond, VA. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• Saturday, September 27: MD Vegan Fest, Clarksville, MD. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• UPC brought our message of compassion for chickens and turkeys to Cville Vegfest on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. 16 Sept. 2025
• Support the Official 2025 NYC Kaporos Rescue - Fundraiser for the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos 15 September 2025
• Our beautiful sanctuary peahen, Mary Suzanne, finds a hidden place . . . 12 September 2025
• Sunday, September 14: Cville Vegfest, Charlottesville, VA. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• A Vermont animal sanctuary proves that roosters can live peacefully after cockfighting 3 September 2025 - vermontpublic.org
• Apply to Adopt a Kaporos Survivor 1 September 2025
• UPC informed the Greenbelt community about the plight and delight of chickens and turkeys and a vegan lifestyle at Greenbelt Labor Day Festival's Information Day on Sat. Aug. 30, 2025. 31 August 2025
• Saturday, August 30: Greenbelt Labor Day Festival’s Information Day, Greenbelt, MD. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken – A Heartwarming New Children’s Book 23 August 2025
• UPC had a wonderful day fostering connections and growth within the vegan community at Pittsburgh VegFest on Saturday, August 16, 2025. 18 August 2025
• Saturday, August 16: Pittsburgh VegFest, Pittsburgh, PA. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• Pennsylvania Bill to Ban Live Pigeon Shoots: Please Contact the House Judiciary Committee 12 August 2025
• Summertime and the livin' is easy at United Poultry Concerns. 8 August 2025
• UPC had a wonderful day of advocacy for the birds at Phoenixville VegFest on Saturday, August 2, 2025. 5 August 2025
• Homes desperately needed for roosters rescued from cockfighting ring in Lincoln University, PA. 2 August 2025
• Saturday, August 2: Phoenixville VegFest, Phoenixville, PA. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• Laura Beth Slitt: Just a Chicken to Some, but Stasi Was My Friend 25 July 2025
• Life is beautiful for the birds at United Poultry Concerns. 23 July 2025
• 200 to 300 cockfighters flee Athens, Texas bust, leaving 29 cars behind 15 July 2025 - Animals24-7.org
• How Can We Promote Respect For Chickens? An Interview with Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns 8 July 2025
• Saturday, August 2: Phoenixville VegFest, Phoenixville, PA. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• Podcast: Cell-Based Meat Debate from 2019 Conscious Eating Conference 26 June 2025
• UPC had a wonderful day advocating for the birds and vegan living at Planet Maryland on Sunday, June 22, 2025. 23 June 2025
• Sunday, June 22: Planet Maryland at Elm Street Urban Park, Bethesda, MD. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• UPC Spring-Summer 2025 Poultry Press – Volume 35, Number 1 16 June 2025
  Inside: Petco Cruelly Selling Baby Chicks • Respect for Chickens Ads & Activism • Hatching Kindness Project • UPC Welcomes Two New Roosters • Trader Joe's Should Trade for Vegan Eggs • NYC Poultry Markets Bird Flu Infections • Remove “Cockfighter” from Tubi • Michigan Cancels Goose Gassing • Freddaflower Fund • Vegan Faux Gras Handout • Vegan Recipe Corner & More!
• Chef Alexis Gauthier: A Letter to My Former Self 11 June 2025
• UPC had two great days of tabling for the birds at Lancaster VegFest on June 7-8, 2025. 10 June 2025
• Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8: Lancaster VegFest, Lancaster, PA. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• Our "What Wings Are For! Give a Cluck. Go Vegan!" ads that we ran on 45 LA bus shelters for Int'l Respect for Chickens Month were backlit at night. 30 May 2025
• “Mother Pigeon,” the Artist Fighting to Save NYC’s Urban Birds 28 May 2025 - HyperAllergic.com
• Postal error kills up to 15,000 newly hatched chicks, leaves SPCA with 2,000+ 20 May 2025 - Animals24-7.org
• Shipment of thousands of chicks found abandoned in USPS truck now overwhelming an animal shelter 19 May 2025
• Our Beautiful Posters Celebrate International Respect for Chickens Day/Month in LA. 15 May 2025
• UPDATE: Michigan Cancels Goose Gassing After Receiving Pressure From Advocates 14 May 2025
• First sighting of our "What Wings Are For! Give a Cluck. Go Vegan!" ad we are running on 45 Los Angeles bus shelters during the month of May 13 May 2025
• WCUW 91.3 FM radio station is rebroadcasting the Vegan Nation: International Respect for Chickens Day show today (Tuesday, May 13th) at 4:30 pm EDT. 13 May 2025
• UPC had a wonderful weekend advocating for chickens and vegan living at Greenbelt Green Man Festival 2025 11 May 2025
• Leafleting at Sprouts Farmers Market in Encinitas CA on Sat. May 10 in honor of International Respecto for Chickens Day May 4, 2025 11 May 2025
• International Respect for Chickens Day May 4, 2025 at Vegan Demo in Olney, MD: Raise Awareness for Farmed Animals! 7 May 2025
• Vegan Nation with Marlene Narrow: Int’l Respect for Chickens Day/Month 6 May 2025
• Chicken Run Rescue Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day 5 May 2025
• More photos of our "What Wings Are For - Go Vegan!" truck in DC this weekend for International Respect for Chickens Day! 4 May 2025
• There's an Elephant in the Room Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2025
• Food Empowerment Project Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2025
• Marina Drake Art Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2025
• VINE Sanctuary Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2025
• Full Circle Farm Sanctuary Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2025
• Edgar's Mission Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2025
• Our "What Wings Are For - Go Vegan!" truck stopped by our Leafleting at the White House for Int'l Respect for Chickens Day on Saturday, May 3, 2025. 3 May 2025
• We had a great day sticking up for chickens at our Leafleting at the White House for Int'l Respect for Chickens Day on Saturday, May 3, 2025. 3 May 2025
• International Respect for Chickens Day posters on display at Medford Wisconsin Public Library and Healthmart Pharmacy on Main St. 2 May 2025
• First sighting of our International Respect for Chickens Day ads running on a truck downtown for 8 hours each day, starting May 2nd and concluding on International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4th. 2 May 2025
• Animalearn Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day with the Hatching Kindness Project 2 May 2025
• National Today: International Respect for Chickens Day – May 4, 2025 2 May 2025
• Letter from Nedim C. Buyukmihci, VMD to Petco: Selling Baby Chicks Is Extremely Cruel 30 April 2025
• Stop Petco Chick Sales 29 April 2025
• UPC is delighted to contribute copies of A Home for Henny by Karen Davis as a part of The Hatching Kindness Project. 25 April 2025
• Leafleting at the White House for International Respect for Chickens Day 15 April 2025
• UPC is delighted to welcome Benedict and Peepers to our sanctuary. 14 April 2025
• Michigan Residents: Prevent Geese from Being Gassed 7 April 2025
• Happy Spring at UPC! 5 April 2025
• Sunday, April 27: Planet Virginia at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. UPC will be hosting an exhibit table.
• Arkansas State Senate Kills House Bill to Legalize Cockfighting 3 April 2025 - Animals24-7.org
• Spring Crush Cockfighting Update, 4 Pits Exposed! - SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness) & Animal Wellness Action 2 April 2025
• Halt the Unjustified Slaughter of Canada Geese & Mute Swans by Michigan DNR in 2025 28 March 2025
• Discover a New Easter Tradition Without Hen’s Eggs 27 March 2025
• International Respect for Chickens Day May 4, 2025 25 March 2025
• Despite Temporary Closures, Avian Flu Spreads in NYC’s Live Animal Markets 18 March 2025 - TheirTurn.net
• With Bird Flu, Our Factory Farmed Chickens Have Come Home to Roost by John Sanbonmatsu 15 March 2025 - commondreams.org
• Hundreds of Birds in NYC Infected by Bird Flu after Poultry Markets Allowed to Reopen 7 March 2025
• UPC Winter 2025 Poultry Press – Volume 34, Number 3 25 February 2025
  Inside: Ask Restaurants to Switch to Vegan Faux Gras • “Don't Gobble Me!” Ads • Activism For Turkeys • Tabling the Debate on Thanksgiving Turkey • Kaporos Report • 2023 Annual Report • Freddaflower Fund • Vegan Recipe Corner & More!
• Please submit a comment: Trader Joe’s is selling fertilized chicken eggs — one shopper is ruffling feathers after showing how to hatch them 14 February 2025
• Urge New York Governor Hochul to Permanently Shut Down Live Bird Markets 11 February 2025
• Bird Flu: A Crisis with No End in Sight 4 February 2025
• VINE Sanctuary: Remembering Karen Davis 30 January 2025
• Snow Day at UPC! 27 January 2025
• A sighting of one of our 14 “What Wings Are For! Give a Cluck. Go Vegan!” Bike Station ads in Washington, DC still up after 8 months! 19 January 2025
• Bree and Me: A True Story of a Rescued Rooster’s Journey 14 January 2025
• Just another spaghetti party at United Poultry Concerns! 8 January 2025