What’s New on the UPC Website

• The Atlantic: For Earth Day, a Photo Appreciation of Birds. Photo number 4: A mother hen protects a group of chicks under her wings and body. 22 April 2024
• Saturday, May 4: Celebrate International Respect for Chickens Day, Elko New Market, MN. Hosted by Chicken Run Rescue and Compassionate Action for Animals.
• Rowdy the rooster is still going strong! 16 April 2024 - fb.com/unitedpoultryconcerns
• Chicken Run Rescue: Remember Amma and Celebrate International Respect for Chickens Day 13 April 2024
• Rev. David Sickles’ Letter to Glens Falls Collaborative Re: Wing Fest 12 April 2024
• Saturday, May 4, 2024 Humane Hoax Chicken Webinar 12 April 2024
• Urge Glens Falls Wing Fest to Drop the Dead Wings 10 April 2024
• NY Times: A Cruel Way to Control Bird Flu? Poultry Giants Cull and Cash In 5 April 2024
• International Respect for Chickens Day May 4, 2024 3 April 2024
• LA Times: California Wildlife is Vulnerable to an Avian Flu ‘Apocalypse’ 14 March 2024
• UPC Winter-Spring 2024 Poultry Press – Volume 33, Number 3 4 March 2024
  Inside:“Broiler Breeder” Chickens • Media Sabotage Plant-Based Meats • Bird Flu – Fiction versus Fact • Remembering Karen Davis • International Respect for Chickens Day May 4 • Freddaflower Fund • Vegan Recipe Corner & More!
• Saturday, Feb 24: The 5th Annual Humane Hoax Online Conference 16 February 2024
• A Few Good Hen 30 January 2024 - fb.com/unitedpoultryconcerns
• Chickens Talk. Are You Listening? 19 Jan 2024
• Millions of Tax Dollars Used by USDA for Bird Flu Bailouts 14 January 2024
• Podcast Transcript Added: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) – Fiction versus Fact Updated 12 January 2024
• Special Friends: Rupert the rooster and UPC sanctuary assistant Paul Connon 5 January 2024 - fb.com/UnitedPoultryConcerns/videos
• UPC Needs Your Support This Holiday Season 24 December 2023
• Order your 2024 Chicken Run Rescue Calendar NOW 15 December 2023
• UPC Fall 2023 Poultry Press – Volume 33, Number 2 11 December 2023
  Inside:The Humane Hoax Review • UPC Letter in NYT • UPC Outreach • Dark World of Gene-Editing • Kaporos Report • 2022 Annual Report • Freddaflower Fund • Vegan Recipe Corner & More!
• Tribute to Karen Davis… a bellwether in the political storms that animal rights advocates have to face. And Viva, her first rescue who started it all… 7 Dec 2023
• Petition Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to Disavow Support for Cockfighting Group 28 Nov 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
• Actions for Karen: Two Turkeys Saved, Articles Published and More! 22 Nov 2023
• I'll Miss Karen Davis As One Of My Favorite People And Favorite Activists Of All Time 20 November 2023
• UPC Runs Bus Ads in Los Angeles for Turkeys! 20 Nov 2023
• Rest in Power Karen Davis 16 Nov 2023 - www.hopefortheanimalspodcast.org
• In Memory of Karen Davis: Chicken or Broiler, Cow or Steer, Owner or Guardian? 15 Nov 2023 - plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com
• Tuesday, Nov 14: Vegan Nation - Karen Davis Memorial Tribute 14 Nov 2023
• Remembering My Visit to to United Poultry Concerns and Karen Davis 13 Nov 2023 - Cape Charles Mirror
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Birds activist called herself 'that crazy chicken lady' 13 Nov 2023 - The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Wall Street Journal: Karen Davis, an Animal-Rights Activist Who Convinced Ira Glass to Stop Eating Chicken, Dies at 79 10 Nov 2023 - The Wall Street Journal
• Memorial Service to Celebrate the Life of Karen Davis 10 Nov 2023
• The Washington Post: Karen Davis, animal rights advocate who spoke for the birds, dies at 79 8 Nov 2023
• Remembering Karen Davis - VivaVegie Society 8 Nov 2023 - VivaVegie Society
• Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns founder, dead at 79 8 Nov 2023 - Animals 24-7
• Animal Activism Mentorship: Remembering Karen Davis 7 Nov 2023
• Karen Davis, President and Founder of UPC, Has Passed Away 4 Nov 2023
• Saturday, October 28: Hampton Roads VegFest, Chesapeake City Park, Chesapeake, VA. UPC will host an exhibit table.
• Great News! Matching Funds for Kaporos Chicken Rescue! 19 October 2023 - www.endchickensaskaporos.com
• Saturday, October 7: Richmond VegFest, Byrd Park, Richmond, VA. UPC will host an exhibit table.
• Video: Our Nine One-winged Warriors and over 200 of Their Friends Need Your Help! 26 September 2023 - fb.com/AlliancetoEndChickensasKaporos
• Last Week, Practitioners of Kaporos Swung and Slaughtered at Least 100,000 Chickens in Brooklyn Alone 25 September 2023 - fb.com/donnymossnyc
• A rooster and a hen find love, comfort, and companionship 22 Sept 2023
• Video: Activists Showed up for Thousands of Kaporos Victims and Rescued Six Baby Chickens from Hell 19 September 2023 - fb.com/AlliancetoEndChickensasKaporos
• Live Video: Day One of Kaporos in Williamsburg 18 September 2023 - fb.com/AlliancetoEndChickensasKaporos
• Get Justice for a Goose Brutally Beaten To Death by a Golfer 13 Sept 2023
• Video Interview: True Sanctuary With Karen Davis 8 September 2023
• Sunday, September 10: Kaporos Orientation 2023 (Zoom)
• Support the Official Kaporos Rescue, 2023 NYC - Fundraiser Fundraiser for the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos 5 September 2023
• Petition: Stop Cruel Chick Hatching at Ohio Public Library 24 August 2023
• Karen Davis: This Conversation Will Change How You See Chickens (Podcast 37:20 min.) 16 August 2023
• The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing the Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs 9 August 2023
• Monday-Saturday, September 18-23: NYC Kaporos Week of Action ‘23, Brooklyn, NY. Please Join Us!
• Animal Outlook’s Investigation of Tyson Grower Reveals Mass, Systemic Cruelty 4 August 2023
• Are Farmed Animal Sanctuaries at Risk? 1 August 2023
• UPC Summer 2023 Poultry Press – Volume 33, Number 1 24 July 2023
  Inside: “Humanely Raised” Hoax • “Sarah Undefeated,” a poem • Rescuing “Layers” • Her Beating Heart • Oberlin Public Library • Outdoor Activism • Respect for Chickens Transit Ads! • Animal “De-Liberation” Now • Freddaflower Fund • Vegan Recipe Corner & More!
• UPC Letter in NYT: “Missing element in the article” 22 July 2023
• Podcast: Lost in the Vast, Dark World of Gene-Editing 21 July 2023
• “What Does Animal LIBERATION Really Mean?” Now Posted! 11 July 2023
• What's Wrong with ‘Humanely Raised’ Poultry and Eggs? 5 July 2023
• Glimpses of Happy Chickens at United Poultry Concerns 28 June 2023
• ANIMAL LIBERATION: What Does It REALLY Mean? 26 June 2023
• Partners in The Humane Hoax: Take Action! 22 June 2023
• Avian Influenza: Poultry, Pigs and People 21 June 2023
• Podcast: Focused Campaigns versus Closed Circle Campaigns: What Would a Chicken Say? 15 June 2023
• Compassionate Living’s 4th Annual Humane Hoax Conference Now Posted on YouTube! 13 June 2023
• Event Announcement: This Conversation Will Change How You See Chickens 9 June 2023
• Help Us Shut Down Oberlin Public Library's CRUEL Chick Hatching Events! 6 June 2023
• Our Big Beautiful Transit Ads in Atlanta & Washington, DC Urge Chicken-Free! 1 June 2023
• Poultry Press at Minglewood (vegan) Bake Shop in Richmond, VA 31 May 2023
• “Animal Liberation Now”: Nothing to Crow About 30 May 2023
• Podcast: The Futuristic Fate of Birds and the Other Earthlings 26 May 2023
• (Why) Would the Media Want Plant-Based Meats to Fail? 24 May 2023
• International Respect for Chickens Month in Amherst, Massachusetts 25 May 2023 - fb.com
• Canada Goose Drawing in Honor of International Respect for Chickens Day 17 May 2023
• Our 4th annual Humane Hoax Online Conference is coming up on May 20th! 15 May 2023
• Animal Rights March in San Diego, CA on May 13, 2023 15 May 2023 - fb.com
• Another great day of tabling for United Poultry Concerns on Sunday, May 14, 2023 14 May 2023 - fb.com
• Some photos of United Poultry Concerns tabling at Greenbelt Green Man Festival on May 13, 2023 13 May 2023
• The Hen is a Symbol of Motherhood for Reasons We May Have Forgotten, So Let Us Recall 11 May 2023
• International Respect for Chickens Day/month of May:
  Images and Words of Kindness and Respect for Our Feathered Friends 9 May 2023
• Podcast: Sarah, the Hen: Her Legs Were Made for Walking 7 May 2023
• A great day leafleting at the White House for Int'l Respect for Chickens Day on Saturday, May 6, 2023. 7 May 2023
• Free from Harm: Help Us Shut Down “WingOut” on International Respect for Chickens Day! 4 Mary 2023
• Saturday, May 6: Leafleting at the White House for International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2023
• How Can We Promote Respect For Chickens?
  An Interview With Karen Davis Of United Poultry Concerns 2 May 2023
• News Release: International Respect For Chickens Day Celebrates the Joy of Chickens 1 May 2023
• Announcing 2023 NYC Leadership Team for the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos! 27 April 2023
• UPC Spring 2023 Poultry Press – Volume 32, Number 4 26 April 2023
  Inside: Rituals of Humiliation • Moral Problem in Moorcroft, WY • Leafleting – Don’t Be Shy! • International Respect for Chickens Day May 4 • Make Your Vegan Wishes Known • Tractor Supply Cruelty Continues • Two Letters for Hens • Dominance Through Mentioning • Freddaflower Fund • Recipe Corner & More!
• Letter to a New Vegan 21 April 2023
• Join Book Launch Party for The Humane Hoax:
  Essays Exposing the Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs! 17 April 2023
• International Respect for Chickens - Gallery of Ideas 2023 10 April 2023
• Podcast: International Respect for Chickens Day 7 April 2023
• Anthropomorphism as Activism Now Posted on YouTube 3 April 2023
• The “Easter” Chick - A Lost Soul 31 March 2023
• Chicken Love – Three Sweet Videos! 24 March 2023
• Urge Wyoming Officials to Oppose Unlawful Chicken Roping Contest 21 March 2023
• False Equivalencies Between Humans and Other Animals 17 March 2023
• Do Chickens Mind Seeing Other Chickens Killed in Their Presence? 10 March 2023
• Dangerous, Dreary “Chick Days” Resume at Tractor Supply Stores 8 March 2023
• Anthropomorphism as Activism: How to Promote Animal Liberation 6 March 2023
• Letter to the editor: ‘Cage-free’ eggs are not humane for hens 4 March 2023
• Chicken Roping: A Way Of Life Or Another Way Of Cruelty? 2 March 2023
• Leafleting for Animals: A Time-Honored Activist Tradition 24 January 2023
• MIXING WITHOUT PAIN: Animal Rights and/or Deep Ecology by Karen Davis 21 February 2023
• Small Town And Even Smaller Morals: Chicken & Pig Abuse Events Return To Ridgeland, Wisconsin 16 February 2023
• Boo, a Dearly Beloved Rooster: Happy Valentine’s Day! 14 February 2023
• A “Super Bowl” of Suffering for Nothing 11 February 2023
• Podcast: “Good” Anthropomorphism versus “Bad” Anthropomorphism: What is the Difference? 10 February 2023
• News Release: United Poultry Concerns Condemns Chicken Roping Contest, Urges Compassionate Conduct 8 February 2023
• In Celebration of Dr. Karen Davis, United Poultry Concerns 3 February 2023
• Vet Record: ‘The veterinary profession should not condone killing animals by heatstroke’ 30 January 2023
• “Dominance Through Mentioning”: The Fiction of Fair Coverage of Farmed Animals 27 January 2023
• UPC Winter 2023 Poultry Press – Volume 32, Number 3 25 January 2023
  Inside: Farmed Animals Forsaken? • Kaporos Chicken Rescue Report • Baby Turkey Cries for His Mom • Revolutionary Autobiography • A Boy, A Chicken, A Lion . . . • NCSU Cruelty to Hens • Freddaflower Fund • Holiday Bus Ads • Outreach Events & More!
• Save Wilbur the Rooster ‑ Urgent! 21 January 2023
• Cockfighting is Illegal in the U.S. But Persists. Why?, The New York Times Magazine, 20 January 2023
• The Agony of Farmed Animals: Betrayed by the AVMA, Ignored by the Media, Abandoned By Almost Everyone 18 January 2023
• Can We Assume Consciousness or Happiness in Other Animals? 13 January 2023
• Our Letters to LA Times Chide Egg Shortage Complaints 12 January 2023
• WILD ANIMALS AND HUMAN LIFE - Savage Din, Soft Lyre and the Call of Wild Natures 6 January 2023