News Archives 2009
12/23/09: Mid-Manhattan Library Presents UPC President Karen Davis : "The Social and Secret Life of Chickens: A Visual Lecture &
Book-Signing" in New York City, Wednesday, December 30, 2009
12/22/09: Please Give a Generous Holiday Gift to United Poultry Concerns: We Need Your Compassionate Support for the Birds in 2010
12/16/09: Five Precious UPC Sanctuary Residents
12/11/09: Choice Magazine Recommendation of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: “Riveting . . . brilliant . . . noteworthy for its breadth and depth.”
12/07/09: UPC Condemns 8th Grade Chicken Slaughter at Idaho School: Letter to The Community School Urges Compassionate Teaching
12/01/09: Order Your 2010 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest Calendar Now!
11/25/09: Coalition of Animal Sanctuaries Craft Policy Statement on Urban Chicken-Keeping
11/23/09: Tune In to UPC President Karen Davis on WRIR.org Tuesday November 24
11/19/09: United Poultry Concerns Will Hold Vigil for Turkeys in Bethesda Nov 20
11/18/09: Fall-Winter 2009 Poultry Press Inside: Ethical Kapparot, Santa Monica Chickens, Houdini’s Escape
UPC Thanksgiving, San Francisco Markets, Karen Davis in NYC, Mark Hawthorne Review
Tofurky & More
11/18/09: Children Slaughtered Chickens in Idaho Community School
11/17/09: “Chickens require more care than some realize,” by UPC President Karen Davis
11/10/09: Edna Byrd: “Memoir of a Wild Turkey”
11/04/09: “Thanksgiving: A Time to Celebrate Birds” in The Order of the Earth
11/02/09: Environmental Impact of Animals Raised for Food Recalculated: World Watch Magazine Links Human Diet & Greenhouse Gases
10/23/09: The Inner World of Farm Animals: Their Amazing Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Capacities
10/22/09: Average and Total Numbers of Animals Who Died to Feed Americans in 2008
10/16/09: UPC Defends Delmarva Resident’s Right to Keep Her Chickens and Ducks
10/15/09: Animal Place Seeks Rescue Ranch Manager for California Sanctuary
10/02/09: Thanksgiving Vigil for Turkeys - Please Join Us in Bethesda, MD, November 20th
09/29/09: “Ethical Kapparot” Urged by Editor of Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
09/24/09: News Release: United Poultry Concerns Activists Will Protest Cruelty to Chickens: Kapparot Chicken “Swinging” Ritual at Chabad Shul of Potomac, MD
09/23/09: Forward.com on United Poultry Concerns’ “Case Against Swinging Chickens”
09/22/09: Urge ASPCA to Make Kapparot Chicken Abusers Give Water and Food to Crated, Suffering Chickens
09/17/09: Protest at the National Chicken Council Conference - Fairmont Hotel in DC, Thursday, October 1st, Noon- 2:00pm
09/15/09: UPC President Karen Davis Presents “The Social and Secret Life of Chickens: A Lecture with Visuals & a Book-Signing” in New York City, December 30, 2009
09/11/09: UPC 19th Vegetarian Thanksgiving Open House on the Virginia Eastern Shore November 28th
09/11/09: Join UPC President Karen Davis on The Doug Clifford Show Sunday Morning
09/07/09: United Poultry Concerns’ 2009 letter to Rabbi David Zwiebel and Rabbi Avi Shafran
09/09/09: “The Social Life of Chickens” by UPC President Karen Davis
09/02/09: After Baby Chick Video Goes Viral, Advocates Warn 'Free Range' Not All It's Cracked Up to Be (External Link)
08/31/09: United Poultry Concerns’ 2009 letter to Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Re: A Wing & A Prayer - The Kapparot Chicken-Swinging Ritual
09/04/09: Baltimore Jewish Times, Letters to the Editor: No To Kapparot (External Link)
09/03/09: City Chicken Care Class, Minneapolis MN, Sunday September 27
09/02/09: Hatchery Horrors: The Egg Industry’s Tiniest Victims
09/01/09: News Release: United Poultry Concerns Urges Little Rhody Egg Farms to Stop Starving Hens
08/26/09: United Poultry Concerns’ 2009 letter to Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
08/26/09: United Poultry Concerns’ 2009 letter to Rabbi David Zwiebel
08/25/09: A Wing & A Prayer - The Kapparot Chicken-Swinging Ritual - Please Help!
08/20/09: Little Rhody on the Radio - Tune in Friday August 21 @ 1:00 PM ET
08/18/09: UPC Tells Little Rhody Egg Farms Owner: Stop Starving Your Hens!
08/15/09: UPC on Shipping Chicks Like Luggage in Today’s New York Daily News
08/14/09: UPC’s Plea to Humane Society of Missouri President to Serve Compassionate Meals
08/13/09: Urge Humane Society of Missouri NOT to Serve Animals
08/13/09: Summer-Fall 2009 Poultry Press Inside: Little Rhody Hens at UPC, Starving Hens “Gently,” Prisoned Chickens: Essential Reading, Dahlia & Lena: Who Gets the Chick?, “Humane” Flesh-food, Cock-A-doodle Crumb Cake, 2008 Annual Report, More!
08/07/09: Help Stop San Francisco Good Hope Church-Sponsored Cruelty to Birds This Sunday August 9th
08/05/09: “Free-Range” Poultry and Eggs: Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be - UPC’s New Brochure is Now Available in Print and Online!
07/14/09: Pain and Suffering in Birds
07/14/09: New UPC Online Store: T-shirts, Aprons, Bags and more! www.printfection.com/upcstore (external link)
07/12/09: “Free-Range” Poultry and Eggs: Not All They’re Cracked Up To Be (Updated) 07/01/09: Baron L. Miller Letter Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Jeffrey Ross, Chief of the Criminal Division, San Francisco DA’s Office
07/01/09: Turkey Abusers Convicted of Cruelty in Landmark Case
06/29/09: Reply From: Amy Brown, Director of Real Estate,City and County of San Francisco Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Karen Davis
06/29/09: Karen Davis Letter Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Amy Brown, Director of Real Estate,City and County of San Francisco
06/26/09: Karen Davis Letter Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Reverend Rance Whiteside, Good Hope Baptist Church
06/25/09: Karen Davis Letter Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Christine Adams, Manager, The Heart of the City Farmers Market Community
06/24/09: Reply From Office of District Attorney Kamala D. Harris Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: Karen Davis
06/26/09: “Animal Agriculture Boosts Antibiotic Resistance,” The Epoch Times , June 24, 2009
06/24/09: Letter from UPC President Karen Davis, PhD Re: San Francisco Live Animal Markets To: San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris
06/24/09: Live Chickens Sold in Sealed Bags by San Francisco Markets: Law Enforcement Turns Blind Eye - Letters Are Urgently Needed!
06/19/09: 5-Star Amazon Reviews of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs, 2009 Edition
06/19/09: 06/18/09: Video now online:
Virgil Butler - "Inside Tyson's Hell:
06/15/09: Screening of Fowl Play, New Brunswick, NJ Saturday, June 20th 7PM
06/13/09: Humane Meat? It may seem easier to eat “humane meat” than choose vegetarian, but in fact it’s not.
06/09/09: City Chicken Class - Register Now! - Chicken Run Rescue
06/08/09: National Pigeon Day Celebrates Pigeons in New York City June 13
06/04/09: Urban Chicken-Keeping Has Caring Friends in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
06/02/09: The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of Our Kinship with Animals
05/27/09: Providing a Good Home for Chickens (Updated)
05/15/09: Recent Podcasts Featuring UPC President Karen Davis: The Little Chicken Named Viva Who Started It All & Why Industrial Chicken Production is Wrong
05/08/09: ACT Radio Features UPC President Karen Davis & Her New Book Sunday May 10, at 7:30 p.m. Mountain Time
05/06/09: Protest Oprah's Giving Away KFC Chicken Meals (Eating Misery: Contamination and Cruelty are Linked in Chickens Raised for Food)
05/05/09: Book Recommendation by Mark Hawthorne: Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs
05/04/09: LA Times: Your morning adorable: Celebrating chicken athletes the world over (external link)
05/02/09: DC Indymedia: Chicken Activists Protest at White House (external link)
4/30/09: News Release: United Poultry Concerns Honors International Respect for Chickens Day
04/28/09: International Respect for Chickens Day Events in Washington DC & San Diego, CA on 2 May 2009
04/27/09: UPC President Karen Davis Discusses Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs in Radio Interviews This Week in Minneapolis, MN & Richmond, VA
04/17/09: Blame industrial animal operations for disease outbreaks among humans - Agweek 02/23/2009
04/16/09: UPC President Karen Davis Will Sign Books, Do Live Radio in Richmond, VA on 21 April 2009
04/16/09: Spring-Summer 2009 Poultry Press Inside: Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs Sheds Light in New Edition, Safa Lee Turkeys Update, Mississippi Hends Saved, Mr. Joy Passes Away, Little Rhody Egg Farms, International Respect for Chickends Day, Veggie Pride Parade, Recipe Corner.
04/16/09: A Moral Question on the Dinner Table: NY Times Letters
04/15/09: April 25th: Join UPC President Karen Davis at the Conference for Critical Animal Studies
04/14/09: BROKEN WINGS: The Breakdown of Animal Protection in Canada
04/06/09: International Respect for Chickens Day May 4, 2009
04/03/09: Vegan World Radio Features UPC President Karen Davis April 6th
04/02/09: ARTS & OPINION Discusses Chickens in April Issue Online
03/23/09: Join UPC at Go Green America Expo in Gaithersburg, MD March 28-29
03/17/09: Call for Entries: CHICKEN RUN RESCUE PHOTO CONTEST!
3/10/09: Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs Sheds Light in New Edition
03/05/09: Investigators See Improvement for Turkeys at Sara Lee Plant
03/01/09: Help UPC by Purchasing Ethical Jewelry
02/26/09: Veggie Pride Parade, New York City, 2009: Mark your calendar for Sunday, May 17, 2009!
02/25/09: Life and Death on Little Rhody Egg Farms: From Battery Cage to Live Market
02/15/09: European Geese & Plucked Alive (article in Sweden's largest morning newspaper)
02/12/09: UPC Welcomes 60 Hens from Mississippi Cockfighting Raid
02/04/09: Join UPC President Karen Davis at National Pigeon Day Celebration June 13, 2009 in New York City. Speakers/Presenters Wanted
01/25/09: Winter 2008-2009 Poultry Press Inside: Chicken Project Killed, Proposition 2 Passes, Cooper the Rooster, Questioning Kapparot , Caring Turkey Mothers, Great Pumpkin Pancakes
01/21/09: Join Karen Davis and Tina Volpe on Wake Up America! Saturday, January 24th, 2009 – 11 AM PST
1/13/09: UPC President Karen Davis Tells Doris Lin What Led Her to Become a Chicken Rights Activist
1/13/09: Mr. Joy, Dear Little Rooster Who Brought Joy to Nursing Home Residents, Has Died
1/7/09: Framed! Vegan artists for animal rights: Mary Britton Clouse - for the wonderful Chicken
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