Backyard Chicken-Keeping - United Poultry Concerns

Backyard Chicken-Keeping
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The Ugly Face of Small Animal Farming
"I've spent the WHOLE day processing these f***ers. First I hung them in the bathroom, cut off their
heads, and bled them (they were freshly killed)." ~Novella Carpenter, Ghost Town Farm Blog
NoSlaughter.org - What Oakland's Slaughter Hobbyists are Saying

Coalition of Animal Sanctuaries Craft Policy Statement on Urban Chicken-Keeping 25 November 2009

Recommendations for Municipal Regulation of Urban Chickens 15 February 2010 (external link)

Urban Chicken-Keeping: Problems and Recommendations Video Presentation by Karen Davis, PhD at Conscious Eating Conference, University of California Berkeley, February 18, 2012 - 2 May 2012

Veterinary Assessment of Shipping Live Birds as Airmail 14 July 2008

The Perils and Pleasures of Urban Backyard Chicken-Keeping 25 March 2010

2013

The Misery of Baby "Easter" Chicks UPC Summer 2013 Poultry Press
Litchfield County Times Covers UPC Concerns About "Easter" Chicks 22 March 2013
Rabbi Yonassan Gershom Speaks on Baby Chicks at Easter & Always 20 March 2013
Please Help "Easter" Chicks - There are things you can do! 18 March 2013

2012

Backyard Animal Farming is NOT a "Humane" Alternative to Industrial Animal Farming 7 December 2012
Backyard Butchers 6 December 2012 - aldf.org
Backyard Chicken Boom Produces Unwanted Roosters 26 November 2012
Death on Wheels 25 October 2012 - james-mcwilliams.com
New Poll Finds Majority of Oakland Residents in Areas Most Impacted by Urban Farming Are Opposed to the Breeding and Slaughtering of Backyard Livestock 19 September 2012
UPC Letter Regarding the Keeping of Chickens and Goats for Eggs and Milk in Long Beach 23 July 2012
Coming Home to Roost: How to Keep Chickens as Pets 12 June 2012
The Butcher Next Door on Slate & Assessing Consumer Concerns About the Meat Industry on Fresh Air 11 June 2012
Nedim Buyukmihci's Letter to Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms 24 April 2012
Hatcheries Ship Baby Roosters as Packing Material 23 April 2012
"Chickens Deserve Compassionate Care," by Karen Davis - Letters to the Editor, The Washington Post 27 February 2012 (Also in UPC Spring-Summer 2012 Poultry Press)
vimeo.com/upc/freerangechickenslaughter - 12 January 2012
UPC’s Letter to My Pet Chicken about Shipping Baby Chicks, December 9, 2011 9 December 2011

2011

Shipping young chicks compromises their welfare. Letter to My Pet Chicken from Nedim C. Buyukmihci, V.M.D., Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California - Davis, December 6, 2011. 9 December 2011
Baby Chicks Make Bad Christmas Gifts: Protest to My Pet Chicken 9 December 2011
The Locavore Movement's Mistake: Deregulating Animal Slaughter By James McWilliams. Inexpertly killed animals suffer immensely. 13 September 2011
Urban Farming -- Life-giving vs. Life-threatening Foods: A Perspective on Bay Area Public Radio 13 July 2011
How NOT to Raise Chickens: A field guide for urban poultry farmers 9 June 2011 (external link)
UPC Letter to Port St Lucie, Florida City Council Re: Urban Chicken-Keeping Proposal 3 June 2011
Urge Oakland, CA to Reject Backyard Livestock & Slaughter! 2 June 2011

2010 & earlier

UPC Letter to Pittsburgh City Planning Commission Re: Zoning to Keep Farmed Animals
in the City 06/04/10
“Creature Feature: Coming Home to Roost” The practices of big agribusiness - and some irresponsible locals - may bring chickens into your shelter 02/05/10
“Chickens require more care than some realize,” by UPC President Karen Davis 11/17/09
Urban Chicken-Keeping Has Caring Friends in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 06/04/09
Help with Chicken-Keeping City Ordinances 09/22/08

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