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Poultry Slaughter
Poultry Slaughter: The Need for Legislation
Excerpt from Chapter Five, “The Death,” PRISONED CHICKENS, POISONED EGGS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE MODERN POULTRY INDUSTRY by Karen Davis, PhD. New Revised Edition, 2009.
The Need for Legislation and Elimination of Electrical Immobilization
04/14/09:
BROKEN WINGS: The Breakdown of Animal Protection in Canada
4/09/08:
U.S. Court Upholds Denial of “Humane Slaughter” Coverage to Birds
1/22/08:
Suffering of Chickens Bred and Raised for Meat
6/09/07:
To halt bird flu outbreaks, researchers perfect poultry killing
5/29/07:
CRUELTY CHARGES AGAINST POULTRY SLAUGHTERER
4/19/07:
United Poultry Concerns Clarifies H5N2 Pathogenicity, Number of Turkeys Killed
4/18/07:
Turkeys with Avian Flu Killed with Firefighting Foam in West Virginia
2/23/07:
UPC's New Bird Flu Report
12/19/06:
Tribute to Virgil Butler, Who Died December 15
12/15/06:
Bird Flu Slaughter AR Advocates Concerned About Probable Culling SATYA Dec. 2006
12/07/06:
UPC Letter in Dec 1 Journal of the AVMA
7/28/06:
UPC Letter on Poultry Slaughter In The Baltimore Sun
7/11/06:
Mass Depopulation of Poultry as a Disease Control Method
6/19/06:
WSPA Comments on USDA-APHIS Draft Avian Influenza Response Plan
(PDF)
6/13/06:
2005 Poultry Slaughter Statistics
6/13/06: USDA stats in general see:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/
6/06/06:
Bird Flu Brings Attention to Activists' Concerns
3/15/06:
Poultry Industry Experimenters Promote Fire-Fighting Foam as a “Humane” Method of Mass Extermination
6/30/05:
On May 17, 2005 the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights and United Poultry Concerns sent the following letter to the state veterinarian of all US states.
Less Suffering in Slaughterhouses Needs Welfare Pressure
6/21/05:
Goose Raising
5/31/05:
Tyson Chicken Torture: UPC Letter and Action Alert: Please Write!
5/18/05:
Canada’s
Western Producer
Cites United Poultry Concerns’ Opposition
3/30/05:
Humaneness of Killing Birds with Carbon Dioxide is Disputed by Science
2/28/05:
The Avian Flu Crisis in Canada: Ethics of Farmed-Animal Disease Control
1/18/05:
Working Undercover at PerdueA COK Investigation
1/17/05:
URGENT UPDATE: Monstrous Cruelty at a KFC-Supplier Slaughterhouse Your Help Needed!
1/06/05:
Scientific Expert Urges Less Cruel Method of Killing Chickens and Other Birds
1/05/05:
Poultry Stunning and Slaughter Seminar December 16, 2004 UPC Summary of Welfare Issues Presented by Dr. Mohan Raj
12/08/04:
WELFARE, ECONOMIC AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF GAS STUNNING PRIOR TO POULTRY SLAUGHTER
12/08/04:
“Slaughterhouse Worker Turned Activist” UPC Talks with Virgil Butler and Laura Alexander
10/15/04:
Farmed Animal Slaughter Statistics
9/27/04:
STATISTICS: GLOBAL FARMED ANIMAL SLAUGHTER
9/11/04:
Clarification on Stunner Usage
9/11/04:
U.K. "Processor" Deans Foods Adopts Gas-Stunning Procedure
9/9/04:
Caught on Tape: Video Fuels Poultry Crusade
7/22/04:
Urge Congress to Include Poultry Under the Federal Humane Slaughter Act
6/27/04:
UPC President and AVAR Veterinary Consultant Publish Replies to Veterinarian Who Calls Wood Chipper a Humane Death for Thousands of Chickens. Letters and Action Alerts Follow.
6/18/04:
Killing Chickens in a Wood Chipper Discussed in
The Canadian Veterinary Journal
12/08/03:
Front page of today's LA Times: A Killing Floor Chronicle
10/11/03:
UPC Response to Kaparos Article in The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles
10/04/03:
Human Atonement or Animal Cruelty?
2/24/03:
Formal Complaint, Whistleblower Tell of Deliberate Torture of Birds at Tyson Plant
Animals Killed for Food in the United States in 2000 (millions)
Pictures of Townsend's Slaughter Plant
Ritual Poultry Slaughter
See Also:
AVMA
Debeaking
Forced Molting
Experimental Research
Free Range
Poultry & Egg Industry
Poultry Diseases
Poultry Workers
Organic Standards
Live Markets & Auctions
Transport
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