Home | What's New? | News Releases | Action Alerts | PoultryPress | Resources | Merchandise | Links | E-mail Welfare Problems & Recommendations The Rotten Egg Bill aka "The Screaming Hen Bill" Needs Our Help To Be Defeated! 8 May 2013 Pet Chicken Saves Family from Household Fire: Who Will Save Chickens from Fires in Their Houses? 1 January 2013 United Poultry Concerns Seeks Fire Protection for Farmed Animals UPC Winter 2012 Poultry Press Seeking Fire Protection for Farmed Animals: An Update 27 September 2012 Join UPC President Karen Davis on Animals Today Radio on Sunday September 2 at 5:00 p.m. EST 31 August 2012 - Topics: United Poultry Concerns' Campaigns to End Chicken Kaporos and Require Fire Protection Systems in Farm Animal Housing Facilities UPC & Twelve Other Organizations Appeal to the National Fire Protection Association to Uphold the Association's Action Requiring Fire Protection Systems in Farm Animal Housing Facilities 31 July 2012 News Release: Animal Advocacy Groups Urge National Fire Protection Association to Uphold Decision Requiring Agribusiness to Protect Farm Animal Facilities from Preventable Fires 31 July 2012 Charitable Donations to Support Animal Farming? 25 July 2012 "Nature's Perfect Package: Labeling Our Way to a Clear Conscience," by James McWilliams 22 July 2012 Agribusiness Coalition Opposes Fire Safety Controls in Animal Confinement Facilities 19 July 2012 Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012: Inquiry re: Cage Space Phase-in Schedule 10 July 2012 Proposed Legislation for Egg-Laying Hens: An Update 7 June 2012 Animal Organizations Intensify Opposition to Egg Bill (H.R. 3798) in Anticipation of Senate Version 19 April 2012 Agreement Raises Flags for Egg-Laying Hens: A Chicken Activist’s Perspective on the “New Deal” UPC Spring-Summer 2012 Poultry Press "Agreement Raises Flags For Egg-Laying Hens: A Chicken Activist's Perspective on the 'New Deal,' " ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2012. 5 March 2012 Will Battery Cages for Egg-Laying Hens Be Banned by Proposed Federal Law? 30 January 2012 Virginia Senate Bill 610 is DEAD! Bill Sought to Exclude All Agricultural Animals from Legal Protection 26 January 2012 Virginia Bill No. 610 Seeks to Kill All Protections for Farmed Animals 25 January 2012 VA Gov. McDonnell signs bills weakening farmed animal cruelty penalties, Approved April 29, 2011 26 December 2011 New Bills Will Endanger Farm Animals - Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia 24 February 2011 News Release: Animal Advocacy Group Urges VA Governor to Veto Bad Farm Animal Bill 16 February 2011 Virginia Residents: Tell Governor NO to Proposed Farm Animal Cruelty Exemptions! 16 February 2011 Agreement Raises Hopes & Fears for Egg-Laying Hens: Our Perspective 10 July 2011 Is the US Egg Industry "Evolving"? Agreement Raises Hopes for Egg-Laying Hens 8 July 2011 07/10/10: “Enriched” Cages for Egg-Laying Hens in the US and EU 04/14/09: BROKEN WINGS: The Breakdown of Animal Protection in Canada 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 10/25/05: Treatment of Live Poultry Before Slaughter 10/03/05: Farm Animal Welfare: An Assessment of Product Labeling Claims, Industry Quality Assurance Guidelines and Third Party Certification Standards 10/03/05: The Facts About Farm Animal Welfare Standards 8/19/05: Karen Davis op-ed against battery cages 8/11/05: Future Trends in Animal Agriculture Symposium Program 2/28/05: The Avian Flu Crisis in Canada: Ethics of Farmed-Animal Disease Control 12/15/04: New Video From UPC 6/18/04: Killing Chickens in a Wood Chipper Discussed in The Canadian Veterinary Journal Poultry Slaughter: The Need for Legislation Knowing More About Natural Poultry Behavior Can Lead To Better Care UPC public comments to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture on its proposed “humane” standards for farmed animals. 27 June 2003 1/30/04: UPC Poultry Welfare Recommendations to the OIE The Need for Legislation and Elimination of Electrical Immobilization 6/2001: Farmed Animal Well-Being Conference at the University of California-Davis 6/2001: Farmed Animal Well-Being Conference at the University of California-Davis (part II) See Also: AVMA Debeaking Forced Molting Experimental Research Free Range Poultry & Egg Industry Poultry Diseases Poultry Slaughter Poultry Workers Organic Standards Live Markets & Auctions Transport Home | What's New? | News Releases | Action Alerts | PoultryPress | Resources | Merchandise | Links | E-mail