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5/14/08: International Respect for Chickens Day in Times Square (NYC) and Concord Monitor (NH)

5/12/08: amNew York Publicizes Veggie Pride Parade Sunday May 18, 2008

4/17/08: United Poultry Concerns’ “Go Vegan!” Ads Hit Washington DC Metro Cars in April and May

3/25/08: Conference Airs Controversy Over Farmed Animals Advocacy Campaigns

3/12/08: Letters Protest “A Defense of Foie Gras”

3/07/08: Chicken Photo Calendar Contest is Now Open!

2/28/08: Karen Davis on Suzanne Dragan’s “Animal Talk" Sunday March 2

2/20/08: Chickens Slaughtered by Students in New York Classroom

02/05/08: Animals and Earth Advocacy Conference February 22-24 Montana State University Billings

1/22/08: Suffering of Chickens Bred and Raised for Meat

1/16/08: Cloned animals miserable, but safe to eat

1/08/08: Morningstar Farms Responds to Pleas for Egg-Free Foods

1/07/08: Chickens Can Fly: Learning about Farmed Animals and Farm Animal Sanctuaries
Saturday January 26 in Manhattan in NYC!

1/03/08: Sara Lee’s Mistreatment of Turkeys Covered by Iowa Newspaper

12/06/07: Letters in the Independent in Ireland Urge Compassionate Diet; UPC thanks newspaper

12/13/07: Give a Gift of Hope for the Birds

12/13/07: Order your 2008 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest Calendar!

11/30/07: United Poultry Concerns, Animals’ Angels “Talk Turkey” in Today’s Des Moines Register. Action Alert: Please Urge Sara Lee to Protect Turkeys in Frigid Weather

11/26/07: The Turkey in America

11/27/07: UPC Sends You Two Articles about the Plight of Turkeys in 2007

11/16/07: "ANIMAL TALK WITH SUZANNE DRAGAN"

11/13/07: United Poultry Concerns Will Stick Up for Turkeys at the White House on Thursday, Nov. 15

11/12/07: Watch “For the Love of Chickens” on Supreme Master TV

10/24/07: Regina Hyland, Author of “God’s Covenant with Animals,” has Passed Away

10/08/07: Allegations of cockfighting bring sport’s history to light

'10/05/07: Open Letter to CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves from United Poultry Concerns

10/04/07: CBS Chicken Killing Update: Contact Information

10/02/07: "Minneapolis woman: A good egg" in Minneapolis Star Tribune

10/01/07: Contact CBS about Killing Chickens on “Kid Nation”

9/26/07: ABC News Cites United Poultry Concerns on the Power of Advertising

9/25/07: Debeaking- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

9/11/07: United Poultry Concerns Urges Money – Not Chickens – for Kapparot Ceremonies

8/21/07: Check Out “Hard to Swallow” in the September issue of The Atlantic Monthly

8/20/07: Fantastic Letter for Chickens in The New York Times Today!

8/16/07: Contact the Rabbinical Council of America About Kapparot Using Chickens

8/16/07: Letter to Rabbinical Council Regarding The Use Of Chickens In Kapparot Ceremonies

7/31/07: Protest Orthodox Union Event

7/17/07: Chickens are more evolved than previously believed

7/11/07: HELP! United Poultry Concerns Needs Your Support

6/26/07: Please Join UPC President Karen Davis & United Poultry Concerns at Three Great Conferences in July!

6/22/07: United Poultry Concerns Pays Tribute to Gretchen Wyler

6/20/07: 2007 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest Winning Photos

6/11/07: Close the Hatch

6/11/07: United Poultry Concerns Perspectives in the News

6/08/07: AMAZON.COM SUPPORTS COCKFIGHTING Please Protest!

6/05/07: Poultry markets ruffle feathers, by Lauren Darson, LegislativeGazette.com. June 4, 2007

6/01/07: The Abolitionist’s Religion, Veganism and
Anti-Speciesism Issue

5/18/07: Classroom Chick Hatching Projects Should Be Replaced with Humane Education

5/08/07: UPC President Karen Davis Will Speak at New York Bird Club May 19

5/02/07: International Respect for Chickens Day Brings Good News

5/01/07: International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4, Celebrates Chickens

4/29/07: Vegan Radio #36 with Karen Davis is available for download

4/26/07: Karen Davis Talks Respect for Chickens Today on VEGAN RADIO

4/26/07:UPC Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day at the White House & Takoma Park, Md, May 4 & 5, 2007 – Please Join Us!

4/25/07: Please Thank IRA GLASS for Promoting Veg Change on David Letterman

4/24/07: Karen Davis, Chicken Advocacy, Vegetarianism Discussed On David Letterman

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

4/12/07: Houston TX: Deputies rescue abandoned chickens

4/04/07: Do a Good Deed for Chickens for International Respect for Chickens Day May 4

3/29/07: UPC President Karen Davis Describes the Cruelty of Shipping Chicks by Airmail

3/22/07: Conference on Comparing the Holocaust with Other Atrocities to be Held at NYU Law School March 24-25

3/13/07: Karen Davis on Animal Talk

3/13/07: Help stop avian virus by going vegan

3/12/07: Governor Richardson signs cockfighting ban into law

3/08/07: New Bird Flu Booklet

2/28/07: KSU Issues an Open Letter to Basketball Fans Condemning Chicken Abuse. Sports Illustrated Website Removes “Chicken Toss” Promotion

2/26/07: Chickens Sadistically Abused at Kansas State University Basketball Game

2/23/07: UPC's New Bird Flu Report

2/22/07: Urge MORNINGSTAR FARMS to Stop Using Eggs

2/19/07: Is It Unscientific to Say that an Animal is Happy?

2/12/07: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) – What You Need to Know

1/31/07: Virginia Senate to Vote Thursday on Felony Cockfighting!

1/18/07: Bird Flu Review

1/16/07: Stopping Bird Flu Calls for Compassion and Common Sense

12/19/06: Tribute to Virgil Butler, Who Died December 15

12/15/06: Virgil Butler, Ex-Tyson Slaughterhouse Voice for Chickens, has Died

12/07/06:Bacteria Exposed in the Jan. 2007 Consumer Reports’ “Dirty Chickens”

12/07/06: UPC Letter in Dec 1 Journal of the AVMA

12/01/06: UPC Guest Column, “A Tale of Two Turkeys”

11/26/06: Put Down that Ax, Mr. President!

11/22/06: UPC President Karen Davis on KPFT Radio in Houston Thanksgiving Day

11/22/06: Turkey article in Minneapolis Star-Tribune - letters needed

11/16/06: New Yorker Article on Turkeys Cites United Poultry Concerns

11/15/06: UPC Talks Turkey on the Radio – Tune In!

11/13/06: UPC Letter for Chickens in New Haven Register

11/09/06: November 21: UPC Demo for Turkeys at White House

10/2306: Calendar sale and Photo Contest

10/17/06: Green Festival Great for UPC & Vegan Advocacy

9/29/06: MAKE A PHONE CALL AGAINST CHICKEN SACRIFICE IN LA

9/29/06: Jewish chicken-killing ritual "Kapparot" is "illegal, inhumane and unnecessary. It is animal cruelty."

9/29/06: THIS SUNDAY ACTION ALERT – LAST DAY OF THE ANNUAL WEEKLONG CHICKEN SACRIFICE

9/23/06: “42-Day Wonders,” Washingtonian magazine, September 2006, pp. 66-79

9/20/06: Future Trends in Animal Agriculture Symposium

9/13/06: Action Alert – Please Protest Cruelty to a Chicken on Survivor

9/11/06: Washingtonian Magazine Cites United Poultry Concerns on the Chicken Industry

8/17/06: Karen Davis on Wake Up America!

8/17/06: (NC) Wildlife/bird sanctuary serving chicken

8/14/06: UPC's Letter Condemning Hens' Death in Battery-Cage Buildings

8/07/06: Turkey Deaths are Unacceptable: UPC Letter in Mercury News

7/28/06: UPC Letter on Poultry Slaughter In The Baltimore Sun

7/19/06: Letters Needed for chickens

7/18/06: UPC Co-sponsors Newspaper Ad Condemning the AVMA’s Support for Foie Gras

7/12/06: Good News From United Poultry Concerns

7/11/06: Mass Depopulation of Poultry as a Disease Control Method

6/19/06: UPC's Review of The Way We Eat by Peter Singer & Jim Mason

6/06/06: Bird Flu Brings Attention to Activists' Concerns

6/06/06: Amid bird flu, activists plead for humane US culling

6/02/06: Bird Flu Sparks Chicken Activist Campaigns

6/01/06: TV Story About Live Poultry Markets to Air in New York City June 5

5/15/06: Shipment of Baby Chicks: Oppose Senate Bill 2395

5/10/06: UPC President Karen Davis Will Speak on Animal Matters

5/08/06: Book Review: Bird Flu: It's Not What You Think

5/04/06: ANIMAL-RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO FILMED EGG FARM ACQUITTED OF BURGLARY

5/03/06: HELP! DONATIONS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED!
5/01/06: United Poultry Concerns Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day May 4

4/29/06: Respect for Chickens: Making a Day of It

4/28/06: Chicago Bans Foie Gras

4/27/06: Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest - International Respect for Chickens Day May 4th

4/26/06: Do a Good Deed for Chickens for International Respect for Chickens Day May 4

4/24/06: International Respect for Chickens Day May 4th

4/12/06: United Poultry Concerns Supports Delaware Bill to Give Egg-Laying Hens More Space

4/11/06: Rapid City Journal (SD) Covers United Poultry Concerns Protest Against Cruel Treatment of Chickens

4/03/06: United Poultry Concerns Will Hold Farmed Animal Advocacy Forum in Columbus, Ohio

3/31/06: UPC's Karen Davis on Central Jersey's "Animal Talk" Sunday April 2

3/28/06: United Poultry Concerns Urges South Dakota's Reptile Gardens Tourist Attraction to Drop Chicken “Basketball”

3/22/06: UPC FORUM PROGRAM AND PRESENTATIONS

3/21/06: Model of Oppression: Mark Hawthorne Reviews The Holocaust and the Henmaid's Tale

3/16/06: Author of FOWL! Bird Flu: It’s Not What You Think Will Speak at UPC’s Forum in Columbus

3/15/06: Poultry Industry Experimenters Promote Fire-Fighting Foam as a “Humane” Method of Mass Extermination

3/14/06: Pier 1 Drops Feathers from Pillows

3/09/06: UPC President Karen Davis Will Be On The Louie Free Radio Show Discussing UPC’s April 8-9 Forum in Columbus, Ohio

3/0906: Los Angeles. The 21st Annual International Compassionate Living Festival

2/24/06: Letter from UPC to Washington Post Letters Editor. Feb. 14, 2006 (unpublished)

2/23/06: United Poultry Concerns (UPC) Condemns Chicken Drop

2/17/06: Volunteer(s) Urgently Needed to Videotape "Chicken Drop" in Ridgeland, Wisconsin

2/17/06: Reality takes wing over bird flu

2/13/06: United Poultry Concerns Urges Ridgeland, Wisconsin to Drop Chicken Drop

2/07/06:UPC President Karen Davis Will Speak at The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, University of Oregon School of Law

1/19/06: UPC’s Letter to The University of Minnesota’s Dining Services Jan 16, 2006

1/19/06: UPC's Letter to Wegmans Food Markets Jan. 17, 2006

1/06/06: Rescued Quails Need Homes

1/04/06: UPC President Karen Davis will Speak at “Wings” Event

1/04/06: Book Review: Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America’s Favorite Food

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