Previous UPC Action Alerts
Successful Alerts:
2016
The Birds Who Got Out of the “Game” 30 December 2016
Food Fictions by Karen Davis, PhD 27 December 2016
“Let Them Eat Chicken,” Audubon 23 December 2016
A Holiday Happy Ending: Mama Hen and Seven Chicks Rescued from a Gas Station 21 December 2016
Cha Cha Chicken Coloring Book 16 December 2016
Animal "Production": Cruel and Obscene 14 December 2016
UPC Needs Your Support This Holiday Season 13 December 2016
Holiday Gifts “What Wings Are For” * “Give a Cluck” * Children’s Books & More! 12 December 2016
2017 Chicken Run Rescue Calendars Now Available! 6 December 2016
For The Birds & A Beautiful World! 2 December 2016
Transforming Our Traditions 22 November 2016
We Don’t Need to Slaughter a Sheep to Learn “Where Our Food Comes From” 17 November 2016
Turkeys – Who Are They? 15 November 2016
Please Join Us Leafleting for Turkeys at the White House - Sunday November 20 Noon to 3pm! 14 November 2016
Success! We Reached Our Fundraising Goal! Plus . . . Kaporos The Movie 2016 2 November 2016
Ex-Kaporos Chickens Live Happily at And-Hof Sanctuary in Upstate New York 26 October 2016
You're not doing the environment a favor by eating chicken instead of beef 20 October 2016
Ducks Bashed Against Wall and Decapitated - Demand Justice 18 October 2016
Animal-Rights Groups Are Targeting a Jewish Ritual on Yom Kippur – The Atlantic 12 October 2016 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Arkansas Town Is Dropping Live Turkeys From Plane Again This Year 12 October 2016
Stop Dropping Live Turkeys from Airplanes! 9 October 2016
News Release: Federal Lawsuit Argues Chicken Kaporos is Illegal: Practice Not Protected by Freedom of Religion 3 October 2016
News Release: Activists Plan Press Briefing, Rally and Vigils to Protest Chickens in Kaporos Rituals 3 October 2016 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
What Is Kaporos? Why Are You Fighting It? Karen Davis Tells Why on The Pet Buzz 30 September 2016 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
My Hen Queenie: A Conversation With United Poultry Concerns 28 September 2016
Another Matching Donation! Open Letter to NYC Mayor & More! 27 September 2016 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Friday, September 23 @ 6 - 7pm EDT Healthy Planet Radio with UPC President Karen Davis Today! 23 September 2016
Stop Kaporos Actions in NYC! Please join us! 21 September 2016 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
We’re Almost There! Help Us Reach Our Goal for the Chickens! 20 September 2016 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Help Us Help the Birds - Your Matching Donation is Needed! 13 September 2016 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Protest U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe's Pigeon Shoot Political Fundraiser on Federal Land 7 September 2016
Pet Food, Bird Shredding & Embryo Sexing: Behind the Scenes 7 September 2016
Beef Magazine Gets a Bellyache, & More 2 September 2016
Matching Donation to Fight Cruel Chicken Kaporos! 30 August 2016 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Chickens need your help! Stop animal sacrifice 29 August 2016 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
“Broiler Breeder” Chickens: Their Misery Revealed 26 August 2016
Happy hens, free of factory farms, don’t peck each other 21 August 2016
Chicken Who Fell Off Slaughter Truck Gets Rescued From the Highway and Starts a New Life 10 August 2016
Saturday, August 20 @ 10 - 5 Announcing The Sonoma County VegFest 8 August 2016
Avoiding Burnout: How Does One Survive Dealing Day After Day with a Cruel Industry? 5 August 2016
Tuesday August 2 @ 10:00am ET Live Radio Interview with Karen Davis 1 August 2016
Reva the Revenant: Our Chesapeake Chicken Rescue 30 July 2016
An Open Letter to Pets Lifeline, Plus Update & Action Alert 26 July 2016
“We're Here for You” -
National Animal Rights Day Activists Proclaim the Sorrow & Celebrate the Life and Liberation of Animals 26 July 2016
Urge Chamber of Commerce to Eliminate Ostrich Races at Chandler Ostrich Festival 21 July 2016
Sunday, July 24 National Animal Rights Day New York City 20 July 2016
What Do Backyard Chickens and Factory Farm Chickens Have in Common? 27 June 2016
“Do Nonhuman Animals Stand a Chance with the Left and Environmentalism?” 23 June 2016
July 7 - 10: Animal Rights National Conference 21 June 2016
Germany’s Decision to Affirm Legality of Male Chick Shredding Shines Global Spotlight on Practice 10 June 2016
Urge Chamber of Commerce to Eliminate Ostrich Races at Chandler Ostrich Festival UPC Summer 2016 Poultry Press
“BIRDS: The Need For Avian Advocacy” Now Posted! 9 June 2016
Tyson Dismisses Chicken Abuse Revelations as “Old Videos” 2 June 2016
National Animal Rights Day 31 May 2016
Tyson Caught Abusing Chickens – Again! 26 May 2016
Left Forum May 21: Animal Liberation Strategies in the Face of Indifference and Repression 13 May 2016
Molly the Emu’s Killer Found Guilty of Felony Animal Cruelty Cassius Mankin Pleads Guilty, Waives Jury Trial, 16 May 2016
Artist Straps Lights onto Legs of 2,000 Birds for Art Shows 13 May 2016
Announcing the 2016 Conscious Eating Conference Videos 12 May 2016
UPC Kiosks Take “What Wings Are For” to New York City Streets 10 May 2016
Live Radio Interview with Karen Davis, International Respect for Chickens Day 3 May 2016
Which Is Worse For The Environment — Poultry Or Beef? 3 May 2016
2016 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest 2 May 2016
News Release: International Respect For Chickens Day Celebrates Compassion for Chickens 28 April 2016
Live Radio Interview with Karen Davis Wednesday at 1pm ET 26 April 2016
Demand Justice for Laura's Mutilated and Murdered Peacocks 25 April 2016
“Please Help Me - I am Suffering” 18 April 2016
Hundreds Gather in California for Conscious Eating Conference 14 April 2016
International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4 - Please do an ACTION for Chickens in May! 13 April 2016
Great News! — For The Birds! 30 March 2016
Why Switching From Red Meat to White Doesn't Help Your Health or Animals 28 March 2016
Karen Davis: Backyard chickens have a downside 11 March 2016
Miss Molly the Emu, Her Killer’s Trial Postponed - Again 4 March 2016
You are cordially invited to attend… UPC’s 5th 1 March 2016
My Visit to Local Farms that Kill Animals but Claim to Be “Humane” 24 February 2016
Don't Forget! FORK OFF! Support UPC & CLAWtheory by purchasing Great Gifts for Animals 22 February 2016
Molly the Emu: The Latest News on Her Case UPC Spring 2016 Poultry Press
International Respect for Chickens Day May 4th UPC Spring 2016 Poultry Press
Protest Ostrich Festival in Chandler, Arizona Sign Petition, Contact Chamber of Commerce - 16 February 2016
United Poultry Concerns Signs Letter Exposing Whole Foods’ “Compassionate” Treatment of Animals 10 February 2016
FORK OFF! Support UPC & CLAWtheory by purchasing Great Gifts for Animals 5 February 2016
Help HAPPY TRAILS “Cockfighting” ROOSTERS Find Homes 2 February 2016
“Don’t Push Your Values”? 29 January 2016
Chickens With Dignity - UPC President Karen Davis’s Letter Published on The New York Times 26 January 2016
Eating Chickens and Eggs is NOT “Better” for the Environment 22 January 2016
UPC's Fifth Annual Conscious Eating Conference: Local, Organic, Plant-Based - What are the Most Compassionate Choices? - March 19, 2016 19 January 2016
Chicken For Dinner: It’s Enough to Make You Sick 14 January 2016
2015
Miss Earth Angel – Our Wonderful Hen 29 December 2015
Tell Chicken Giant Perdue to Stop Appalling Animal Abuse 21 December 2015
The Interconnectedness of Life 17 December 2015
UPC Needs Your Support This Holiday Season 15 December 2015
South Korea Video Promotes Kind Treatment of Roosters 14 December 2015
Compassionate Holiday Gift Guide - Tis the season for cruelty-free Holiday gift ideas. 4 December 2015
Thanksgiving Open House - Saturday, November 28, 2015 24 November 2015
Paws for the Cause — United Poultry Concerns 24 November 2015
Thanksgiving Tragedy: A Visit to a Turkey Farm 23 November 2015
“Thanksgiving” Turkey: A Dying Tradition 20 November 2015
“Don’t Gobble Me! This Thanksgiving Let Me Live- Go Vegan!” 19 November 2015
Chicken Calendar 2016 Now Available! 12 November 2015
You Are Invited! Pioneering New Traditions - Please Join Us! 11 November 2015
Is Chicken Healthier Than Red Meat? 6 November 2015
Tyson Employees Torture Chickens Mercy For Animals' Latest Investigation, 28 October 2015
The Plight of Poultry and the Death of Meat 26 October 2015
Yellville Turkey Drop: “Festival of Death” — National Enquirer 14 October 2015
Stop (Saying) Factory Farming. The Term "Factory Farming" is Not Vegan 12 October 2015
Stop Dropping Turkeys from Airplanes 9 October 2015
Impromptu Video Interview with Karen Davis, President of United Poultry Concerns 8 October 2015
A Is for Animal: The Animal User's Lexicon 5 October 2015
Animal Rights Vegan Guilt 30 September 2015
Culturally Rationalized Forms of Chicken Sacrifice: The Kaporos Ritual & the Chicken Project 28 September 2015
Statement from the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos Re: Lawsuit Against NYPD, NYC Department of Health, Hasidic Rabbis, et al. 16 September 2015
The Chickens are In Trouble. They Need You! Join Us in Brooklyn to Speak for Them! 15 September 2015
Moving Vegan Festival in Millville, New Jersey Invites You! 8 September 2015
19,000 Chickens Burn to Death in Maryland Chicken Shed 5 September 2015
Time to Spread the Joy 3 September 2015
Two Change.org Petitions Need Your Support! 2 September 2015
LOVE LETTERS for Chickens Under the Bridge 29 August 2015
Chickens Under the Bridge: Animal sacrifice, ritual abandonment and redemption by the shores of Jamaica Bay 24 August 2015
VOTE For United Poultry Concerns 2015 Veggie Award! 11 August 2015
Open Rescues: How UPC Introduced This Strategy to U.S. Activists 9 August 2015
Sonoma County VegFest August 15 – Don't Miss It! 4 August 2015
Meet UPC at the Animal Rights National Conference July 30-August 2 27 July 2015
Sign This Petition: Stop Gassing the Birds! 20 July 2015
Light the Path - A Worldwide Virtual Animal Rights Event 17 July 2015
Investigate McGinnis Chicken Farm for Horrific Cruelty 16 July 2015
Asphyxiation cruel to chickens 15 July 2015
News Release: Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos Files Lawsuit Against Hasidic Rabbis and Synagogues in Brooklyn 15 July 2015 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Stop Cruel Roundup and Gassing of Feral Chickens in Honolulu 13 July 2015
The Species Barrier - Sandra Higgins Interview 10 July 2015
“Systemic and Bloody Slaughter of Chickens Right in the Streets” 8 July 2015 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Breaking News: End Chicken Kaporos Lawsuit Filed In New York 7 July 2015 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Letters to a New Vegan: Words to Inform, Inspire, and Support a Vegan Lifestyle 2 July 2015
Truth or Drought: Water used in San Diego County for 1 year of egg production 29 June 2015
Marriott Hotels: Stop Purchasing Down Pillows and Down Duvets for Hotel Rooms and for Sale Online 26 June 2015
Courting hen & egg producers leads animal charities into deep @#$% 25 June 2015
Prevent Bird Flu, Protect the Planet, Save Northampton County Virginia from the Chicken Industry: Two Pleas from UPC 22 June 2015
“The Single Best Decision I Ever Made,” Karen Davis 15 June 2015
Turlock Hens, Bird-Flu Killings, Chick Hatchery Disruption, National Animal Rights Day 8 June 2015
International Respect for Chickens Month and Animal Activism Through Art 1 June 2015
Eggs: the price they pay. The myth of humane eggs 27 May 2015
Concern for Chickens Approved for Museum Exhibit in New Hampshire 26 May 2015
Friday-Sunday, May 29-31: Animal Intelligence and Its Implication for the Left.
“I Saw Your Bus Ad Today! – Love It!” 18 May 2015
Ready to Watch! 2015 Conscious Eating Conference Videos 14 May 2015
May 12, 2015, The Trouble With Chicken, PBS Frontline 11 May 2015
Dead Meat Aspires to Be Fake Meat: Karen Davis’s Letter in Today’s LA Times 8 May 2015
Natty and Me: Artist Twyla Francois Honors International Respect for Chickens Day 6 May 2015
Brainfood from the Heartland Salutes International Respect for Chickens Day! 5 May 2015
A Chicken Named Viva Changed My Life - A Plea for Compassion on International Respect for Chickens Day 4 May 2015
Just Released: Humane Hoax Video Uncovers the Deception Behind “Humane” Food Labels 4 May 2015
Call For Entries: 2015 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest! 27 April 2015
International Respect for Chickens Day Protest in San Francisco 27 April 2015
Firefighter’s Foam & CO2: “It’s a total orgy of cruelty” Says United Poultry Concerns in Today’s INFORUM article 25 April 2015
Story of United Poultry Concerns Wins Virginia Press Association Awards 23 April 2015
April 17-19 UPC President Karen Davis Will Speak at 2015 Institute for Critical Animal Studies Conference 13 April 2015
Demand Chicken Slaughter Company Be Punished for False Advertising 12 April 2015
April 12, 2015, Benefit Dinner for United Poultry Concerns at Sanctuary Bistro in Berkeley, CA. 7 April 2015
Chickens & Toxic Waste, and I Was Wrong about Backyard Chickens, Commentaries by Karen Davis and Wayne Creed 31 March 2015
Urge Prosecution of Student Who Punched Out the Eyes of a Helpless Emu 26 March 2015
Nicholas Kristof’s “To Kill a Chicken,” March 14, 2015 20 March 2015
Urge Chandler Arizona Chamber of Commerce to Cancel Cruel Ostrich Festival 13 March 2015
Ostrich Festival “Family Unfriendly” and Inhumane, Group Says 12 March 2015
Winter Wonderland at United Poultry Concerns in Virginia s 6 March 2015
Upcoming Events with United Poultry Concerns 4 March 2015
COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret 2 March 2015
WAYNE CREED Pays a Visit to United Poultry Concerns 23 February 2015
Super-Sizing the Chicken 1923-Present 19 February 2015
Animal Compassion Is More than Just Pets -UPC President Karen Davis urges compassion for all creatures 17 February 2015
Courageous Rescuers Snatch Two Roosters from Imminent Danger 12 February 2015
Calling All Chicken Friends! Two Radio Shows Feature UPC President Karen Davis 10 February 2015
February 16, 2015, Sick Chickens - UPC Letter in The New Yorker 9 February 2015
National Fire Protection Association Rejects Pleas for Farmed Animals in Second Round of Proposals 27 January 2015
Petition Demands Agriculture Secretary Shut Down US Meat Animal Research Center 22 January 2015
Taxpayer-Funded Research Inflicts Massive Suffering on Farm Animals 20 January 2015
Meet Larry - A Little Chick Finds Love and a Home! 16 January 2015
"Let's Embrace a New Ethic." Letter Supports Direct Action Everywhere's Disclosure of Whole Foods Scam 14 January 2015
The Face of Humane Farming: Investigation of Whole Foods Finds Blatant Cruelty to Chickens 14 January 2015
Disappearing Hens: Stopping Short of What Needs to Be Said – and Done 12 January 2015
Gassing “Spent” Hens to Death with Carbon Dioxide: Follow-Up to “The End of Hens” 6 January 2015
The End of Hens: Inside a "Spent Hen" Slaughterhouse. 6 January 2015
Like the Foul Stable - What I Learned on a Family Farm, by Gracia Fay Ellwood 4 January 2015
2014
Chickens Love Snow - But Please Help Us Bring Them In From the Cold To the Warmth of All Loving Hearts 29 December 2014
Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization 29 December 2014
The Emotional Lives of Animals and Children with Dr. Karen Davis on eHealth Radio Network 23 December 2014
Custom Heavy as Frost and Deep Almost as Life - What Do We Mean By Socialization? 16 December 2014
UPC Needs Your Support This Holiday Season 15 December 2014
The Turkey Pardoning Ceremony: What Does It Mean? 9 December 2014
Benign or Malign? -Presidential Turkey "Pardoning" Ceremony 30 November 2014
Pioneering New Traditions - United Poultry Concerns 26 November 2014
United Poultry Concerns Thanks You & Invites You! 20 November 2014
Va. woman not chicken about making a stand for birds 18 November 2014
Turkeys - Who Are They? 17 November 2014
Chickens as Kaporos: A Story of Witnessing and Rescue 14 November 2014
"DEATH FOR FOOD" HAS BEEN CANCELLED! 13 November 2014
Chicken Run Rescue Calendars 2015! Order Now! 11 November 2014
Dec. 2, 2014 Where Did Our Compassion Go? Children, Adults and the Loss of the Human-Animal Bond 10 November 2014
Act Now! Petition Update on Fire Protection for Farmed Animals Campaign 8 November 2014
Act Now! Two Petitions Need Your Signature & Support. Casino Cruelty to Hens; 20,000 Chickens Die in Pennsylvania Fire 7 November 2014
Animal Personhood: Journal of Evolution and Technology 2014 30 October 2014
Ducks in Despair: Take Action! 28 October 2014
Undercover Video Reveals Misery of Farmed Ducks 23 October 2014
Laying Hens and Foie Gras Ducklings: Harper's Magazine & Newsweek Reports 22 October 2014
The Emotional Lives of Animals and Children: Insights from a Farm Sanctuary 21 October 2014
Bill to Ban Pigeon Shoots in Pennsylvania Passes Senate! Help Us End Pigeon Shoots in PA Once and For All! 17 October 2014
Supreme Court leaves California foie gras ban intact 15 October 2014
No Fire Protection for Farmed Animals - Please Sign & Share This Petition 14 October 2014
Chicken Beaten to Death By Police Chief: The Outcome 8 October 2014
News Release: Brooklyn Press Briefing to Protest Chickens in Kaporos Rituals 30 September 2014 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Kaporos & the Chicken Industry: eHealth Podcast Interview with Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns 25 September 2014
Oklahoma Senator's Live Pigeon Shoot Draws Criticism: Associated Press 24 September 2014
News Release: Activists Plan Brooklyn Rally to
Protest Chickens in Kaporos Rituals 23 September 2014 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Please Sign Our Petition Urging Enforcement of Laws Being Broken by Kaporos Practitioners in New York 19 September 2014
September 15, 2014, Farmaceuticals: A Reuters Investigation 16 September 2014
Pessimism Versus Negativity in Animal Activism 14 September 2014
Oct. 1, 2014 @ 11am: Kaporos Press Briefing in Brooklyn 11 September 2014
Chicken Kaporos Demos in Brooklyn: Please Join Us! 8 September 2014
United Poultry Concerns and Chicken Run Rescue Urge City Attorney to Prosecute Police Officer for Animal Cruelty and Oppose Chicken-Keeping in Atwater, Minnesota 5 September 2014
Join United Poultry Concerns at the Northwest VegFest in Portland, Oregon 4 September 2014
Pet Chicken Decapitated by Minnesota Police Officer: Take Action! 3 September 2014
Keeping chickens can have unwanted surprises 28 August 2014
VOICES FOR CHICKENS: Karen Davis's Podcast Interview, Robert Grillo's Memorial to Doris 27 August 2014
Hurting Animals Humanely - Two Views 21 August 2014
"Get To Hoofin It": Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States, 18 August 2014
Reconsidering the plight of the chicken and the egg 13 August 2014
UPC Helps Rescue 52 Geese and 4 Ducks in Woodland, California 6 August 2014
Dozens of Ducks and Geese Dying in Drought Stricken California: Please Help 4 August 2014
Cage-free egg farm fire kills 65,000 hens, revives attention to lack of sprinklers in barns 1 August 2014
"Letter: Poultry production is just as polluting as beef, pork, by Karen Davis, United Poultry Concerns 29 July 2014
The Secret Life of Poultry Products 24 July 2014
Stop Chickens as Kapparot in Los Angeles: A Fundraiser/Friendraiser 18 July 2014
Single-Issue Campaigns and Abolition/Vegan Advocacy: What Would a Chicken Say? 17 July 2014
June 12, 2014: Critique of the Animal Law Forum on Animal Sacrifice and Kaporos 2 July 2014
Campaign to Save Chickens from Yoga Slaughter in New Hampshire: The Outcome 1 July 2014
Ellie the Hen is Rescued in Brooklyn 24 June 2014
The Local Grocer Issues Restraining Order Against Animal Advocate, Yoga Studio Joins With Market for Chicken Slaughter Class 23 June 2014
Urge Yoga Studio Not to Kill the Chickens: Please Sign This Change.org Petition! 21 June 2014
Join UPC President Karen Davis at the Premier Vegetarian Summerfest July 2-6, “Celebrating 40 Years of Advocating Healthy, Compassionate and Ecological Living.” 19 June 2014
10 Lessons I've Learned While Fighting for the Freedom of Farmed Chickens 3 June 2014
Liberation of Valentin & Tribute to Amy: Two Turkeys Find Love Before It's Too Late 29 May 2014
A Beautiful Vigil was Held for the Berkeley Hens: "We Will Not Forget You." 28 May 2014
Urge Marriott and Nordstrom to Discontinue Feather & Down Products
UPC Summer 2014 Poultry Press
Urban Adamah Kills Fifteen Hens: Animal Advocates Offered to Transport the Hens to Sanctuaries 22 May 2014
Saturday, May 31:Why Does the Left Largely Ignore Animal Issues? 16 May 2014
Save the Chickens! Change.org Petition Urges Mercy. Please sign and share. 12 May 2014
Chickens in Cambodia, a slide show of photos by Susan Roghair, 2014 7 May 2014
Urban Adamah Community Center Cancels Slaughter of 15 Hens under Pressure of Opposition 1 May 2014
News Release: Bay Area Animal Advocates Urge Jewish Urban Farm NOT to Slaughter 15 Chickens 1 May 2014
Chicken or Broiler, Cow or Steer, Owner or Guardian? - Liberating the Language of Animal Abuse 1 May 2014
April 24 & 29: UPC President Karen Davis Promotes International Respect for Chickens Day 23 April 2014
UPC Chosen One of One Green Planet’s
“7-All-Star Organizations Fighting for Farm Animal Protection” 22 April 2014
UPC Runs Newspaper Ads for International Respect for Chickens Day 22 April 2014
The Chicken Caucus ducks legislative restraints 21 April 2014
International Respect for Chickens Day Off & Running in San Francisco! 17 April 2014
Baby Chicks and “Breeder” Turkeys Tortured by Canadian Poultry Company 14 April 2014
Sarah, A Former Battery Hen Determined to Live and Thrive at UPC! 14 April 2014
Minny’s Dream: Story of a “Battery” Hen Who Escaped with “A Little Help from Her Friend.” 10 April 2014
Sunday, April 6: Conscious Eating Conference - Join Us on Sunday! 2 April 2014
One Green Planet: Disgusting Reason Why Chicken is NOT a Healthy Food Choice! 27 March 2014
Easy Public Comment Info for National Fire Protection Association 26 March 2014
United Poultry Concerns Co-Sponsors the Animal Compassion Tour 25 March 2014
Veggie Pride Parade NYC & Conscious Eating Conference Berkeley, CA 21 March 2014
Do Chickens Make People Chubbier? Antibiotics and Obesity 19 March 2014
VICTORY! Ducks Unlimited 2,000 Bird Pigeon Shoot CANCELLED! 19 March 2014
UPC Letter to the National Fire Protection Association Urging Fire Protection for Farmed Animals 13 March 2014
Factory Farming vs. Alternative Farming: The Humane Hoax 11 March 2014
There Is a Way to Stop Tragic Livestock Fires 5 March 2014
Chicken Behavior: An Overview of Recent Science 4 March 2014
Contamination and Cruelty in the Chicken Industry 26 February 2014
Want To Make Farming More Ethical? Support These Regulations! 18 February 2014
"Beyond Meat" CEO Ethan Brown Wows Audiences on CBS 14 February 2014
National Fire Protection Association Responds to UPC's Petition on Behalf of Farmed Animals! 12 February 2014
Farmed Animals Need Protection from Preventable Fires - Change.org Petition to the National Fire Protection Association: Please Sign & Share 10 February 2014
Ezra the Rooster Was Saved from Sacrifice on New Year's Eve. How is he doing? Here's an Update from Free from Harm. 7 February 2014
Announcing the Conscious Eating Conference 3 February 2014
Save Mute Swans and Help Pekin Ducks in New York State 31 January 2014
“The Startling Intelligence of the Common Chicken,” Scientific American 30 January 2014
Change.org Petition to Bill Gates: No KFC in Africa! 24 January 2014
Urge Bill and Melinda Gates NOT to Support KFC in Africa! 22 January 2014
(Also in UPC Spring 2014 Poultry Press )
Plant-Powered Health & Fitness Expo 20 January 2014
Ezra the rooster, sacrificed cruelly in a cemetery. He survived for a week to be saved. 16 January 2014
Esperanza, Story of a Rescued Broiler Chicken, and Ducks Who Escaped the Guns: Two short videos of beloved birds 8 January 2014
Celebrate the Grand Opening of the Uncooped Exhibit in Los Angeles Jan 10-12! 3 January 2014
Karen Davis's Letter about Turkeys in Today's New York Times 2 January 2014
2013
The Global Guide to Animal Protection 30 December 2013
In Memory of the Turkey Who was Tortured to Death 14 December 2013
Personhood Beyond the Human 11 December 2013
2014 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest Calendars are here! 2 December 2013
Cruelty for the Holidays 30 November 2013
UPC's Holiday Commuter Campaign & White House Demo for Turkeys Urge People to "Be Kind to Turkeys - Go Vegan!" in the Nation's Capital 29 November 2013
Tell USDA to Stop Turkey Roundup in Staten Island, New York 13 November 2013
Suffering of Farmed Animals. Humane “Processing.” 31 October 2013
Want to fight salmonella? Don't eat chickens. 30 October 2013
Fascism and the Language of 'Humane' Meat 17 October 2013
Beautiful Hens Fly Home to United Poultry Concerns! 14 October 2013
Protest "Dancing Chicken Corpse" TV Ad 1 October 2013
PLEASE SIGN OUR 2 KAPOROS PETITIONS! 5,000 Signatures Needed! Ask Friends, Family & Coworkers to Sign Now! 1 October 2013 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Please Sign Los Angeles Petition to Ban Chicken Kaporos & Read Passionate Blog Post by Vegan Rabbit! 20 September 2013
Animal Rights Philosopher Tom Regan, Give a Cluck-Go Vegan, & More! 9 September 2013
Los Angeles Activists Heat Up Against Chicken Kaporos 6 September 2013 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
The Hens Have Arrived Safely 5 September 2013
Hens Fly to Loving Homes at United Poultry Concerns & Other Sanctuaries! 5 September 2013
Please Sign Our 2013 Petition Urging Money Instead of Chickens in Kaporos Rituals 29 August 2013 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Vote Veggie Award for United Poultry Concerns: Favorite Nonprofit Animal Organization 27 August 2013
Kaporos: A Heartfelt Plea for Mercy 27 August 2013 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
A Rooster's Tale: A Year in the Life of a Clan of Chickens 26 August 2013
Respecting Chickens, New York Daily News 21 August 2013
Call For Entries: Chicken Run Rescue Calendar Photo Contest! 20 August 2013
Direct Action Everywhere is Organizing an Animal Liberation Solidarity Demonstration Saturday, August 24 19 August 2013
Are Chickens Smarter Than Toddlers? 19 August 2013
Urgent: Rally 12pm Today to Protest USDA Slaughter of Wild Turkeys in Staten Island 14 August 2013
Let My Chickens Go! Restoring and Transforming the ancient New Year for Animals 13 August 2013
UPC President Karen Davis Urges Confident Animal Activism – Listen In! 31 July 2013
Students Excited to Learn about Chickens & Turkeys & the Go Vegan Life! 25 July 2013
“Chicken Scramble,” Report 24 July 2013
Healthy & Humane Observer Invites You to Consider… 17 July 2013
Rejecting Michael Pollan: UPC Letter Published in July SMITHSONIAN on Behalf of Chickens 10 July 2013
Protest “Chicken Scramble,” - Animal Abuse Game for Children in Oregon 9 July 2013
20,000 Chickens Will NOT Be a Community Asset 27 June 2013
We Look Forward to Seeing You at These Upcoming Events! 30 May 2013
Change.org Petition for Chicken Tortured and Slaughtered for "Art" in School Cafeteria 28 May 2013
Appetite for Justice: "You Eat Babies", Appetite for Cruelty: "I couldn't wait to kill them." - 28 May 2013
Rooster Rescue - Happy Trails Needs Your Networking & Adoption Help 23 May 2013
The Screaming Hen Bill and the Curse of “Enriched” Cages 19 May 2013
Can art go too far? 11 May 2013
The Rotten Egg Bill aka "The Screaming Hen Bill" Needs Our Help To Be Defeated! 8 May 2013
Anti-Fur Society Conference Invites YOU! Exciting Additions! Free Registration! 6 May 2013
Call for Entries: Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest! 3 May 2013
Breaking 6 News Lawrence: Fraternity Turkey Torture 30 April 2013
International Respect for Chickens Day on Vegan World Radio 29 April 2013
Action for Chickens Urgently Needed: Two Alerts 23 April 2013
Animal Systems Conference, Marlborough, MA - April 20-21, 2013 16 April 2013
Anti-Fur Society Conference Free Registration! Register Now! 10 April 2013
Call for Chicken Photos & Stories - "Un-Cooped: Deconstructing the Domesticated Chicken" 19 March 2013
Please Help "Easter" Chicks - There are things you can do! 18 March 2013
Animal Place Documentary About the Largest Rescue of Egg-laying Hens in California History 25 February 2013
Chickens Revisited by Jon Katz, Thanks to Our Blitz 21 February 2013
Blogger Denigrates Chickens: Please Write a Polite Letter to Him. 7 February 2013
Call for Chicken Photos & Stories 4 February 2013
Urge Brooklyn Business Owners to Stop Renting Out Their Property UPC Winter-Spring 2013 Poultry Press
Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act: Urge Your Member of Congress to Support H.R. 366! 31 January 2013
More Chickens May Be Boiled Alive Under USDA's New Proposed Rule 4 January 2013
2012
Turkey (Allegedly) Tortured by Students at Fraternity Drinking Party: Take Action! 21 December 2012
Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act: Urge Your U.S. House Representative's Support 19 December 2012
Feathers ripped from birds' backs and gaping wounds sewn up with no pain relief: The barbaric cost of your winter coat 30 November 2012
The Killing of Lou and Loneliness of Bill
at Green Mountain College, Nov. 11, 2012 13 November 2012
Urge NPR and Its Member Stations to Promote a Compassionate Holiday Season 4 November 2012
Pigeons are Victims of Criminal Depravity in Pennsylvania. Please Take Action, SHARK Urges. 19 October 2012
Protest to Green Mountain College in Vermont: Needless Killing of Two Elderly Oxen, Bill and Lou, Planned. Urge Compassionate Retirement to VINE Sanctuary! 16 October 2012
Buddhist Temple Celebrates Chicken Torture Teriyaki - Please PROTEST! 18 September 2012 (Also in UPC Winter 2012 Poultry Press
Please Sign Our Petition Urging Money Instead of Chickens in Kaporos Rituals 29 August 2012 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Longstreet Farm in New Jersey Needs to Hear from Animal Activists! 14 August 2012
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
New Jersey Sanctuary's Participation in Quail Hatching Projects for School Children: Update & Clarification 27 July 2012
Agribusiness Coalition Opposes Fire Safety Controls in Animal Confinement Facilities 19 July 2012
New Jersey Chickens and Quails Need Your Help! Two Alerts: Live Poultry Market Demo; Sanctuary Supplies Quails for Hunters via School Children 10 July 2012
ASPCA Funds Poultry Production Operation; Birds treated "with dignity and compassion" so please eat them. 19 June 2012
Betting Better Fake Chicken Meat Will Be As Good As The Real Thing, NPR's Morning Edition, May 17, 2012 and The ASPCA is now in the chicken and turkey slaughter business - 18 May 2012
Animal Organizations Intensify Opposition to Egg Bill (H.R. 3798) in Anticipation of Senate Version 19 April 2012
Don't Allow Chicks and Rabbits to Be Artificially Colored with Dye 29 March 2012
Urge Lakeland Animal Welfare Society to Serve a Compassionate Charity Dinner 28 March 2012
Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office: Prosecute Andy Keung Cheung for willfully starving 50,000 chickens. 17 March 2012
Over 4,000 Hens Saved by Animal Place and Harvest Home 28 February 2012
Slaughtering Chickens For "Art" Cancelled in Lawrence, Kansas! 28 February 2012
Help ANIMAL PLACE Save & Rehabilitate Thousands of Starving Hens in California! 26 February 2012
Chicken Abuse "Art" Project Illegal Within Lawrence, KS City Limits! Letters to The Percolator Art Space Board Members are Urgent. Please Read On! 25 February 2012
Urge The Percolator Not to Be Part of Slaughtering Chickens for "Art" in Lawrence, Kansas 23 February 2012
Tell Rocket Grants NO to Chicken Slaughter "Art" Project at Spencer Museum! 15 February 2012
SUE COE, World Famous Visual Artist, Tells Spencer Museum of Art to Cancel Cruel Slaughter Exhibit; Other Powerful Voices Speak Out Against Chicken Slaughter as "Art" 10 February 2012
Protest Chicken Slaughter “Art” Project in Lawrence, Kansas 8 February 2012
Contact South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to Stop Cruel Pigeon Shoot 31 January 2012
Battery Hens with Waiting Homes Slaughtered by Irish Farmers 5 January 2012
Do Chickens Have Souls? The question arose today on "Live with Kelly." 4 January 2012
2011
Bill to Ban Live Pigeon Shoots! Pennsylvania Residents: Please Contact Your State Legislator Now! 12 December 2011
Baby Chicks Make Bad Christmas Gifts: Protest to My Pet Chicken 9 December 2011
Aveda Responds to UPC's Campaign to Rid Company of Animal Abuse Products: Urge Aveda to Upgrade "Recommendation" to Corporate Requirement 5 December 2011
Rescued "Cockfighting" Roosters in New Jersey Need Homes 23 November 2011
"Talking Turkey" on Vegan World Radio: Interview with UPC President Karen Davis 22 November 2011
Tell NPR Sexually Assaulting Turkeys for “Food” Is Wrong, Not Funny 17 November 2011
"Don't Gobble Me" in Today's University of
Maryland Newspaper The Diamondback 10 November 2011
Score One for the Roosters! San Diego County, CA Passes Ordinance to Curb Rampant Cockfighting Activity 19 September 2011
Please Help Stop Cockfighting in San Diego County: San Diego County, CA Residents Only - We Need Your Calls and Emails 1 September 2011
Please Sign Our End-Chickens-as-Kaporos Petition for 2011 30 August 2011 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Going with the Faux in Fall Fashion, Los Angeles Times, August 28, 2011 28 August 2011
Sign our Change.org Petition Now! Steven Tyler: Stop Wearing Rooster Feather Hair Extensions and Publicize Your Decision 19 August 2011
Urge American Idol Host Steven Tyler to Shed Rooster Feathers 18 August 2011
Vote Veggie Award for United Poultry Concerns: Favorite Nonprofit Animal Organization 5 August 2011
Salmonella-Contaminated Turkey Products Recalled by Cargill 4 August 2011
San Diego County CA Moves to Curb Cockfighting; Board of Supervisors Votes 4-1 3 August 2011
Feather Hair Extensions & Fly-fishing Tyers: Roosters Slaughtered for Fashion & Fishing 29 July 2011
New York Daily News Glorifies Killing Birds & Other Animals in Live Animal Markets 27 June 2011
Animals Today - Hear Karen Davis on Mark Zuckerberg Today! 19 June 2011
Free Ways to Help United Poultry Concerns Raise Much-Needed Funds 17 June 2011
Urge Oakland, CA to Reject Backyard Livestock & Slaughter! 2 June 2011
Flesh from the Lab: Read, Listen, Weigh In 20 May 2011
Rally to Stop Killing In Florida Schools & Raise Your Voice on Change.org 7 April 2011
Online Petition to Stop the Harming and Killing of Animals in Florida Classrooms
30 March 2011
Chicken Abusers Charged With Animal Cruelty
by Contra Costa County, California DA 18 March 2011
Tell Va Governor to Veto Cruel Farm Animal Bills 4 March 2011
Contact New DA Re: Chicken Killings at El Monte Elementary School in California 21 February 2011
Virginia Residents: Tell Governor NO to Proposed Farm Animal Cruelty Exemptions! 16 February 2011
Rescued Roosters Need Homes! Animal Place Needs Your Help . . . 20 January 2011
2010
2009 & earlier
11/25/09: Coalition of Animal Sanctuaries Craft Policy Statement on Urban Chicken-Keeping
11/18/09: Children Slaughtered Chickens in Idaho Community School
08/18/09: UPC Tells Little Rhody Egg Farms Owner: Stop Starving Your Hens!
08/13/09: Urge Humane Society of Missouri NOT to Serve Animals
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!
05/06/09: Protest Oprah's Giving Away KFC Chicken Meals (Eating Misery: Contamination and Cruelty are Linked in Chickens Raised for Food)
03/05/09: Investigators See Improvement for Turkeys at Sara Lee Plant
12/11/08: Inhumane Conditions at LaGranja Live Poultry and Nick's Poultry
12/5/08: News Release - United Poultry Concerns Campaign to Save Canandaigua Chickens Succeeds!
Controversial Canandaigua Academy Chicken Project
11/25/08: Letters to NY State Education Department Urgently Needed
7/13/08: Canandaigua Academy Plans to Resume Classroom Chicken Killing
7/09/08: High School Curriculum to Resume Chicken Slaughter?
10/29/08: Urge Berea Animal Rescue to Drop Chicken Fundraising Dinner In Favor of a Compassionate Fundraiser
7/25/08: Harvest Hills Animal Shelter Chicken BBQ Sat July 26 - Please protest!
7/13/08: Canned Bird Hunt in Sag Harbor, Long Island, NY
7/08/08: CONNECTICUT YANKEES SAY, "Get the hens out of the cages!"
2/28/08: We are at the End of the Road for Animal Fighting in Virginia
7/31/07: Protest Orthodox Union Event
6/08/07: AMAZON.COM SUPPORTS COCKFIGHTING Please Protest!
4/26/07:UPC Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day at the White House & Takoma Park, Md, May 4 & 5, 2007 – Please Join Us!
4/11/07: UPC President Karen Davis Will Speak at Maine Animal Coalition Food Festival
4/04/07: Do a Good Deed for Chickens for International Respect for Chickens Day May 4
2/26/07: Chickens Sadistically Abused at Kansas State University Basketball Game
2/22/07: Urge MORNINGSTAR FARMS to Stop Using Eggs
12/04/06: San Diego Meeting Dec 6 to Ban Foie Gras: Help is Needed!
11/22/06: Turkey article in Minneapolis Star-Tribune - letters needed
11/16/06: New Yorker Article on Turkeys Cites United Poultry Concerns
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
9/27/06: Action Alert - Annual Weeklong Chicken Sacrifice
9/13/06: Action Alert – Please Protest Cruelty to a Chicken on Survivor
8/17/06: (NC) Wildlife/bird sanctuary serving chicken
7/19/06: Letters Needed for chickens
6/08/06: Nevada Spca Fundraiser
6/05/06: SHUT DOWN FILTHY LIVE POULTRY MARKETS!!
5/15/06: Shipment of Baby Chicks: Oppose Senate Bill 2395
4/24/06: International Respect for Chickens Day May 4th
4/11/06: Rapid City Journal (SD) Covers United Poultry Concerns Protest Against Cruel Treatment of Chickens
3/07/06: Urge Reptile Gardens to Drop Chicken Basketball and Tic Tac Toe Games
2/17/06: Volunteer(s) Urgently Needed to Videotape "Chicken Drop" in Ridgeland, Wisconsin
1/06/06: Rescued Quails Need Homes
11/11/05: Avian Influenza: Action Alert
10/24/05: Help 270 Brooklyn Chickens Rescued From Ritual Slaughter
9/28/05: Chat with a Cockamaniac
8/19/05: Contra Costa Times: "Groups save chickens, offer them for adoption"
8/11/05: Rabbits Renamed "Poultry" by the USDA: Your Help is Urgently Needed
8/11/05: Future Trends in Animal Agriculture Symposium Program
8/03/05: Protest Carl’s Jr. Ad that Denigrates Chickens
6/27/05: Sierra Club Touts Turning Slaughterhouse Chicken Feathers Into Plastic: "The Perfect Fix" to help the Poultry Industry Get MORE RICH
6/09/05: UPC Alert: Thank Wild Oats for Adopting a Cage-Free Policy for Hens
5/31/05: Tyson Chicken Torture: UPC Letter and Action Alert: Please Write!
5/19/05: Urge District Attorney to Prosecute Chicken Torturers at Camp Evergreen
5/11/05: "[UPC] Activists Cry Fowl in Takoma Park" in TAKOMA PARK GAZETTE
5/09/05: Let HSBC Bank know that you find their current ad offensive.
4/21/05: Attention Washington DC Area Residents & Others
3/18/05: LETTERS OF SUPPORT NEEDED ON SB 662
3/03/05: New Investigation Exposes Appalling Cruelty at Ohio’s Largest "Animal Care Certified" Egg Farm"
2/28/05: Ask AARP to Stop Advertising Cruel, Demeaning Ostrich Races
2/01/05: UPC Sends You a Great Letter-to-the-Editor Opportunity
1/31/05: UPC Brings You the Following Three Action Alerts
1/24/05: NY School Duck Hatching Project---Letters Needed
1/17/05: URGENT UPDATE: Monstrous Cruelty at a KFC-Supplier Slaughterhouse Your Help Needed!
1/11/05: Why is Viva!USA Down on Pier 1 Imports?
12/14/04: YOUR HELP REQUESTED
12/10/04: Urge the University of California To Enact an Anti-Cruelty Policy
Student Slaughtered a Chicken in an Art Class
12/01/04:Urge University of Delaware President to Stop Nutritional Deprivation Experiments On Chicks and Ducklings
10/27/04: Christian Science Monitor Looks at the Search for “Guilt-Free” Food
10/15/04: Urge USDA to Regulate Care & Use of Birds, Mice, and Rats
8/31/04: Why UPC Supports SB 1520 and Urges Everyone Else to Support the Bill
8/30/04: Urge CA Governor Schwarzenegger to Sign SB 1520 into Law!
8/23/04: UPC Action Alert and Fundraiser
8/10/04: UPC Brings You Three Alerts
8/07/04: Urge Prosecutor to Charge Pilgrim’s Pride Co. and Workers with Animal Cruelty. Urge Pilgrim’s Pride to Implement Changes
7/22/04: Urge Congress to Include Poultry Under the Federal Humane Slaughter Act
7/20/04: UPC eNews
7/17/04: Please take a quick second to thank WJLA!
7/16/04: “Chicken Soup” Book Authors Need to Hear From Us
6/28/04: AVMA Responds Falsely to New York Times Ad
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.
6/24/04: DawnWatch: Parenting Magazine offers encouragement when kids decide to go veggie
6/15/04: URGENT ACTION ALERT ON CALIFORNIA SB 1520
6/09/04: Chickens and Other Sanctuary Animals Desperately Need New Homes
5/28/04: Austrian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Ban Battery Cages!
5/14/04: Please Urge a Full Investigation of Bird Abuse Case
4/27/04: Help Ban Force Feeding of Ducks in California
4/27/04: Letter to Ban Foie Gras in California!
4/16/04: Help Ban Foie Gras in California!
3/15/04: The Pig Who Sang To the Moon Gets a Great Review in The Atlantic Monthly
03/03/04: Foie Gras Production Under Attack in
California, New York
2/2/04: Veterinary Magazines Cite United
Poultry Concerns Leadership on Wood-Chipper Probe into the Role of
AVMA Animal Welfare Committee Member
1/23/04: Harper's Alert
1/16/04: URGE PROSECUTION
OF FEDERALCOCK-FIGHTING CASE
1/10/04: Protest Humane Society Serving
Animal Products at Fundraiser
12/11/03: Thank Howard Stern for Sticking
Up for Chickens!
12/08/03: Front page of today's
LA Times: A Killing Floor Chronicle
11/19/03: Protest to the AVMA
Against Gregg Cutler, DVM
11/13/03: United Poultry Concerns
Urges the NHSPCA to Serve Compassionate Meals Instead of Dead Chickens
and Fish at Its November 15 Fundraiser
11/11/03: Live chickens to be tortured in
Spanish blood fiesta
11/07/03: Protest to Dairy Queen – Again
11/07/03: Urge the New Hampshire SPCA NOT
to Serve Dead Animals
11/05/03: Urge The People's Champions
Not to Harass Animals
10/21/03: DUCK FARM SUES ANIMAL ACTIVISTS
10/20/03: URGENT:
DON'T LET COCKFIGHTERS DETER CONGRESS FROM FUNDING ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL
ANIMAL FIGHTING LAW!
10/07/03: Washington Post
Article on New USDA Poultry Categories
9/09/03: Urgent Action Alert: Sadistic Cruelty
Alleged at a Tyson Slaughterhouse
9/09/03: Protest the new Dairy Queen ads showing
basketball players throwing chickens around like basketballs
9/04/03: Men in Bulloch County Georgia
Charged in Sadistic Videotaped Chicken Killings Letters to the Editor
Urgently Needed
8/22/03: OohMahNee Sanctuary Has Rescued
Buckeye Hens for Adoption Responsible Caregivers Sought
8/13/03: Urge Trader Joe’s to
Refuse to Sell Eggs from Battery-Caged Hens
8/13/03: MTV “Road Rules” Executive
Producers Need To Hear From Us
724/03:Buckeye Chickens Need Your Help!
7/24/03: AVMA Protest Report
6/25/03: United Poultry Concerns (UPC)
Condemns Fox Broadcasting for Promoting Bird Abuse for Ratings, People
are Urged to Protest
6/16/03: United Poultry Concerns,
Eastern Shore Chicken Sanctuary Will Protest Delmarva Festival of Death
6/06/03: New Jersey Proposes Cruel “Humane
Standards” for Farmed Animals
6/03/03: United
Poultry Concerns Urges the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
to oppose the forced molting of laying birds. Veterinarians and others
are encouraged to write to the AVMA.
5/30/03: Urge that Three New Jersey
Men Charged with Bludgeoning Birds to Death at the Popcorn Park Zoo
Be Prosecuted for Cruelty to Animals
4/30/03: Letters for Chickens are
Needed
“Killing Them Softly,” The Los Angeles Times, The Nation,
Column One, Stephanie Simon, April 29, 2003
4/16/03: Thirty Thousand Hens Were
Fed to Wood-Chipping Machines Urge Deputy District Attorney to File
Cruelty Charges Against Everyone Responsible
4/04/03: United Poultry Concerns Report &
Action Alert Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) and the Mass Killing of
Birds
4/03/03: Urge Prosecution of Tyson Chicken
Slaughterhouse Workers
3/19/03: Tell the USDA to
Stop Reimbursing Cockfighters with U.S. Tax Dollars
3/10/03: Please Write a Letter
Against Cockfighting
3/07/03: Chickens Bought By Marines To Detect
Poisonous Chemicals Died in Kuwait Use of Chickens Suspended: Urge President
Bush Not to Resume Their Use
3/06/03: Poultry Company Resumes
Starvation of Hens
3/03/03: Letters Needed Immediately Regarding
Two Cases of Cruelty to Birds
2/27/03: Cockfighting Hurts More Than
Just Fighting Birds
2/23/03: Chickens to Be Used by U.S. Military
in Iraq What You Can Do to Protest
2/13/03: Tell President Bush to Treat
Pardoned Turkeys Better
2/10/03: Urge Baking Companies to Include
Vegan Alternatives to Eggs in Their
Package Instructions and Recipes
1/2/2003: Protest Chicken Abuse on NBC's
"Tonight Show."
12/3/2002: Urge That Livestock Abuse Charges
Be Pressed Against Iowa Turkey Beaters
11/22/2002: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Article
Disparages Turkeys
11/21/2002: New Hampshire SPCA Supports
Cruelty to Farmed & Ocean Animals
11/11/2002: "An Animal's Place,"
"....Mindful Meat Eating"
10/29/2002: Action Alert - Protest
to Orbitz-Again!
10/7/2002: Protest Wisconsin Teacher's
Hatcheting of a Chicken in the Schoolyard
8/13/2002: Please write to the National Chicken
Council Today!
8/2/2002: Action Alert - Tell Orbitz to
Pull Vicious Chicken Cartoon Ad Immediately
6/27/2002: Please Urge AVMA to Change Position
on Forced Molting
6/24/2002: Please Urge Casino to Stop Forcing
Hens To Pay Tic-Tac-Toe
4/23/2002: Letter to Living
on Earth Re: Show on Germany Battery Cage Ban
4/12/2002: Please Write a Letter
for the Cypress Hens Now!
4/9/2002: Tell UEP To Practice What
They Preach:Stop Starving Hens!
W2002 PP: Cloned Chickens, Facially
Disfigured Chicks, & Blinded Hens
3/12/2002: UPC Donations Needed
For Cypress Farms Hens Rescue
3/6/2002: Protest "Send
a Chick to Afghanis-Scam" Updated
3/27
3/4/2002: AFLAC TV Commercial Degrades
Ducks
2/13/2002: UPC Internet Campaign
Gets Carl's Jr. to Drop Lewd Commercial
Winter 2001 PP: Urge the ASPCA
to Enforce the Law Regarding "Kapparot" Chickens
11/5/2001: Burger King Toy Promotes
Cruelty Towards Animals
10/11/2001: Force Feeding
of Ducks and Geese-Contact NY Attorney General
10/11/2001: Support
Anti-Cockfighting Amendment
9/6/2001: Protest the Use
of Live Hens in Casino Video Game
8/1/2001: RSPCA approved Liberty Barnlaid
Eggs a Sham
7/20/2001: Senate Ag Bill:
School Lunch and Forced Molting
5/31/2001: Please Urge Prosecution
of Sexual Abuser and Killer of Hen
4/19/2001: Children's
Book Celebrates Chicken Killing as Boyish Mischief
4/4/2001: Birds, Rats,
and Mice Need Your Help ASAP!
3/28/2001: UK Chicken
Rescue Centre Needs Our Support
Spring 2001: Tell United Egg Producers
They Need to do More to Help Hens
2/20/2001: The Dallas Children's
Zoo - What To Do?
1/29/2001: Live Chicks
on Comedy Central's TV Funhouse
1/10/2001: Tyson
Chickens Victimized by Winter Storms
2000-01 Winter PP: Stop
Production, Distribution & Sale of Cruel, Obscene Rubber Chicken Toy
11/28/2000: "A
Southern Season" Selling Foie Gras
11/8/2000: Tell Food
Companies to Treat Chickens Better
11/3/2000: Stop Boston
Museum of Science Chick Hatchery Exhibit
10/30/2000: Imagine
Foods, Inc. Selling Chicken Broth
Help Stop Forced Molting
Martha Stewart Promoting Foie
Gras
Urge the Boy Scouts
to implement a formal written Code of Behavior
12/10/99: SICK OF PERDUE? CALL
1-800-473-7383
Ongoing Campaigns: Guinea Fowl
Drop, Chicken Flying Contest, Ostrich Races Chicken Flying Contest
Canceled!!
Protest Sutton Place Gourmet Selling
of Emu
Protest WholeFoods Selling
of Ostrich and Emu
8/26/2002: Fundraiser for Needy Children Promotes Animal Cruelty
8/14/2001: Thank NW Airlines For Banning Shipment of Animals
10/23/2001: News Release - Carnegie Science Center Has Shut Down Sad Chick Hatchery for Good
8/10/2001: Protest Electronic Duck Decoys
Summber 2001: Bills Killed
6/4/2001: News Release - Trooper Who Intentionally Roadkilled a Beloved Turkey Goes Free
5/27/2001: UPC Protests Jim Perdue Speech at Wharton Business School
4/7/2001: Protest Japanese "Survivor" Chicken Beating
3/26/2001: Oppose OK Hunting/Fishing/Cockfighting Amendment
1/12/2001: Law Proposed in Washington State to Help Protect Hens
8/16/2000: Stop Rembrandt,IA Egg Farm
Winter 2000-01 PP: Court Kills Suit to Ban Live Animal Markets in San Francisco
12/13/2000: ABC News Business Segment Advocates Turkey Killing
12/12/2000: Help Charge Trucker With Cruel Transport of Chickens
12/11/2000: Chicken Farmer, Keith Amberson, To Pay Fine For Animal Cruelty
10/21/2000: MIA Exhibitors Free Chickens from Exhibit
10/9/2000: Action Alert - Cancel WTA Foie Gras Seminar
10/7/2000: News Release - Chicken Roping "Competition" Canceled
9/4/2000: Planning Application For One Million Broiler Bird Factory Denied!
8/7/2000: TIME Magazine Article: "My Chicken Run"
8/1/2000: Tell FDA to Oppose Egg Irradiation
Updt: 7/11/2000: No "Breakfast, Lunch Dinner" Chickens on SURVIVOR
8/2/2000: Comments Needed on FDA and USDA Egg Safety Plan
6/26/2000: Protest Burger King - Chicken Run Promotion
2/5/2000: Protest Pro-Foie Gras Radio Show
2/3/2000: NBC4 Should Not Promote Emu Slaughter Products
2/15/2000: Urge School Lunch to Nix Nuggets Forever!
6/6/2000: Egg Farmer Keith Amberson Charged With Animal Cruelty Today!
1/28/2000: Update - Meredith Farms Chicken Abandonment Case Postponed
1/17/2000: UPC Nukes chicken Nuggets Exhibit
12/22/99: 60 Minutes: Pay Attention to the Birds!
Oklahoma Campaign to Ban Cockfighting
"Poultry Slam" Needs Further Action!
Amberson Farm Hens Need Your Help
Will Birds, Rats, and Mice Finally Be Covered Under The Animal Welfare Act?
Offensive Shake'nBake TV AD
Please Comment:The U.S. Government Invites Public Comment on Developing a Comprehensive Federal Food Safety Plan
Nike Commercial Promotes the Abuse of Chickens
Urge TODAY SHOW to cancel Egg Sponsor
Comment on Animal Waste Management Summit
Please Write Or Call "Peter Jennings"
Preacher Preying on Animal Activists
Sweedish Battery Hen Ban in Danger!
Cockfighting Banned in AZ and MO
Send Comments to USDA on Preventing Salmonella
Mesa State College Professor Abuses Chickens
Write to Demand Prosecution of Dr. Steven Vinson, Emu Beater, Killer
Protest "Brainstorms" Chick-A-Bator
Dying Duck Race in Deming NM
Tell Oprah Winfrey to Treat Turkeys Tenderly
Wildbird magazine has cancelled it's contract with United
Poultry Concerns to run this ad , citing
"complaints". Wildbird is afraid of losing subscription dollars.
Write Wildbird immediately and let them know they will lose more
money by cancelling the ad, than by running it.
Click here
The New Mexico Department of Tourism has removed its listing of rooster pulls .
However, there is still more you can do to
help eliminate these cruel events.
For more information or contact UPC at the address below.
