News Archives 2008
- Inhumane Conditions at LaGranja Live Poultry and Nick's Poultry
- 12/4/08: Photos taken of LaGranja Live Poultry and Nick's Poultry
- 12/10/08: UPC Letter to NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
- 12/11/08: UPC Letter Re: LaGranja Live Poultry and Nick's Poultry to ASPCA
- 12/5/08: News Release - United Poultry Concerns Campaign to Save Canandaigua Chickens Succeeds!
- 12/02/08: Beautiful 2009 Chicken Calendars Now Available
- 11/26/08: UPC Speaks Out for the Mother Turkey and Her Young vs. the Horror of the Hatchery
- 11/25/08: Letters to NY State Education Department Urgently Needed
- 11/21/08: Hear UPC President Karen Davis on Vegan World Radio Nov. 24. The Topic is Turkeys!
- 11/11/08: United Poultry Concerns Pokes Claim that Animals Can’t Have Rights
- 11/07/08: UPC President Karen Davis on Go Vegan Radio with Bob Linden
- 10/31/08: TUNE IN TO VEGCAST 53 FOR KAREN DAVIS OF UNITED POULTRY CONCERNS
- 10/30/08: Three United Poultry Concerns Events in November: Please Join Us!
- 10/29/08: Urge Berea Animal Rescue to Drop Chicken Fundraising Dinner In Favor of a Compassionate Fundraiser
- 10/15/08: Oprah Winfrey on Farmed Animals, October 14, 2008
- 10/13/08: UPC President Karen Davis Has a Letter in Today’s New York Times about the Plight of Egg-Laying Hens and Voter Support for California’s Proposition 2.
- 10/01/08: Join Protest for Chickens, Washington DC, October 2, World Farmed Animals Day.
- 9/26/08: Chicken Meat the Most Common Route of Campylobacteriosis, New Study Finds
- 9/25/08: Canandaigua Academy’s Chicken Slaughter Project Stopped. NY State Education Department Halts Project
- 9/24/08: World Farm Animals Day Vigil
- 9/23/08: United Poultry Concerns Urges Compassionate Kapparot Ceremonies
- 9/15/08: “Canandaigua Academy students can’t kill chickens without state waiver”
- 9/15/08: "Questioning Kapparot" in the Fall Edition of B'nai B'rith Magazine
- 9/12/08: Canandaigua Academy’s Chicken Slaughter Project Suspended
- 9/12/08: Chicken Abuser’s Column Sparks Critical Response.
- 9/03/08: Canandaigua Academy Reneges on Pledge to Remove Chicken Slaughter Project from the Curriculum, Plans to Resume the Cruelty
- 8/22/08: A Wing & A Prayer – The Kapparot Chicken-Swinging Ritual
- 7/25/08: Harvest Hills Animal Shelter Chicken BBQ Sat July 26 - Please protest!
- 7/24/08: Letters Needed Now: "NO" to Chicken Slaughter Project at Canandaigua Academy, NY
- 7/22/08: Two More Letters in Canandaigua DAILY MESSENGER Oppose Classroom Chicken Slaughter Project in High School Ecology Course
- 7/16/08: Eliminate Chicken Slaughter: United Poultry Concerns in Today’s Daily Messenger Regarding Canandaigua Academy’s Plan to Resume Slaughtering Chickens in the Classroom
- 7/14/08: Join UPC & Karen Davis at TAFA this Weekend
- 7/13/08: Canandaigua Academy Plans to Resume Classroom Chicken Killing
- 7/09/08: High School Curriculum to Resume Chicken Slaughter?
- 7/08/08: CONNECTICUT YANKEES SAY, "Get the hens out of the cages!"
- 7/08/08: “No, Chickens aren’t stupid.” Letter by UPC President Karen Davis in The Plain Dealer Letters section, July 2, 2008.
- 7/02/08: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTS AND STATISTICS ABOUT INDUSTRIALIZED ANIMAL FARMS
- 6/24/08: Cage-Free Eggs Still Inhumane
- 6/20/08: United Poultry Concerns Bus Posters in Washington DC
- 6/20/08: Chicken Photo Contest Winners for 2009 Calendar Announced by Chicken Run Rescue.
- 6/19/08: Four Opportunities to Speak Up for Chickens and a Saner World
- 6/16/08: National Pigeon Day Report!
- 6/12/08: Classroom Chicken Slaughter Should be Dropped, Otherwise Videotaped So Public Can See What is Being Taught
- 6/10/08: National Pigeon Day, June 13 in New York City: Please Join Us!
- 6/01/08: Struggles & Strategies for Animal Rights: Two Books
- 5/29/08: Chicken Slaughter End Sparks UPC Response
- 5/21/08: Veggie Pride Parade In New York City a Huge Success
- 5/14/08: International Respect for Chickens Day in Times Square (NYC) and Concord Monitor (NH)
- 5/12/08: New 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