News Archives 2010
12/16/10: UPC Needs Your Support This Holiday Season 12/12/10: Chicken Theme on Animals Today Radio, Sunday Dec. 12, 2-3pm PST. 5-6pm EST
12/10/10: Myth of Sustainable Poultry and Danger of the Local 12/03/10: Prosecute Teenagers Who Strangled Hens to Death - The Petition Site (external link)
12/03/10: Karen Davis's letter to the Contra Costa County DA Re: Teenage Boys Arrested for Killing Chickens at El Monte Elementary in Concord, CA
12/03/10: Teenage Boys Arrested for Killing Chickens at El Monte Elementary in Concord, CA
12/01/10: School Chicken Deaths Elicit Outpouring of Support, The Mercury News , Nov. 30, 2010
12/01/10: Order Your 2011 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest Calendar Now!
11/29/10: Sanctuary, A Portrait Exhibition by Local Artist, Sharon Lee Hart
11/26/10: “Consider the Turkey,” by James McWilliams, The Atlantic , Nov. 24, 2010
11/24/10: Tribute to Turkeys, November 24, 2010
11/23/10: Thanksgiving - Let's Talk Turkey (Youtube Video )
11/23/10: David Rosenfeld - “End Chickens as Kaporos” - Tonight on MINDLIGHT, Queens Public Television, QPTV Channel 34, from 8-9pm ET.
11/19/10: United Poultry Concerns Will Stick Up for Turkeys at the White House on Saturday, November 20 from Noon to 3PM
11/18/10: Black Eagle Farm: Chicken Starvation, Consumer Fraud, Cruelty
11/17/10: Chicklett’s Poem and a Letter to the Editor
11/16/10: Winter 2010 Poultry Press Inside: End Chickens as Kaporos Campaign,
Organic Standards,
Black Eagle Farm,
Thanksgiving Open House,
Recipe Corner & More
11/15/10: UPC “Talks Turkey,” Serves Tofu, Teaches Teachers - 4 Upcoming Events!
Join Us at the White House, on the Radio, at a Teachers Conference & in Machipongo, VA.
11/15/10: AECK Founding Member's Home & Banner Vandalized
11/11/10: Ban Battery Cages in Israel! Add Your Voice to the Demand!
11/07/10: “Weigh In” – on Going Vegan and Speciesist Language
10/27/10: AFLAC Ad Promotes Animal Abuse in New Commercial. Please Protest!
10/26/10: Oct 30th Schedule: UPC 9th Annual Forum - Expert Discourse and the Problem of the Chicken
10/25/10: Kansas City Star Tells Chicklett’s Savior, Whitney Hillman’s Story
10/21/10: Concordia High School Teacher Bullies Students to Kill Chickens - One Bold Student Said No! She Stole Her Chicken Chicklett to Safety
10/15/10: Chicken-Human Relationships: From Procrustean Genocide to Empathic Anthropomorphism 10/12/10: Please Write a Thank You Letter to the Editor of THE WASHINGTON POST Re: “An ancient tradition draws protests” by Carol Guzy, The Washington Post, Oct. 9, 2010
10/11/10: “An ancient tradition draws protests” by Carol Guzy, The Washington Post, Oct. 9, 2010
10/06/10: Protesters to Crowd SF Farmers' Market This Sunday Over Public Health & Animal Cruelty Concerns
10/04/10: Mary and Peter Max Benefit to End Chickens in Kaporos Rituals was a Great Success!
09/30/10: Canned Pigeon Hunt Exposed on CNN Headline NEWS show TONIGHT
09/28/10: News Release: Mary and Peter Max Will Host Benefit to End Chickens in Kaporos Rituals
09/27/10: Kind Kaporos Article, Blog & Letters to the Editor
09/17/10: Register Now: Benefit to End Chickens as Kaporos Hosted by Mary & Peter Max
09/16/10: Please join FAUN NJ for a "Live Animal Market" demonstration on Saturday, September 18th in West New York, NJ
09/15/10: Brooklyn Rally to End Chickens as Kaporos
Draws Vigorous Activist Turnout & Media Coverage
09/10/10: Fall 2010 Poultry Press Inside: Hatching Good Lessons,
Roly Poly Rescued!,
“Enriched Cages” for Laying Hens,
Kaporos Rally & Fundraiser,
UPC “Chicken Experts” Conference,
2009 Annual Report,
Recipe Corner & More
09/09/10: Activists Cry Foul Over [Cruel] Chicken Ritual
09/07/10: Chicken Abuse Protest on San Diego Channel 6 News, Aug. 31
09/07/2010: Activists Will Rally on September 12 in Brooklyn, NY to “End Chickens as Kaporos”
08/30/10: News Release: National Poultry Improvement Plan Is a “Cluster-Cluck”
Animal Activists Say
08/26/10: Speak Up for Chickens Rally at USDA National Poultry
Improvement Plan Conference Committee Meeting
08/24/10: Mary and Peter Max Benefit for UPC and The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos on September 30th
08/17/10: Petition to Replace Chickens with Money in Kaporos Rituals
08/16/10: ‘Beautiful Yetta’: A Yiddish Chicken With Chutzpah - NPR Morning Edition, Saturday, August 14, 2010
08/13/10: Petition to Replace Chickens with Money in Kaporos Rituals
08/05/10: Vote for UPC: Favorite Nonprofit Animal Organization - 2010 Veggie Awards
08/04/10: End Chickens As Kaporos Rally on September 12 in Brooklyn, NY
07/24/10: United Poultry Concerns Did NOT Support
(or Even Know About) the Ohio Fundraiser for Humane Farms
07/10/10: “Enriched” Cages for Egg-Laying Hens in the US and EU
06/30/10: The Social Life of Chickens: A Visual Lecture & Book Signing with Karen Davis in San Diego on September 2, 2010
06/22/10: PBS News Hour Treats Chicken Abuse as Cute Advertising
06/18/10: National Pigeon Day in NYC & Richmond Vegetarian Festival in VA
06/09/10: TIME For Fake Chicken 06/03/10: Protest “Hammered Chicken” Contest in Baltimore Maryland, June 4
06/02/10: New Hatchery Video Shows the Miseries Forced on Newly-Hatched Birds
05/27/10: Thoughts on the North Pole chicken-killing episode
05/26/10: Chickens Viciously Attacked in North Pole, Alaska
05/24/10: Summer 2010 Poultry Press Inside:
UPC Bus Displays “Give a Cluck!”,
UPC's 8th Annual Conference on “Experts”,
Rosetta the Hen & the Man Who Loved Her,
San Francisco Live Bird Markets,
Carnegie Mellon Cruelty,
Chicks Saved!,
Book Review: Ninety-Five,
Recipe Corner & More
05/18/10: Cockfighting operation in Mullica Township shut down, property owner arrested
05/12/10: New York City Events, May 15-16, 2010 - Be There! “Fowl Play” Screening, Lecture & Leafleting, Saturday May 15;
05/07/10: Hudson Valley Foie Gras Found Guilty of Violations, and Other Foie Gras News
05/07/10: Doug Clifford Radio Show Features International Respect for Chickens Day
05/06/10: Chickens In Mind and How Much They Matter - Psychology Today & Journal for Critical Animal Studies & the Examiner
05/04/10: Today is International Respect for Chickens Day!
04/29/10: United Poultry Concerns Honors International Respect for Chickens Day
04/26/10: Cockfighting Raid and Arrest on Virginia Eastern Shore First known arrest for cockfighting in Accomack County in recent memory. . . . 04/22/10: Bird Watching as an Alternative to Chick Hatching: United Federation of Teachers Humane Education Committee Booklet for Grades 2 to 6
04/19/10: Join United Poultry Concerns at the White House for International Respect for Chickens Day Leafleting!
04/15/10: Chickens Cruelly Spray-Painted at Carnegie Mellon University
04/07/10: “Give a Cluck” Posters Hit Washington DC - UPC Bus Ads Urge People to “Stick Up For Chickens - Go Vegan!”
04/01/10: National Pigeon Day, Saturday June 19, 2010, from 10am to 3pm in NYC
03/31/10: Hatching Good Lessons - Alternatives To School Hatching Projects - Revised & Updated
03/29/10: “Cruelty is criminal” – Letter to the Editor in Today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
03/29/10:Praise the Egg! – A Musical by Mary Gage Celebrates the Life of Chickens.
The Altoona Mirror, March 27, 2010
03/26/10: Fowl Play Screening and UPC Presentation in New York City May 15
03/26/10: Dogwood Initiative Apologizes for Chicken Abuse Episode; Takes “full responsibility” and is “taking steps to ensure the birds are
adopted by a humane home”
03/25/10: The Perils and Pleasures of Urban Backyard Chicken-Keeping
03/25/10: Environmental Group Mistreats Chickens to “Help” the Environment
03/24/10: Veggie Pride Parade New York City, May 16, 2010
03/17/10: Call for Entries: CHICKEN RUN RESCUE PHOTO CONTEST!
03/15/10: Lobby to Help Chickens in San Francisco’s Live Animal Markets California Humane Lobby Day in Sacramento Thursday April 8, 2010
03/10/10: Rescued King Pigeons Make Great Pets!
03/08/10: Foodfest Benefit at Zia’s Café in Towson, Md Invites You to “Taste the Best”!
03/04/10: Sticking Up for Chickens, Turkeys and a Compassionate Planet! Click on UPC President Karen Davis’ Radio Interviews
02/22/10: Humane Methods of Poultry Slaughter Lawsuit Dismissed
02/18/10: Norm Phelps' 5-Star Amazon Review of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs, 2009 Edition
02/15/10: Winter-Fall 2010 Poultry Press Inside: Mr. Clucky, A Fellow Spirit,
Classroom Cruelty, Urban Chicken-Keeping, Praise the Egg! A Musical
Sanctuary Residents, Recipe Corner & More
02/12/10: Pennsylvania Pigeon Shoots Need Protest Letters
02/05/10: “Creature Feature: Coming Home to Roost” The practices of big agribusiness - and some irresponsible locals - may bring chickens into your shelter
02/02/10: Join UPC President Karen Davis in Oregon February 26, 2010 PIEL Conference, University of Oregon, and Corvallis Lecture
02/01/10: Vegetarians in Paradise Reviews Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs
01/19/10: Praise the Egg! New Musical by Mary Gage Premiers in State College, PA