News Archives 2015
UPC Winter 2015 Poultry Press - Volume 25, Number 3 22 December 2015 Inside:
“Chicken” vs. “Red Meat” • Diabetes – What's True? •
Art, Activism & Factory Farming • Stop Saying Stop Factory Farming! • TG Turkey-A Dying Tradition • Freddaflower Fund • “Vegan” Eggs? • Conscious Eating Conference 2016 • Kaporos Lawsuit Update
• Recipe Corner & More!
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
A Friendly Turkey Joins UPC Leafleting at the White House 23 November 2015
A great turnout for our Peaceful Protest for the Turkeys on Sunday at Whole Foods in Santa Rosa 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
How many turkeys do we kill for Thanksgiving? 18 November 2015 - www.countinganimals.com
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
Sunday, November 1: SoCal VegFest , Orange County, California.UPC will host an exhibit table and UPC's Projects Manager Hope Bohanec will be speaking.
The Plight of Poultry and the Death of Meat 26 October 2015
This Year's Los Angeles Kapparot Activities and Next Steps 19 October 2015 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
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
It's about much more than chicken slaughter rights: Animal rights activists view all meat as murder 7 October 2015 - Jerusalem Post
A Is for Animal: The Animal User's Lexicon 5 October 2015
Saturday, October 3: DC VegFest , Washington, DC.UPC will host an exhibit table.
Saturday & Sunday, October 3 & 4: World VegFest , San Francisco, California.UPC will host an exhibit table and UPC's Hope Bohanec will be speaking on Sunday, October 4 at 11:45 am in the Main Auditorium.
That Quail, Robert, by Margaret A. Stanger 30 September 2015
What I Learned About Quails by Claudia Bruckert, 30 September 2015
Animal Rights Vegan Guilt 30 September 2015
Culturally Rationalized Forms of Chicken Sacrifice: The Kaporos Ritual & the Chicken Project 28 September 2015
One hen survives ritual animal sacrifice of Kapparot 27 September 2015 - examiner.com
VIDEO: Activists Disrupt Kaporos Chicken Massacre 26 September 2015 - TheirTurn.net
Upcoming Events with United Poultry Concerns 24 September 2015
Brooklyn Hasidim Say Slaughtered Chickens Are Donated To Charity, New Videos Tell A Different Story 23 September 2015 - Gothamist
Video: Activists & Hasidic Jews Face Off At Ritual Chicken Slaughter 22 September 2015 - Gothamist
To Kapparot Or Not To Kapparot, That Is The Question 22 September 2015 - La Voce Di New York
Yom Kippur chicken-swinging ritual spurs two lawsuits in US 22 September 2015 - Jerusalem Post
Animal rights protesters vent fury at ultra-orthodox Jewish Kaporos chicken slaughter 22 September 2015 - Daily Mail Online
Ultra-Orthodox In Williamsburg Really Don't Want You To See This Video 22 September 2015 - The Gothamist
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Animal Rights Activists Physically Prevent Kapparot in Ashdod 21 September 2015 - The Jewish Press
Demonstrators protest Jewish ritual involving chickens in Crown Heights, Brooklyn 21 September 2015 - abc7 NY
Video: Vegans Challenging kapparot-kosher poultry slaughter in Lakewood, NJ 20 September 2015
Kapparot “Sacrificial Chicken” Ritual Gets Green Light in New York 20 September 2015 - The Jewish Press
Statement from the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos Re: Lawsuit Against NYPD, NYC Department of Health, Hasidic Rabbis, et al. 20 September 2015 - PR Newswire
Ultra-Orthodox Jew Flips The Bird At Protester During Chicken Slaughter 21 September 2015 - The Gothamist
Sunday, September 20: Protest the use of chickens in Kaporos , Lakewood, NJ Sunday, September 20: End Chickens as Kaporos Demo 1 , Brooklyn, NY Monday, September 21: End Chickens as Kaporos Demo 2 , Brooklyn, NY Hasidic man about to slaughter chicken flips off protester 19 September 2015 - New York Post
Group to protest use of chickens for kaporos 18 September 2015 - hefkervelt.blogspot.com
50,000 Animals About To Be Brutally Sacrificed On Streets Of NYC 18 September 2015 - The Dodo
Undercover Video Shows Unsanitary And Cruel Brooklyn Kapparot Center Being Reported To Police 18 September 2015 - FailedMessiah.com
Animal rights activists fight Jewish chicken slaughter ritual on streets of Brooklyn 18 September 2015 - New York Daily News
UPC Fall 2015 Poultry Press - Volume 25, Number 2 18 September 2015 Inside:
Single-Issue Campaigns • Lawsuit to Stop Kaporos • Bird Flu Orgy of Cruelty • Felix & Gabby Together • Miss Molly the Emu Update • Birds in Honolulu Need Help • NEAVS Honors UPC Founder • Annual Report 2014 • Recipe Corner & More!
Readers sound off on kaporos 18 September 2015 - New York Daily News
It Is Officially Legal to Ritually Kill Chickens on the Streets of New York City 18 September 2015 - smithsonian.com
The Ritual Slaughtering of Chickens on New York Streets Is Officially Legal 18 September 2015 - munchies.vice.com
Jewish holiday ritual involving chicken slaughter survives a court test 18 September 2015 - The Orange County Register
Saturday, September 19: Vegan SoulFest , Baltimore, MD.UPC will host an exhibit table.
Crown Heights Kaparos Relocates 17 September 2015 - COLlive
Statement from the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos Re: Lawsuit Against NYPD, NYC Department of Health, Hasidic Rabbis, et al. 16 September 2015
Tel Aviv: No Kapparos on City Streets 16 September 2015 - Matzav
The Chickens are In Trouble. They Need You! Join Us in Brooklyn to Speak for Them! 15 September 2015
New York Judge Allows Orthodox Jews to Continue Ritual Chicken Slaughter 15 September 2015 - Windsor Terrace-Kensington, NY Patch
Supreme Court Judge Dismisses Challenge Against Kaporos Ritual in Brooklyn 15 September 2015 - JP Updates
Judge Gives Go-Ahead To Ultra-Orthodox Ritual Chicken Slaughter 15 September 2015 - Gothamist
New York judge rules that Jewish chicken-whirling ritual can continue 15 September 2015 - The Telegraph
Brooklyn, NY - State Court Declines To Halt Kaporos Ritual By Orthodox Jews 15 September 2015 - Vos Iz Neias
Judge Rules New York City Does Not Have To Enforce Health And Safety Codes Against Haredi Street Pop Up Chicken Slaughter, City Residents Have No Choice In The Matter 15 September 2015 - FailedMessiah.com
State court declines to halt bloody chicken-slaughter ritual by Orthodox Jews 14 September 2015 - Newsday
‘Fowl’ Jewish rite fight 14 September 2015 - New York Post
New York judge denies injunction, upholds public practice of Hasidic chicken slaughter 14 September 2015 - abc7 NY
Video Encourages Israelis Not to Use Live Chickens in Kaparot Ritual 11 September 2015 - Jspace News
Videos Show Kaparot Ritual - From Chicken’s Point of View 10 September 2015 - Arutz Sheva Israel National News
Brooklyn Couple Rescues Chicken From Ritual Slaughter & Makes It Their House Pet 9 September 2015 - Gothamist
The Battle over Kapparot Goes to Court 8 September 2015 - Jewish Journal
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
Resident pans temples' possible chicken slaughter for Yom Kippur ritual 3 September 2015 - The Island Now Time to Spread the Joy 3 September 2015
Brooklyn Group Demands Judge End “Kaporos” Ritual; Claims Health Risk 2 September 2015 - The NY Jewish Voice
Two Change.org Petitions Need Your Support! 2 September 2015
LOVE LETTERS for Chickens Under the Bridge 29 August 2015
Israel: New Regulations Signal There Will be No Problem with the Minhag of Kaporos this Year 27 August 2015 - The Yeshiva World (Also MyInforms.com )
Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos Lawsuit: Update and Media Coverage 26 August 2015
Kaparos: Protected Religious Expression or Sidewalk Slaughterhouse? 25 August 2015 - Bay Ridge Journal
Jewish chicken slaughter sidewalk ritual is debated in Manhattan court; lives of 50,000 birds at stake 25 August 2015 - New York Daily News
Chickens Under the Bridge: Animal sacrifice, ritual abandonment and redemption by the shores of Jamaica Bay 24 August 2015
Felix the Rooster has a New Friend – Gabby! 20 August 2015
Jerusalem - Knesset C'tee Nixes Agriculture Ministry Regulations For Yom Kippur Kaparot Ritual 12 August 2015 - Vos Iz Neias
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
Cecil the Lion? What About Kaporos? 5 August 2015 - New Jersey Jewish Standard
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
Saturday, August 8: Chester County Vegan Festival , West Chester, PA. UPC will host an exhibit table.
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
NY Lawsuit Seeks To End Pre-Yom Kippur Practice of Kaparot 8 July 2015 - religionclause.blogspot.com
Breaking News: End Chicken Kaporos Lawsuit Filed In New York 7 July 2015 - EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Hikind on Kaporos Chickens Lawsuit: ‘Shame on You!’ 7 July 2015 - The Yeshiva World
Brooklynites File Lawsuit to Stop Brutal Chicken-Slaughtering Ritual 7 July 2015
Group Files Lawsuit to Force End to Kapparos 7 July 2015 - crownheights.info
Group Files Suit Seeking to Ban Kaparos Tradition in New York 7 July 2015 - JP Updates
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
Saturday, June 20: Richmond Vegetarian Festival , Richmond, VA. UPC will host an exhibit table.
UPC Summer 2015 Poultry Press - Volume 25, Number 1 17 June 2015 Inside:
A Chicken Named Viva • Humane Hoax Video-New! • Loving Tribute to Beep the Hen • UPC Buses Everywhere! • Letters in The New Yorker & More • UPC Story Wins Press Award • WAYNE CREED Visits UPC • Berkeley Conference the Best Ever! • Urge Justice for Miss Molly • Recipe Corner & More!
“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
Friday-Sunday, June 5-7: Green Festival , Washington, DC.UPC will host an exhibit table.
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.
Saturday, May 30: The Real Truth About Health Conference , Orlando, Florida.UPC will host an exhibit table and UPC 's Projects Manager Hope Bohanec will be speaking.
“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
Classical music station plays "The Hen" for International Respect for Chickens Day 11 May 2015
Denver Vegans Celebrate International Respect for Chickens Day 11 May 2015
A Beautiful Day at The Annual Baltimore VegFest Encouraging Others to Give a Cluck & Go Vegan! 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
Saturday, May 9: Baltimore VegFest , Baltimore, Maryland. UPC will host an exhibit table. Just Released: Humane Hoax Video Uncovers the Deception Behind "Humane" Food Labels 4 May 2015
2015 International Respect for Chickens Day at the White House 4 May 2015
We had a great day in San Diego for International Respect for Chickens Day! 4 May 2015
Our International Respect for Chickens Day event in San Francisco was a huge success! UPC joined forces with Direct Action Everywhere and had about 40 people for our protest of the Golden Gate Meat Company in the Ferry Building. 3 May 2015
International Respect For Chickens Day Action in San Francisco 2 May 2015 - youtube.com
Activists Disrupt Ferry Building Meat Market for International Respect for Chickens Day Protest 2 May 2015
News Release: International Respect For Chickens Day Celebrates Compassion for Chickens 30 April 2015
Saturday, May 2: Leafleting for the birds , San Diego, California. Join us! Let's speak up for our feathered friends!
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 15
Story of United Poultry Concerns Wins Virginia Press Association Awards 23 April 2015
International Respect for Chickens Day Action with United Poultry Concerns and Direct Action Everywhere, May 2, Beale St. Plaza, San Francisco. 21 April 2015
Saturday, April 25:Oakland VegFest , Oakland, California. UPC will host an exhibit table.
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
UPC will leaflet for chickens at the White House Saturday, May 2, from Noon to 3pm. 7 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
Marin County Public Access TV to Highlight Dignity, Beauty and Abuse of Chickens 30 March 2015
UPC Letter Urging Prosecution of Cassius Mankin for Felony Animal Abuse 27 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
News Release: 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
UPC Spring 2015 Poultry Press - Volume 24, Number 4 26 February 2015 Inside:
Conscious Eating Conference 2015 • Thanksgiving Photo Gallery • Certified Humane Fraud • Custom Heavy as Frost • “Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?” • The End of Hens: An Investigation • Maya the Peahen • International Respect for Chickens Day • Recipe Corner & More!
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
Rescued Kaporos Chickens at Don Green's Home in Onancock, VA 11 February 2015 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
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
Rescued Kaporos Chickens at Chenoa Manor Farm Animal Sanctuary 5 February 2015
Saturday April 4, 2015: Conscious Eating Conference Brings Expert Speakers to Berkeley 28 January 2015
National Fire Protection Association Rejects Pleas for Farmed Animals in Second Round of Proposals 27 January 2015
Rescued Kaporos Chickens at SASHA Farm Animal Sanctuary 23 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
Federal Judge Blocks California's Ban on Foie Gras 7 January 2015 - abcnews.go.com
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