News Archives 2019
The 2nd Annual Humane Hoax Online Summit 30 December 2019
Faux Meat versus Dead Meat, by Karen Davis 26 December 2019
Chickens or Pigs: Would You Pick One to Suffer More? 23 December 2019
Voices for Animal Liberation is Ready to Order! 18 December 2019
UPC Needs Your Support This Holiday Season 17 December 2019
“I Feel So Bad For Those Turkeys Hauled on Freezing Nights” 16 December 2019
Order Your 2020 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest Calendars Now! 11 December 2019
Tell NPR: Bloodsport Enthusiasts Are Not Animal Experts! 10 December 2019
Appeal to Washington Governor on Petition Denial by the Office of Public Instruction 5 December 2019
“Poultry Slam” Clarified: Verbal Cruelty 2 December 2019
Open Letter to Ira Glass and This American Life 1 December 2019
Prayer Circle for Animals #454; “Great Wake” for the Turkeys 27 November 2019
The “Thanksgiving” Turkey: Object of Sentimentality, Sarcasm, and Sacrifice 23 November 2019
UPC President Karen Davis Live Friday on The Other Animals! 21 November 2019
Announcing UPC’s 9th Annual Conscious Eating Conference 20 November 2019
Turkeys: Sympathy, Sensibility, and Sentience 19 November 2019
UPC Leaflets for Turkeys at the White House Saturday November 16 – Please join us! 14 November 2019
Liberty Mutual Emu Ad versus the Chantix Turkey 13 November 2019
Chickens are Courageous Birds. They are NOT Cowards, or a Trope for Human Cowardice 10 November 2019
UPC Winter 2019 Poultry Press - Volume 29, Number 3
8 November 2019 Inside:
Plant Power • Liberty Mutual Insurance • Emus in the Shadows • Violence to Duck Unpunished • Praises for For the Birds • Precious Turkey was a Joy to Me • Every Gun Was Aimed •
Kaporos Protest 2019 • Freddaflower Fund •
Recipe Corner & More!
Costco, Bill Gates & Africa: The Chicken Connection 7 November 2019
US Gets First-Ever Vegan Fried Chicken Shop 5 November 2019 Clarification of NYC Ban on Foie Gras 2 November 2019
NYC Passes Ban on Foie Gras Putting Animal Welfare First 30 October 2019
Illegal Rooster Operation in Melrose, New Mexico 30 October 2019
Saturday, October, 26: World VegFest 2019 , San Francisco, CA.UPC will host an exhibit table.
Kaporos Activism Focuses on Showing Care and Compassion for the Birds 25 October 2019 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Cockfighting Alert: Tell Monterey County, CA Officials to Enforce the Law 21 October 2019
Going Home: Beautiful Video of Beloved Chickens by Chicken Run Rescue 16 October 2019
Jill Carnegie Live at Kaporos Vigil in Crown Heights, Brooklyn 13 October 2019
After Kaporos: The Bushwick Brownstone That Serves as a Chicken Rescue Center 9 October 2019 - BrooklynEagle.com
Activists Feed Chickens Used For Controversial Kaporos Ritual 8 October 2019 - patch.com/new-york/prospectheights
In Defense of Animals Live Coverage of Kaporos Vigil in Crown Heights, Brooklyn 7 October 2019 - fb.com/indefenseofanimals
Animal rights protesters bring food, water for chickens crated for Yom Kippur ritual 7 October 2019 - NYDailyNews.com
News Release: Activists Cross NYPD Barricades to Provide Food and Water for Birds Brutalized in Illegal Open-air Slaughterhouse in Brooklyn, Exposing Extreme Political Corruption 7 October 2019 - www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Government Urges Public to Refrain from Enacting Yom Kippur Chicken Ritual 6 October 2019 - The Jerusalem Post
Video: Their Turn Live Coverage of Kaporos in Brooklyn 6 October 2019 - fb.com/theirturn
Video: Jane Unchained News Live Coverage of Kaporos in Brooklyn 6 October 2019 - fb.com/JaneVelezMitchell
Video: Activists Rescued a Total of 26 Chickens from a Kaporos Site in Brooklyn 4 October.com - fb.com
Videos: Kaporos in Brooklyn, October 2, 2019 EndChickensAsKaporos.com
Six birds were spared slaughter today, and are on their way to a foster/veterinary care before they head to their forever homes. 2 October 2019 - fb.com/AlliancetoEndChickensasKaporos
Today Is World Farmed Animals Day, Oct. 2: Remember Them, Honor Them, Help Them 2 October 2019
Wednesday-Monday, October 2-7: NYC Kaporos Week of Action , Brooklyn, NY. Rescue & Adoption of Kaporos Chickens is Ready: Please Help! 30 September 2019
Wednesday, September 25: Redwood Community Radio (KMUD) , Garberville, CA.UPC’s Hope Bohanec will be speaking on KMUD radio about the burning of the Amazon and the connection to meat eating. 5:30 - 6:00 pm.
Saturday, September 28: Karen Davis Will Speak For the Birds & Animal-Free Food at Vegan Roots Fest September 28 in Charlottesville, VA! 26 September 2019
Tell Liberty Mutual Insurance to Pull Their Emu Ads 25 September 2019
Saturday, September 21: Karen Davis & Hope Bohanec Speak for the Birds & Vegan Living 19 September 2019
Hasidic Jews Speak Out Against Mass Animal Sacrifice, Kaporos 18 September 2019 - TheirTurn.net
High School Football Players Get a Pass For Luring, Beating & Strangling a Duck to Death 18 September 2019
Urge Prosecution of Duckling Abuser in Clearwater, Florida 17 September 2019
Wednesday-Monday, October 2-7: This October, Chickens Need Your Help Brooklyn, NY.
UPC Fall 2019 Poultry Press - Volume 29, Number 2
13 September 2019 Inside:
Rooster Victims of the Egg Industry • Robin: Rescued from the Dead • Cruel Killing Is NOT Euthanasia • Will Birds Sing or Be Silent? • For the Birds : A Must Read! •
Nellie’s Eggs Ads Removed • Chicken: Most Contaminated Food • DA Seeks Justice for Muscovy Duck • Stop Kaporos Cruelty • Freddaflower Fund • Annual Report 2018 •
Recipe Corner & More!
Sunday, September 15: Kaporos Orientation + Update , Brooklyn, NY. Sunday, September 15: Twin Cities Veg Fest , St. Paul, MN.United Poultry Concerns and Chicken Run Rescue will share an exhibit table.
Saturday, September 14: Richmond Vegfest, Byrd Park , Richmond, VA.UPC will host an exhibit table.
Ag Writer’s Pick of “Outlandish” Quotes by UPC’s Karen Davis & Hope Bohanec 11 September 2019
Crush Cockfighting Campaign and Captive Panda Assault 10 September 2019
“Stop Mocking Vegans” – My Reaction 9 September 2019
Press Release: Cruelty-Free Education Petition to Oregon Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 September 2019
Press Release: Cruelty-Free Education Petition to Washington’s Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction 29 August 2019
Chickens Are NOT Cannibals 28 August 2019
The Story of Three Chickens by Bill Crain of Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary 15 August 2019
The Official Animal Rights March 2019 / Washington DC 9 August 2019
Talk by Dr. Karen Davis, organized by VSDC + Lunch at DC Vegan@New Deal Cafe 6 August 2019
Animal Agriculture Alliance’s Take on the Animal Rights National Conference 3 August 2019
Robin: Rescued from the Dead, a New Film by Unparalleled Suffering 2 August 2019
Saturday, August 3: Vegan Soulfest, Clifton Park , Baltimore, MD.UPC will host an exhibit table.
FOR THE BIRDS “Can Only Be Described with Superlatives” – Animal Culture Magazine 30 July 2019
Jewish center sued over controversial chicken-killing ritual 26 July 2019 - Los Angeles Times
Liberating the Language of Animal Abuse: Choosing Our Words Carefully to Get People to Care About and Help Animals Presented by Karen Davis at the 2019 Animal Rights National Conference, Alexandria, VA on 26 July 2019
Chickens and Turkeys – Who are They and Why Should We Care? Presented by Karen Davis at the 2019 Animal Rights National Conference, Alexandria, VA on 26 July 2019
UPC is Proud to Sponsor the Sonoma County VegFest 2019! 25 July 2019
“It’s All About Food”: Listen to Karen Davis’s
Interview with host Caryn Hartglass on For the Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation 22 July 2019
Amazon Reviews Praise FOR THE BIRDS: FROM EXPLOITATION TO LIBERATION by Karen Davis, PhD 16 July 2019
“‘Euthanized’ Not the Right Word for Killings of Geese in Salisbury” - Karen Davis’s Letter to the Editor of
the Salisbury Daily Times 12 July 2019
July 25-28: Karen Davis and Hope Bohanec: Speaker Sessions at the Animal Rights National Conference 11 July 2019
District Attorney Will Pursue Justice for Duck Beaten To Death By College Men In Tallapoosa County, Alabama 9 July 2019
We Protested Nellie’s Eggs Ads: WAMU 88.5 Listened! 8 July 2019
Protest Slaughter of Canada Geese in Denver, Colorado 3 July 2019
Demand Prosecution of Alabama Students Who Savagely Beat a Duck to Death with a Bat 2 July 2019
2019 Chicken Run Rescue Photo Contest: For the Birds! 28 June 2019
WAMU – Stop Advertising Nellie’s “Free‑Range” Eggs! 26 June 2019
Saturday, June 22: 3rd Annual Triad Vegfest, Center City Park , Greensboro, NC.UPC will host an exhibit table.
Call it what it is .... Slaughter! Not “processing.” 21 June 2019
Marc Bekoff Interviews Karen Davis For The Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation 20 June 2019
For The Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation is now available! Order Now! 14 June 2019
UPC Summer 2019 Poultry Press - Volume 29, Number 1
10 June 2019 Inside:
40 Billion Interview • I’m So Sorry, Little Hen • Stop Alexandria VA Slaughterhouse • Experiencing Chickens • Tolstoy’s Plea for Peace •
Freddaflower Fund • Activities Photo Gallery • Remembering Donald Barnes • Recipe Corner & More!
Proud to Be Part of National Animal Rights Day June 2nd in New York City 7 June 2019
Measles Outbreak Triggers Kaporos Protest at NYC Dept. of Health 30 May 2019 - TheirTurn.net
Sunday, June 2: National Animal Rights Day Sunday - Join Us! Union Square Park, NYC, NY 11:30am
Saturday, June 1: Lancaster Vegfest , Lancaster, PA.UPC will host an exhibit table.
Protest Cruel Ostrich Races in Omaha, Nebraska May 26! 21 May 2019
Will Birds Sing or Will They Be Silent? Our Choice is Their Fate May 19, 2019
Saturday, May 26: International Respect for Chickens Philly Action at KFC , Philadelphia, PA. Chicken Run Rescue - International Respect for Chickens Day 2019 23 May 2019
“Dirty Chicken,” The Atlantic , Nov. 1990 Prompts Letter from United Poultry Concerns President Karen Davis, Feb. 1991 13 May 2019
Oppose Poultry Slaughterhouse in Alexandria, VA: Sign This Petition 10 May 2019
In Tune to Nature: Live Radio Interview Tonite with Karen Davis 7 May 2019
2019 IRCD Leafleting for the chickens in at Sprouts Natural Market in Carlsbad, CA. 6 May 2019
UPC had a great time Saturday afternoon May 4th at the White House in Washington, DC advocating up for chickens on International Respect for Chickens Day! 6 May 2019
Hens of the Hills Microsanctuary Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day 6 May 2019
International Respect for Chickens Day Coloring Page 3 May 2019
Experiencing Chickens and Restoring Their Earth Rights 3 May 2019
"“What Wings Are For! Life Can Be Beautiful - Go Vegan!” poster on display through May at the University of Maryland-College Park Hornbake Library in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day 2 May 2019
Fairy, a love story by Sandra Higgins 2 May 2019
International Respect for Chickens Day, published by the Hardwick Gazette in Greensboro VT. 1 May 2019
Drink Coffee, Help Chickens, Tune In For International Respect for Chickens Day May 4 1 May 2019
Brewing Good Coffee Company Donating 10% of May profits to United Poultry Concerns in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day 30 April 2019
News Release: International Respect For Chickens Day Celebrates Compassion for Chickens 30 April 2019
Hope Bohanec talking about International Respect for Chickens Day on KPFT's Vegan World Radio out of Houston 29 April 2019
Saturday, May 4: International Respect for Chickens Day at Corona Live Poultry , Corona, NY.Hosted by Brooklyn-Queens Animal Save.
Help Us Build a Forever Home for Rescued Kaporos Chickens! Please Donate 24 April 2019
Saturday, May 4: Leafleting at the White House for International Respect for Chickens Day , Washington, DC.Noon - 3pm. Please join us!
Saturday, May 4: International Respect for Chickens Day Demo at Chick-fil-A , Wilmington, NC.Hosted by North Carolina Farmed Animal Save.
Saturday, May 4: International Respect for Chickens Day - A Tribute & Leafleting , Thomastown Victoria, Australia.Hosted by Melbourne Chicken Rescue.
Saturday, May 4: International Respect for Chickens Day - May 4th , New Haven Green, New Haven, CT.Let's raise awareness together by leafleting with United Poultry Concerns materials.
Saturday, May 4: Speak Out in Honor of International Respect for Chickens Day! , Petaluma Poultry, Petaluma, CA. Hosted by Food Empowerment Project.
Sunday, April 28: Montgomery County Greenfest , Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD.UPC will host an exhibit table.
Saturday, April 27: Pottstown Ecofest , Pottstown, PA.UPC is a sponsor of the event.
We are kicking off our actions for International Respect for Chickens Day with a Video Outreach event at College of Marin in Kentfield, CA 19 April 2019 - fb.com/unitedpoultryconcerns
International Respect for Chickens Day May 4 – Please do an ACTION for Chickens in May! 19 April 2019 The “Easter” Chick - A Lost Soul 18 April 2019 Vegan Food Products: From “Unicorn Aisle” to Mainstream 17 April 2019 NYC Health Commissioner Says She Will Continue to Allow Orthodox Jewish Animal Sacrifice Despite Health Code Violations, Reports of E. coli, and Current Measles Outbreak in Same Community 11 April 2019 - TheirTurn.net
ABC7NY coverage: In response to Mayor deBlasio's emergency measles outbreak declaration, protestors urge city agencies to PREVENT another outbreak by enforcing laws already in place. 10 April 2019 - fb.com/AlliancetoEndChickensasKaporos
Veggie Pride Parade NYC is Coming to Town! 9 April 2019 The Fight for 40 Billion: The Voice of United Poultry Concerns 4 April 2019
“Clean Meat” Hoax Website Now Posted: Check It Out! 1 April 2019
Alexandria, VA City Council Approves Halal Chicken Slaughterhouse 29 March 2019
UPC Supports Opposition to Chicken Slaughterhouse in Alexandria, Virginia 19 March 2019
UPC Spring 2019 Poultry Press - Volume 28, Number 4
15 March 2019 Inside:
Respect Chickens Day May 4 • Rescuing “Free-Range” Chickens • Powerful Humane Hoax Webinar • Art of the Henmaid’s Tale •
No More Hatching Projects • ”Pushy” Vegans • Muffie, a Memoir • A Mother Cow • Recipe Corner & More!
Videos of Our Conscious Eating Conference 2019 Now Available! 18 March 2019
Free-Range Egg Fraud Sparks Lawsuit 8 March 2019
Chicken “Chucking” Contest: Karen Davis’s Letter Published Today 4 March 2019
The Science of Delivering Drugs through Chicken Eggs 25 February 2019
Survey on Genetically Modified Animal Research and Use 21 February 2019
Conscious Eating Conference: Saturday, March 2nd 20 February 2019
Joel Freedman: Stop Kaporos cruelty 20 February 2019 - MPNnow.com
Ridgeland, Wisconsin “Chicken Toss”: Eyewitness Report 19 February 2019
Love to All Our Friends This Valentine’s Day! 14 February 2019
Ridgeland “Chicken Toss” – A New Update 13 February 2019
Humane Hoax Online Summit Videos Are Now Available for Viewing 11 February 2019
Announcing UPC’s 8th Annual Conscious Eating Conference 31 January 2019
Update on Ridgeland, Wisconsin Chicken Toss 25 January 2019 Urge Ridgeland, Wisconsin Officials to Stop Chicken Toss 23 January 2019 My Comment on Today’s 1A Show “Planting a Seed” on Being Vegan 7 January 2019 January 7: NPR Show on Vegan Trend Monday January 7 - Tune In! Weigh In! 6 January 2019
New York Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Chick‑Hatching Projects 5 January 2019
January 12 & 13: The Humane Hoax Online Summit 2 January 2019