Respecting the Chicken
Posted on 04/27/2005 3:39:18 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Activist Demands Respect for Chickens
(CNSNews.com) - A woman dedicated to the "compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl" has declared May 4 "International Respect for Chickens Day."
Karen Davis, the founder and president of United Poultry Concerns, describes May 4 as a day to "celebrate the dignity, beauty and life of chickens and to protest against the bleakness of their lives in farming operations."
"Chickens are lively birds who have been torn from the leafy world in which they evolved. We want chickens to be restored to their green world and not be eaten," Davis said in a press release.
On "International Respect for Chickens Day," humans are urged to show compassion for chickens - for example, writing letters to the editor, setting up booths in shopping malls or "showing the movie Chicken Run to students, family and friends."
Davis describes chickens as "heroic protectors of their families and flocks" and "highly intelligent individuals" with advanced "social skills."
She quotes one professor as saying that "chickens are sentient creatures and have feelings of their own." Davis's United Poultry Concerns urges people to "celebrate Easter without eggs." It has campaigned against the White House Easter Egg Roll, the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series; and even compared the attacks on the World Trade Center to what "millions of chickens endure every day."
In a Feb. 12, 2005 Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post, Karen Davis noted she spends her days with chickens and turkeys and she praised their intelligence: "The day may come when to be called a 'chicken' or a 'turkey' will be rightly regarded as a salute to a person's intelligence," she wrote.
"United Poultry Concerns"
LOL!
So I'll take a day off from choking the chicken and tourque the turkey instead.
I respect chickens fine, thank you.
I always make sure to pray before consuming a yardstroller.
I love chickens. They taste just like cats.
Too funny, I'll be sure to eat a chicken sandwich that day.
Bawwwkkkkkkkkkkkk!
BTTT! (Beak To The Top!)
Respecting the Chicken
Chickens should be smothered in fried onions and gravy. It is not respectful to fry them
...humans are urged to show compassion for chickens - for example, writing letters to the editor, setting up booths in shopping malls or "showing the movie Chicken Run to students, family and friends."
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...or riding them to the grill. |
Thank God I'm heading off to Hooters for some Buffalo Wings. Jessica Simpson said they're OK.
I think this is the nutburger in question.
OK, Karen, you turkey!
"United Poultry Concerns"
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Have you hugged a Pole Tree today ??? ;-))
Now why does this thread bring Sen. Mark Dayton to mind...?
'Beat' me to it.
"Chickens are lively birds who have been torn from the leafy world in which they evolved. We want chickens to be restored to their green world and not be eaten," Davis said in a press release.
More likely eaten by wild animals!
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