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Karen Davis, PhD, (1944–2023) was the president and founder of United Poultry Concerns. She was an award-winning animal rights activist and the author of numerous books.
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[https://www.upc-online.org/karenbio.htm Karen Davis, PhD], (1944–2023) was the president and founder of [https://www.upc-online.org/ United Poultry Concerns], a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl including a [https://www.upc-online.org/more_about_upc.html sanctuary] for chickens in Virginia. Davis was an award-winning animal rights activist and the author of [https://lanternpm.org/book-authors/karen-davis/ numerous books], including a children’s book ([https://www.upc-online.org/pp/fall2014/a_home_for_henny_new_edition.html ''A Home for Henny'']); a cookbook (''[https://www.amazon.com/Instead-Chicken-Turkey-Poultryless-Potpourri/dp/1570670838 Instead of Chicken, Instead of Turkey]''); [https://www.upc-online.org/summer97/su97prisoned_book.html ''Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs'']; [https://www.upc-online.org/more_than_a_meal.html ''More Than a Meal'']; and a series of essays called [https://lanternpm.org/book/for-the-birds/ ''For the Birds''].
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Chicken producers are misleading consumers with misinformation.
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For more than thirty years, until her death in 2023, Karen Davis advocated for, wrote about, and studied the world of chickens and other domesticated fowl. As the founder and director of United Poultry Concerns, Davis did more than perhaps anyone to reveal the complex and socially rich lives of chickens. Her writing—intellectually rigorous, passionate, erudite, and witty—brought fully to the fore the great injustices we have perpetrated on these intelligent and loving creatures. ''For the Birds'' showcases Davis’s three decades of popular and academic work. She tells the story of how she became an advocate and the many individual birds she has known and whose lives and deaths have deepened her commitment to seeking their freedom from suffering. Stirring, provocative, and brilliantly written, ''For the Birds'' illuminates one woman’s enduring quest to change our perceptions of those animals we routinely confine, abuse, and kill by the billions.
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