United Poultry Concerns

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Our Mission

United Poultry Concerns is a 501(c)(3) national non-profit organization that addresses the treatment of domestic fowl in food production, science, education, entertainment, and human companionship situations.

United Poultry Concerns seeks to make the public aware of the ways poultry are treated by our society and elsewhere in the world. We assist the public to see how our treatment of these birds affects our health, our ethics, our education, our occupational safety, and our environment. We inform people about and actively promote alternatives. We do this through our extensive investigations, our chicken sanctuary, public talks, writings, mailings, conferences, information displays, and film presentations using such sources as public interest groups, animal advocacy organizations, poultry trade publications, government agencies, and scientific journals and proceedings.

Why We focus on Chickens and other "Domestic Fowl"

These birds are the largest number of abused warm-blooded animals in the world. Along with the billions of birds who are slaughtered for "food" each year, millions more suffer in laboratories, get dumped in animal shelters, and die miserably in poultry houses without anyone knowing that they ever lived.

We Operate a Poultry Paradise

This is why United Poultry Concerns was started. We are dedicated to the making of a future in which every chicken, turkey and duck has a voice that is heard. As part of our mission, United Poultry Concerns operates a unique sanctuary for chickens and other domestic fowl in Machipongo, Virginia. We invite the public to visit us and see what a chicken can be when a chicken is free!

We Conduct National and International Campaigns

United Poultry Concerns is leading the way to replace school hatching programs with humane alternatives and to stop the cruel starvation of hens used for egg production known as "forced molting," and much more. The US Department of Agriculture praised United Poultry Concerns for "raising the public consciousness on the issue and creating opportunities for action."

Our Newsletter & Other Publications

United Poultry Concerns publishes a quarterly Magazine, PoultryPress. We offer a variety of educational materials including Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry, Replacing School Hatching Projects, Replacing Eggs, and Instead of Chicken, Instead of Turkey: A Poultryless "Poultry" Potpourri.

www.upc-online.org