AR-News: UPC eNews 2/23/04

[UPC News]

United Poultry Concerns PO Box 150 Machipongo, VA 23405
Phone: 757-678-7875 Fax: 757-678-5070 www.UPC-online.org

February 23, 2004

United Poultry Concerns is pleased to announce the following 4 news items:

UPC President Karen Davis appears on the Toronto radio program ANIMAL VOICES
on Tuesday morning, February 24, 11:15-11:45 ET, to talk about our new
online publication How Switzerland Got Rid of Battery Cages (
http://www.upc-online.org/battery_hens/SwissHens.pdf ) and about the video
expose/rescue of severely abused battery hens in Auckland, New Zealand
earlier this month ( http://upc-online.org/battery_hens/21604aaa.htm ).
CIUT 89.5 FM. For more info call Lauren Corman at 416-532-8344.


United Poultry Concerns submitted poultry welfare recommendations to the
OIE – International Organization for Animal Health – for its Global
Conference on Animal Welfare in Paris, February 23-25, 2004. Because of the
close link between animal health and animal welfare, the OIE has emerged as
the body to provide international leadership on animal welfare (
www.oie.int ). To read UPC's recommendations:
http://upc-online.org/Welfare/oie.htm .


United Poultry Concerns Fifth Annual Forum 2004 – Mad Cows to Mad Chickens:
What Insiders Can Tell You About Agribusiness, Animal Liberation, and Your
Diet – August 21-22, Norfolk, VA. For information:
http://upc-online.org/alerts/22004forum04.htm .


Upcoming Events Featuring UPC Presentations – maybe at your school or in
your town! http://upc-online.org/alerts/22004events.htm



United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization that promotes the
compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. www.UPC-online.org