Article: United Poultry Concerns Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4

To: SOCIETY EDITORS

Contact: Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns, +1-757-678- 7875, Karen@upc-online.org

May is International Respect for Chickens Month

MACHIPONGO, Va., April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4, celebrates the dignity, beauty and life of chickens and protests against the bleakness of their lives in farming operations. Launched by United Poultry Concerns in 2005, International Respect for Chickens Day traces to famed star of The Simpsons, Harry Shearer, who proclaimed Sunday, May 14, 2000 -- Mothers Day -- National Respect the Chicken Day to honor the devotion of mother hens to their chicks.

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