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Article: United Poultry Concerns Celebrates International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 29, 2008
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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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