Prisoned Chickens Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry (Revised Edition)
Prisoned Chickens Poisoned Eggs shines a light on the inhumane living conditions of the industrialized chicken farming system. Karen Davis, president and founder of United Poultry Concerns (UPC) in Virginia, wrote the book in the mid-1990s to reveal the truth about the U.S. egg industry’s cruel practices routinely done to billions of chickens on factory farms every year – including the slaughter of male chicks ground up alive after birth, the painful debeaking of hens so they can live in overcrowded conditions, the starvation of hens to force them to molt their feathers and cut the cost of egg production, genetic engineering done to make hens produce ten times the number of eggs that is normal for them and the diseases that the overproduction of eggs causes them, and the cruel conditions chickens are forced to live in every day.
This new edition documents what has happened since the book first appeared including the waging of high-profile campaigns to get rid of battery cages for laying hens, undercover investigations exposing the appalling cruelty to chickens and turkeys by poultry industry workers, the globalization of chicken production and its effect on the environment and spread of avian influenza, and how farm animal sanctuaries have become key players in debunking industry myths with truthful accounts of how these sensitive and intelligent birds are being brutalized in the name of food. It also effectively explains why these birds are so ill, why eating them makes people sick, and what can be done to cure the pathology of the modern poultry industry. As an alternative, author Karen Davis recommends choosing a plant-based diet. She provides insights into the behavioral and cognitive abilities of chickens so that they can be seen and appreciated as the smart, sensitive, emotional birds they are, as something other than the bottom of the food chain.
Karen Davis is the president and founder of United Poultry Concerns (UPC), a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. Founded in 1990, United Poultry Concerns addresses the treatment of domestic fowl in food production, science, education, entertainment, and human companionship situations. Since 1999, Karen and UPC have hosted eight annual conferences on farmed animal advocacy issues. Her work, letters-to-the-editor, and op-eds have been featured in dozens of national magazines and newspapers. Karen has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows including The Howard Stern Show, The Daily Show, and This American Life on National Public Radio. She is also the author of several books. On July 2, 2002, Karen was inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to animal liberation. Karen has a PhD in English from the University of Maryland-College Park where she taught for twelve years in the English Department.
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