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KAREN DAVIS, FOUNDER, UNITED POULTRY CONCERNS

Karen Davis, PhD, is the founder and President of United Poultry Concerns (UPC), a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl.

She is the author of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry; A Home for Henny; More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and Reality; Instead of Chicken, Instead of Turkey: A Poultryless 'Poultry' Potpourri (a cookbook); and The Holocaust and the Henmaid's Tale: A Case for Comparing Atrocities.

Karen is the founding editor of Poultry Press, the quarterly magazine of United Poultry Concerns. She maintains a sanctuary for rescued chickens and other domestic fowl at UPC's headquarters in Machipongo, Virginia.

For more information about Karen, visit United Poultry Concerns.