For the Birds From Exploitation to Liberation

For thirty years, Karen Davis has been advocating for, writing about, and studying the world of chickens and other domesticated fowl. As the founder and director of United Poultry Concerns, Davis has done more than perhaps anyone to reveal the complex and socially rich lives of birds. Her writing--intellectually rigorous, passionate, erudite, and witty--brings fully to the fore the great injustices we have perpetrated on these intelligent and loving creatures. For the Birds showcases Davis's three decades of popular and academic work. She tells the story of how she became an advocate and the many individual birds she has known and whose lives and deaths have deepened her commitment to seeking their freedom from suffering. Stirring, provocative, and brilliantly written, For the Birds illuminates one woman's enduring quest to change our perceptions of those animals we routinely confine, abuse, and kill by the billions.

About the author

Karen Davis, PhD is the founder and president of United Poultry Concerns, a nonprofit organization dedicated to 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. Karen has a PhD in English from the University of Maryland-College Park where she taught for twelve years in the English Department.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Davis, Karen (Karen Davis) Davis
• Publisher: LANTERN PUBLISHING & MEDIA
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.01.2020
• Subject: Guides > Nature; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research
• EAN: 9781590565865
• ISBN: 978-1-59056-586-5
• Pages: 252
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23.1 x 1.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 363 g
• Subjects: NATURE / Animals / Birds; NATURE / Animal Rights; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Animals; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists