A Prayer & a Poem for Newborn Chicks & Ducklings 3 August 2021 A Prayer & a Poem for Newborn Chicks & Ducklings Ducklings clearance sale at a Tractor Supply Company store, 2021. United Poultry Concerns is pleased to share with you these contributions to our campaign to eliminate the shipping and selling of baby chickens and ducklings. ACTION AND PRAYER: ENDING THE SELLING AND KILLING OF BABY CHICKS. United Poultry Concerns lists many actions we can take to convince Tractor Supply stores to stop selling baby chicks and ducklings. Employees of Tractor Supply have begun to speak out and document the cruelty and massive deaths involved. One employee wrote to UPC asking for help: “Yes, Chick Days are annual and are expected to last another couple months. We still have many birds. I was told by a coworker that 32 ducklings died last shipment, only three survived.” This is something we can bring to an end with both action and prayer. Take Action PRAYERS THIS WEEK FOR AN END TO “CHICK DAYS” AND ALL EXPLOITATION OF OUR FEATHERED COUSINS: We give thanks for United Poultry Concerns—that they are always there on the front lines, revealing the truth about the abuse and tragic deaths of billions of birds every year. Together, let us help UPC take action to bring an end to the selling of baby chicks and ducklings, and let us hold a vision in our hearts and prayers of a day very soon when the taking of babies from their mothers, shipping them through the mail, and selling the few who survive will be unthinkable to all people. Let us hold a vision of a vegan world where all chickens, ducks, turkeys and all our feathered family members are free, loved, and respected for the wonderful beings they are. We send love from our hearts to the hearts of all beings and all of nature. We pray for the liberation of all from human tyranny to come very soon. May veganism, ahimsa, beauty, nonviolence, lovingkindness and reverence fill the hearts and souls of all people and grace this entire world now. With Love, peace, and gratitude from Judy Carman, and greetings from Will, Madeleine, and the Circle of Compassion team. PLEASE SHARE this prayer by going to the Prayer Circle for Animals Facebook. This prayer is posted there. You can also share ideas and prayer requests on that Facebook. Share This Prayer PLEASE VISIT the Circle of Compassion website for “A prayer a day for animals;” and the Daily Noon Prayer. Visit Circle of Compassion Mailable Live Animals @USPS.com: There for You! A Poem By Lynne Goldsmith courtesy of All -Creatures.org What about when the box breaks open to little chick heads peeping, peering, not knowing what to do other than to move from egg shells of their travel pods, broken yolks for their feeding on, like aliens from another planet come down to visit earthlings, aliens assigned such little worth, just several dollars a bird dropped in spaceship box of convenient ups and downs along conveyor belts through chutes down and up escalators through doors to turned around and right side up— most chicks surviving the trip like their mailable counterparts (amphibians, chameleons, baby reptiles aboard this time), creatures okayed, approved for airline transport by the U.S. Postal Service, and then for pickup seventy-two hours after journey of no rest, food, water, just cardboard because chicks (these in the box) were wanted for their cute, wanted for their slaughter. They have no rights in the humans’ world. And why would they when they’re just mail-in-order birds, and buying online as easy as one-two-three. ©Lynne Goldsmith, 2020 Baby chicks for sale at a Tractor Supply Company store, 2021. United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. Don't just switch from beef to chicken. Go Vegan. www.UPC-online.org View this article online United Poultry Concerns | PO Box 150, Machipongo, VA 23405 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!