Chicken Wisdom: Review of Annie Potts, Chicken

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Annie Potts. Chicken. Animal Series. London: Reaktion Books, 2012. 216 pp. $19.95 pb.

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Karen Davis

Karen Davis, PhD, is the founder and president of United Poultry Concerns, a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. Her articles have appeared in Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations, Sister Species, Critical Theory and Animal Liberation, Encyclopedia of Animals and Humans and numerous other publications. Her books include Prisoned Chickens Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry, More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and Reality, and The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale: A Case for Comparing Atrocities. Karen and her work were profiled in “For the Birds” in The Washington Post and she was inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame “for outstanding contributions to animal liberation.”