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.