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11 October 2010  
“An ancient tradition draws protests”
by Carol Guzy, The Washington Post, Oct. 9, 2010

“On the eve of Yom Kippur, the ancient Jewish tradition of Kaporos takes place on street corners in Crown Heights, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. . . . Kaporos has attracted animal-cruelty protests.” To view the photo gallery and accompanying narrative, click on:

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/101007/GAL-10Oct07-5984/

Ilata Roytblat, 2, blows a kiss to a chicken before her mother takes it away for the Kaporos rite. Some children pat the birds' heads, saying, "Bye-bye chicken," before the animals are handed over for slaughter.

Ilata Roytblat, 2, blows a kiss to a chicken before her mother takes it away for the Kaporos rite. Some children pat the birds' heads, saying, "Bye-bye chicken," before the animals are handed over for slaughter.

Carol Guzy-The Washington Post

Thousands participated in this year's Kaporos, cradling children and whispering prayers in the evening rain alongside protesters decrying the practice.

Thousands participated in this year's Kaporos, cradling children and whispering prayers in the evening rain alongside protesters decrying the practice.

Carol Guzy-The Washington Post


12 October 2010  
Please Write a Thank You Letter to the Editor of THE WASHINGTON POST Letters@washpost.com

“An ancient tradition draws protests,” by Washington Post reporter Carol Guzy, published on Oct. 9, is a powerful visual story told in 27 photographs depicting the Kaporos chicken swinging and slaughtering ritual that took place in Crown Heights, in Brooklyn, New York, on the night of September 16. Each photograph is accompanied by a narrative description of the events taking place, including the silent witness-bearing by members of the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos. To view this excruciating visual story, please click on www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com/101011wpost.html.

And please write a short letter (about 150 words give or take) to the Editor of The Washington Post thanking the newspaper for this stunning coverage of the Kaporos ritual and whatever else you wish to say on behalf of the chickens so sadly and needlessly sacrificed.

Be sure to include your name, address, and phone number.

Letters Editor
The Washington Post
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20071
Letters@washpost.com

Thank you for being a compassionate voice for the chickens.

United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos is a project of United Poultry Concerns that seeks to replace the cruel and unnecessary use of chickens in kaporos rituals with money or other non-animal symbols of atonement. www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com


United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos is a project of United Poultry Concerns that seeks to replace the cruel and unnecessary use of chickens in kaporos rituals with money or other non-animal symbols of atonement. www.EndChickensAsKaporos.com
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