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We are a coalition of compassionate people who have banded together to promote the use of money, instead of chickens, in the ritual of Kaporos ("atonements"), also spelled Kapparot, Kappores, Kaparos, etc.
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The wings of the ''modern industrial'' chicken aren't strong enough to support its body and therefore it is largely flightless. In broiler chickens, even the legs can hardly carry the intentionally bred-for-increased-bulk body, resulting in very common lameness problems. Lifting the bird by its wings places an unnatural tension on ligaments, tendons and bones. Swinging the bird in the air can cause dislocations,tears, ruptures and broken bones. The manner in which chickens are handled during the ritual of Kaporos is, in my view, painful and harmful and thus inhumane.
Dr. Amir Kashiv MRCVS
(Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons)
Dr. Ian Duncan, Professor Emeritus of Poultry Science at the University of Guelph in Ontario: , wrote that "holding a domestic fowl with the wings pinned back as shown will be painful. It will be extremely painful if the bird is held in this position for some minutes."
Dr. Nedim Buyukmihci, Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, observed that "the manner in which the man is holding the chicken, with the wings pulled back, puts the chicken at risk for ligament and tendon injury, possibly even bone fracture."
Please sign our 2011 petition:
http://www.change.org/petit...
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Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos, PO Box 445, Gracie Station
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http://www.endchickensaskaporos.com/110908join_us3demos.html
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http://www.endchickensaskaporos.com/blossom/
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EndChickensAsKaporos commented on ** Brooklyn Home Vandalized With Oil-Based Red Paint **
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EndChickensAsKaporos commented on Chicken screaming 49th & 14th, Boro Park, Brooklyn, Sept ...
"@mkadams99 , normally I delete prejudiced, bigoted comments as yours, but I wanted to respond to it. This ritual has NOTHING to do with Judaism. It..."
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EndChickensAsKaporos commented on Kaporos 2011 Demo #1 (Midwood, Brooklyn) Part 3
"@ThornUvDaath777 , it is not the Jewish religion that condones this. It is a very small segment who have taken up this ritual (which has no basis ..."
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EndChickensAsKaporos uploaded a new video
Crates of chickens stacked 8 to 9 high in the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Chickens remain in the crates for days without food and water, w...
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Liliana
Kaporos is a huge money-maker, the proceeds of which go to Chabad's own "educational" fund. There is nothing wrong with accepting donations to support Jewish education. There is something horrifically wrong, however, in doing it at the expense of sentient creatures, in a practice that violates tsa'ar ba'alei chaim, the Jewish mandate not to cause harm to animals.