07.18.07
Chickens are Smart: I’ll Cluck to That!
Albert Chicken-stein (not his real name, but his hair/feather-style is very reminiscent of the brainiac, don’t you think?). Chickens are as smart as primates. They have well-developed memories, an ability to learn, and a desire to not be eaten. This little clucker resides at Poplar Springs Animal Sanctauary.
The United Poultry Concerns President, Karen Davis, has her hackles up over people who continue to bad-mouth chickens. A recent article quoted a woman who justified eating chickens by saying they are the “least intelligent” of all farmed animals. Karen sets the record straight by showing the overwhelming evidence in support of chicken intelligence in a lucid editorial that The Buffalo News ran July 17, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »