New Jersey Sanctuary's Participation in Quail Hatching Projects for School Children: Update & Clarification

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United Poultry Concerns - http://www.UPC-online.org/
27 July 2012

New Jersey Sanctuary's Participation in Quail Hatching Projects for School
Children: Update & Clarification

On July 10, United Poultry Concerns published an Action Alert titled "New
Jersey Sanctuary Conducts Quail Hatching Projects for School Children, Quail
Hunters & Hunting Dog Training."

See Item #2 in http://www.upc-online.org/alerts/120710nj_chickens_quails.html

On July 24, United Poultry Concerns president Karen Davis and New Jersey animal
activist Suzanne Dragan met personally with Barnyard Sanctuary director Tamala
Lester, in Blairstown, NJ, to clarify the sanctuary's involvement with the NJ
Quail in the Classroom program which provides eggs to school children to
incubate quails for release into the woods.

Regarding The Barnyard Sanctuary's involvement, Tamala told UPC that after the
quails hatch in the schools, they are brought to the sanctuary to be tended
until they are ready for release. She said she believed the quails were released
into a no-hunting refuge.

We explained that the NJ Outdoor Alliance, which sponsors the Quail Project
including Quail in the Classroom, is a pro-hunting venture of NJ Fish &
Wildlife. Turning the quails over to them virtually ensures they will be used
for hunting and hunting dog practice.

Based on our meeting, we are giving Tamala Lester the benefit of the doubt that
she was unaware the quails would almost certainly be used for sport hunting and
dog training. UPC is working with NJ animal advocate Suzanne Dragan to get The
Barnyard Sanctuary to disconnect totally from Quail in the Classroom & any other
chick-hatching programs and promote genuine humane education through all of its
programs. We will keep our members informed. Thank You. Karen Davis, President,
United Poultry Concerns

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