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BAN FOIE GRAS!!

BAN FOIE GRAS!!

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Foie gras (translated literally from French as "fatty liver" and pronounced 'fwah grah') is produced by cruel and inhumane farming practices. At just a few months old, ducks are confined inside dark sheds and force-fed enormous amounts of food several times a day. A farm worker grabs each duck and, one by one, thrusts a metal pipe down their throats so that a mixture of corn can be forced directly into their gullets. In just a matter of weeks, the ducks become grossly overweight and their livers expand up to 10 times their normal size.
As a result, ducks raised for foie gras have difficulty standing, walking, and even breathing. Many of them die before the end of the force-feeding cycle, and the mortality rate for ducks raised on foie gras farms is among the highest in the farming industry. Necropsies performed on foie gras ducks have shown extreme obesity, impaction of undigested food in the esophagus, lacerations in the throat, and a proliferation of bacterial and fungal growth in their upper digestive tracts.
Scientific research on foie gras ducks has shown, among other things, that "because normal liver function is seriously impaired in birds with the hypertrophied liver which occurs at the end of force feeding, the level of steatosis should be considered pathological" and that "it is clear that steatosis and other effects of force feeding are lethal when the procedures are continued."
-http://www.nofoiegras.org/
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WE ARE LOOKING TO STOP THE SALE/PRODUCTION OF FOIE GRAS IN THE US. The largest producer of foie gras in North America is Hudson Valley Foie Gras.

HELP US BRING THEM DOWN!

Please let them know we do not want their cruelty & they are an embarrassment to the state of NY and our country.

HUDSON VALLEY FOIE GRAS

Hudson Valley Foie Gras
80 Brooks Road
Ferndale, NY 12734

Phone: 845-292-2500
Fax: 845-292-3009

EMAIL [email protected]

According to PETA:

The birds have up to 2 pounds of food per day pumped into their stomachs through long metal pipes that are shoved down their throats. The cruel ordeal often causes severe injuries that make it painful or even impossible for birds to drink. Those who survive the feedings suffer from a painful illness that causes their livers to swell to eight to 10 times their normal size. Many birds become too sick to walk and are reduced to pushing themselves across their cages with their wings. When the birds are slaughtered, their livers are sold for foie gras.

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www.stopforcefeeding.com

Earlier this year, the Chicago City Council banned the sale of foie gras, which didn't have an economic impact on the city at all. Any decision to ban the sale or production of foie gras by Albany, however, could impact New York State's economy as New York is the largest producer of foie gras in North America. In fact, the state announced an Economic Development Fund grant of $420,000 to Hudson Valley Foie Gras.

- GOTHAMIST.COM

Movies:

NoFoieGras.Org

LINKS::
OUR BLOG
ALF Foie Gras Page
Farm Sanctuary Foie Gras Page
IDA Foie Gras Page

Television:

StopForceFeeding.Com

"Of all the creatures, man is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot."

-Mark Twain

Books:

NoFoieGras.Org /

Heroes:

StopForceFeeding.Com

My Blog

YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT ... MORE FEATHERS

last year, about this time, we were posting a little bulletin every day about what you can do to fight the foie gras good fight. since then we have stopped the feathers, but with the outcry for info w...
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:49:00 PST

Chicago Foie Gras Update: Lawsuit Rejected; Repeal Ordinance Introduced

FROM THE FARM SANCTUARY BLOG:Saturday, June 16, 2007 Chicago Foie Gras Update: Lawsuit Rejected; Repeal Ordinance Introduced Category: News and PoliticsOn Tuesday, June 12, a federal judge dismissed ...
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:03:00 PST

Chicago Foie Gras Update: Lawsuit Rejected; Repeal Ordinance Introduced

FROM THE FARM SANCTUARY BLOG:Saturday, June 16, 2007 Chicago Foie Gras Update: Lawsuit Rejected; Repeal Ordinance Introduced Category: News and PoliticsOn Tuesday, June 12, a federal judge dismissed ...
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:03:00 PST

IT HAPPENED!! WOLFGANG PUCK BANS FOIE GRAS!!

IT HAPPENED!! WOLFGANG PUCK BANS FOIE GRAS!!CHEF WOLFGANG PUCK BANS FOIE GRAS AND CRATED MEATShttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070322/ap_on_re_us/wolfgan g_puck_foie_grasCelebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is coo...
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:10:00 PST

CHICAGO FINALLY HANDS OUT 1ST CITATION !!

Chicago hot dog restaurateur gets 1st foie gras citationAssociated PressPublished February 17, 2007, 3:19 PM CSTCHICAGO -- Nearly six months after the City Council banned the sale of foie gras, the Ch...
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:48:00 PST

new petition to congress against foie gras

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/355236609
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:41:00 PST

NYC No Foie Gras Campaign Featured in the New York Times!

On Sunday, March 5, the NYC No Foie Gras Campaign was featured in the New York Times! Activists who attended one of our weekly leafleting events at Fairway Market on the Upper West Side were featured ...
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:07:00 PST

HELP HUNGRY BAN FOIE GRAS!!

http://www.vier-pfoten.org/aktionen/petition/0611/index.php( you might have to click on the little british flag for the english version!)
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:04:00 PST

HUDSON VALLEY FOIE GRAS... this time different violations...

HSUS Serves Legal Notice of Massive Clean Water Act Violations on New York Foie Gras Factory FarmDecember 21, 2006WASHINGTON The Humane Society of the United States filed notice this week of its inte...
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:01:00 PST

Farm Sanctuary's Anti-Foie Gras Valentine's Campaign

As part of your Valentine's Day celebrations this year, please ask restaurants who serve foie gras to have a heart! This simple action on your part will make a strong statement against this supposed d...
Posted by BAN FOIE GRAS!! on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:47:00 PST