Tell New York to Ban Foie Gras
New
York Asm. John McEneny, and Sen. Frank Padavan, have introduced a bill that would
ban the cruel force feeding of geese for the production of foie gras in New York.
If you live in New York state, please contact the leadership in each house
(Sen. Bruno and Asm. Silver), as well as your own state (not federal) senator
and assemblymember, and urge them to support this bill. To find out who your
legislators are and how to contact them, check Congress.org
or ask us at [email protected].
The
only other state with foie gras farms is California, which passed a ban last year
that goes into effect in 2012. It is critical that New York follow suit. Foie
gras production has been banned in many countries for its cruelty, most recently
in Israel, the world's third largest producer
of foie gras.
Foie gras is created by sticking a steel pipe down the throats
of geese and ducks three times a day and using pressurized air to force large
quantities of food into their stomaches. This force feeding causes the birds'
livers to grow to ten times their normal size, producing "fatty liver,"
or "foie gras" in French. The birds suffer enormously, and many die.
Click here to read JVNA's letter
of support for a similar Massachusetts bill.
For more info on foie gras, visit www.NoFoieGras.com.
