Tell Massachusetts to Ban Foie Gras
A bill has been introduced in Massachusetts
to ban the notoriously cruel "delicacy"
foie gras. If you live in Massachusetts, please
contact your state (not federal) legislators and ask
them: "Please SUPPORT S.B. 498, which would ban
foie gras." Let them know this kind of gratuitous
cruelty is abhorrent and unacceptable. To find out
who your legislators are and how to contact them,
check Congress.org
or ask us at mail
jewishveg.com.
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. Foie gras production has been banned
in many countries, most recently in Israel, the
world's third largest producer of foie gras. In 2004, California passed a law
banning foie gras as of 2012.
Click
here to read JVNA's letter of support. For more
info on foie gras, visit NoFoieGras.com.
Your help is criticial to getting
this bill passed. Thanks for making a difference!
