Victory:
California Bans Foie Gras
Governor Schwarzenegger
has signed into law a first-of-its-kind law, banning foie gras in the state of
California. The law goes into effect in 2012 and bans the production and sale
of this cruel delicacy.
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. California is one of just two states in the U.S. with foie gras farms (the
other is New York).
