Oppose Foie
Gras in Illinois
A bill to ban foie gras production in
Illinois has passed the state Senate and is pending
in the state House. Please help!
Foie gras production is notoriously
cruel, and many nations now prohibit the inhumane
practice of force feeding birds to create this product,
including Israel. Birds raised for foie gras suffer
terribly when they are force fed excessive amounts
of food multiple times each day, and many die due
to obesity, ruptured throats, proliferation of bacteria
in their digestive tracts, or suffocation when they
choke on their own vomit. California recently banned
these cruel practices, and now Senate Bill 413 has
been introduced in Illinois to stop this torture as
well.
Although foie gras is currently produced
only in California and New York, this bill would put
further pressure towards permanently ending the production
of foie gras in the United States.
If you live in Illinois, please
ask the Agriculture Committee Chair and the Agriculture
Committee Minority Leader to "please pass Senate
Bill 413 against foie gras.":
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