Critter News

MAY 8, 2009

San Francisco supervisors have passed a resolution supporting city restaurants that remove foie gras from their menus. Foie gras is the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened by force feeding. Tags: meat california foie gras. I just find the whole description vile and gruesome.).

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Critter News

APRIL 16, 2009

Here in Seattle, NARN (Northwest Animal Rights Network) has been staging protests at a local restaurant that serves foie gras. In addition, back in 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill making foie gras illegal starting in 2012. Tags: animal cruelty california foie gras food.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Veal is especially cruel, even for factory farming, although now I think foie gras is a strong competitor. Tags: Obama veal bo obama. When I was still a meat-eater, the two foods I would not touch were veal and lamb. Certainly disappointed in the Obamas for such a poor choice of "cake."

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Today, I've seen an elimination challenge involving snails and foie gras. Tags: exotic meats meat cooking. Vegetarians are far more predominant than people who go to snooty French restaurants. And frankly, I'm not sure these chefs have the training to do anything that doesn't involve a baby animal. What the eff?

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Animal Person

MAY 17, 2009

Like "producing" foie gras? Like eating foie gras? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. Is it the dogs that are at issue? If they were pigs, would anyone care? Do you have a personal spectrum of use and abuse or some kind of line in the sand that makes a certain use really deplorable?

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Animal Person

MAY 11, 2009

A famous Ottawa restaurant removed foie gras from its menu after being pressured by activists. The removal of foie gras came after "months of nasty, anonymous phone calls, insulting e-mails, and noisy demonstrations outside. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. restaurants by animal rights activists."

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