Ban foie gras petition

[Mark]

I got the email too - pathetic government. Although the tories wouldn't ban it either. They would say its nice spread on veal 

[Sam (Fussy_Furball)]

You can actually produce foie gras humanely ... I was watching the F word the other week and in spain they produce it by feeding free range geese grain ... it gets the same result and the foei gras is just as good.  No force feeding involved.

[ccmacey]

I see the sale of this has not been banned.

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[Ela]

Its a sick practice, i doubt most who eat it even know what it is!

I agree it is a sickening practice, but I do think folks know what it is when they order it at the 'posh' restaurants.

[Millys Mum]

I find the wording of this abit odd, it says

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ban the sale of inhumane foie gras

As its legal elsewhere they wont call it inhumane will they?

Its a sick practice, i doubt most who eat it even know what it is!

[Ela]

Signed and so has my husband who will be delighted when I tell him.

[Tan]

Signed

[ccmacey]

So whats the point in eating this stuff if its being damaged in the process?

[Sam (Fussy_Furball)]

Signed.  Poor little ducks

[Dawn (DiddyDawn)]

I have cross posted this from an email.


Dear friends
 
York City councillor, Paul Blanchard (who recently tried to get the inhumane 'delicacy' of foie gras banned in the City of York), now has a petition and website to demand a UK ban on the sale of foie gras.
 
Please sign the petition to ban foie gras as soon as possible at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/banfoiegras
 
paul Blanchard wants as many signatures as possible before the website is officially launched at the end of this week.
 
For more information, visit the website at: www.banfoiegras.org.uk.
 
Foie gras is the liver of force-fed ducks and geese. To produce it, at 12 weeks old the birds are restrained and grain is forced down the throat through a pipe, a process that often results in physical injury. A massive quantity of food is forced into the birds, so that their livers are swollen to 6-10 times normal size; which makes movement and breathing difficult, as well as causing other health problems. EU research shows that force feeding leads to severe liver damage, great pain, and high mortality rates.The force-feeding of geese is already explicitly outlawed in many countries. UK law is inconsistent: existing animal cruelty laws prohibit production in the UK; but as the sale is still permitted, birds still suffer to satisfy UK demand, albeit in other countries, as the foie gras is imported.
 
Please ask your friends, family and colleagues to sign too - and please feel free to cross-post.
 
Yours for animals' rights
 
Max Newton
Campaigns Co-ordinator
Uncaged Campaigns