- Signatures: 1,229
- Goal: 1,000
- Deadline: 5-28-2007
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Recognizing the cruelty inherent in foie gras production, compassionate lawmakers have introduced legislation in Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York to ban the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras. If you live in one of those states, please contact your Senator or State Representative to help ensure passage of this humane legislation. If you don’t live in a state where legislation is pending to ban foie gras, please contact banfoiegras@idausa.org for information on how to begin the process. You can find out how to reach your legislators at these two sites:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
http://www.senate.gov/
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
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| 1,233 | 12:03 pm PDT, Sep 29 | Claire Sefiane |
| 1,232 | 1:52 pm PDT, Jun 2 | Amy Butler |
| 1,231 | 12:03 pm PDT, May 31 | Annelies Ooms |
| 1,230 | 2:21 pm PDT, May 16 | Veronica Garcia |
| 1,229 | 1:53 am PDT, Mar 17 | vivien de Boer-Harm |
| 1,228 | 8:07 am PST, Mar 5 | Jennifer Bryant |
| 1,227 | 3:33 pm PST, Feb 27 | Ivana Soldic |
| 1,226 | 10:39 am PST, Feb 27 | Nicole L |
| 1,225 | 2:04 pm PST, Feb 19 | Julia Tawyea |
| 1,224 | 9:14 pm PST, Feb 12 | Laurel Watson |
| 1,223 | 2:57 am PST, Jan 18 | SANDRA ROCHA |
| 1,222 | 3:26 pm PST, Dec 21 | Julija Petrovic |
| 1,221 | 4:03 am PST, Nov 26 | Alessandro Barracciu |
| 1,220 | 4:02 am PST, Nov 26 | Laura Tatti |
| 1,219 | 8:27 pm PST, Nov 24 | Lori Fruth |
| 1,218 | 1:08 pm PST, Nov 15 | Shannon Saldana |
| 1,217 | 5:14 am PST, Nov 11 | amber sanderson |
| 1,216 | 2:50 pm PDT, Oct 17 | Aleasha Casaretto |
| 1,215 | 5:55 am PDT, Oct 15 | Dr. Dot |
| 1,214 | 2:51 am PDT, Oct 15 | Jeniel Fourie |
| 1,213 | 7:44 pm PDT, Sep 27 | Annette Leary |
| 1,212 | 7:04 am PDT, Sep 25 | Henry Zomerfeld |
| 1,211 | 9:16 am PDT, Sep 22 | Deborah Wen |
| 1,210 | 10:25 am PDT, Sep 10 | Kathleen Gaspar |
| 1,208 | 12:04 am PDT, Aug 24 | Anonymous |
| 1,207 | 1:47 pm PDT, Aug 23 | Erin Pfeifer |
| 1,206 | 1:12 pm PDT, Aug 22 | patty mccollim |
| 1,205 | 6:26 pm PDT, Aug 21 | Christina Bassett |
| 1,204 | 2:46 pm PDT, Aug 21 | Teresa Jarnagin |
| 1,203 | 11:51 am PDT, Aug 20 | Carrie Reynard |
| 1,202 | 9:34 am PDT, Aug 20 | KATHERINE FEISTER |
| 1,201 | 8:47 am PDT, Aug 19 | Amy Peters |
Stop Foie Gras Abuse
Foie gras literally means "fatty liver" in French. To produce it, young ducks or geese have over four pounds of corn mush forced down their throats through a long metal pipe each day for two to three weeks until they can barely move and are on the verge of organ rupture and death. For a 150 pound human, this would be equivalent to 60 pounds of food per day.
The force-feeding process causes the ducks' livers to swell up to ten times their normal size, inducing a disease that veterinarians call "hepatic lipidosis." These fattened, diseased livers are sold as "foie gras." This abuse must be stopped!
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