- Signatures: 1,359
- Goal: 1,000
- Deadline: 2-11-2008
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Email this Petition“Due to this abnormal diet, the birds' livers can enlarge up to 10 times the normal size, making it difficult for the birds to move comfortably, though sometimes they have no choice. Often, the birds are crammed into small cages where they cannot even turn around or spread their wings.” (http://www.hsus.org/farm/news/ournews/chicago_foie_gras_ban.html)
Once this goal is met, the birds are killed and sold as an expensive delicacy. Slaughter may come as a relief to these birds who are forced to endure daily force-feeding and the sensation of their livers swelling inside them to absurd levels. The birds are entirely conscious during the force feedings and during the after effects. Veterinarians weighing in on this subject have concluded that the birds suffer greatly:
“When a human liver swells to such an abnormal size, the diagnosis is hepatic lipidosis, fatty liver disease, a very painful condition that requires draining of accumulated fluid from the abdomen. Forty-eight New York-licensed veterinarians-the state where most U.S. foie gras is produced-signed a statement declaring that foie gras production is inherently cruel apart from the terrible feeding method, because foie gras is in fact the painful disease hepatic lipidosis.” (http://www.poultry.org/foiegras.htm)
In the face of this appalling cruelty, jurisdictions across the world have taken steps to ban the sale and production of foie gras. Chicago became the first United States city to ban the sale of foie gras, effective August 22, 2006. California’s ban on force-feeding will go into effect in 2012. Foreign nations including Argentina, Ireland, and Italy have imposed various forms of national bans on foie gras.
Currently, U.S. citizens in various states are joining forces in attempt to end the needless suffering involved in foie gras production on both state and national levels. Your support is vital to these efforts. Sign this petition to show your support for a ban on foie gras production and sale in your home state and on a national level.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | City | Comments on this petition: |
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| 1,360 | 4:49 pm PDT, Oct 25 | Ms. | Hannah Morton | Sydney | Was horrified to learn how this is produced as I formerly enjoyed foie gras...never again. |
| 1,359 | 7:15 pm PDT, Oct 7 | Kateline Zullich | Memphis | Meat is flesh! | |
| 1,358 | 5:29 am PDT, Oct 7 | Mr. | TC Kua | Kuala Lumpur | God gives tongue to sense, to taste and to talk but not to the extend to enjoy the 'harvested' liver from birds that been tortured for weeks. Please Ban Foie Gras Force Feeding permanently for the good of all. Foie Gras is not healthy to consume and might contracted with virus if not carefully prepared. Imagine if Ban Foie Gras Force Feeding can make it through, what is next on the menu? |
| 1,357 | 4:35 am PDT, Oct 1 | Mr. | Ward Van Roy | Gent | |
| 1,356 | 8:38 am PDT, Aug 30 | Ms. | Karen Choate | Lakeview | This is a barbaric act and needs to be stopped. |
| 1,355 | 2:18 pm PDT, Jul 19 | Ms. | Angie Whiteman | Jersey | |
| 1,354 | 11:36 am PDT, Jul 19 | Ramona Isbell | Cropwell | This is horrible and must be stopped. It is animal abuse. These poor animals do not deserve this abuse. Please stop now! | |
| 1,353 | 4:47 pm PDT, Jun 19 | Ms. | Anonymous | Seattle | |
| 1,352 | 6:44 am PST, Mar 6 | Dawn Bolin | Ravenna | ||
| 1,351 | 6:05 pm PST, Dec 23 | Bri Haight | lewistown | ||
| 1,350 | 9:03 pm PST, Nov 24 | Erica Schumacher | Littleton | This is disgusting and cruel. I will be so happy when this inhumane treatment is banned. EVERY ONE! This is the key to end almost all cruelty to animals- be a VEGAN! It's healthy, saves the planet, and is ethical. Educate yourselves because knowlege is POWER! Power to the people. AMEN. | |
| 1,349 | 8:06 am PST, Nov 20 | Mrs. | Melanie Driver | Centurion | This is disgusting!!! those poor geese, what a life. This must stop...NOW!!! |
| 1,348 | 6:19 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Mr. | Daniel Manahan | Belmont Shore | |
| 1,347 | 7:27 am PDT, Jun 24 | Mr. | Ken Lucas | Gibraltar | this is terrible,put a stop to it |
| 1,346 | 4:43 am PDT, Jun 23 | Mr. | James Savage | Hampton | |
| 1,345 | 4:11 am PDT, Jun 16 | Ms. | tangwystl syren | Newport | |
| 1,344 | 2:08 am PDT, Jun 13 | gale white | Sandwich | ||
| 1,343 | 3:25 pm PDT, Jun 11 | Mr. | Troy Iuliucci | Peekskill | This is horrible. The fact that any person would think of doing something so horrible to an animal is beyond me. Hurting animals just to make food taste better or make more food is ridiculous. |
| 1,342 | 9:21 pm PDT, May 31 | Mr. | Miguel Angel Julca | Lima | |
| 1,341 | 1:13 pm PDT, May 15 | Jorge Olarte | Aldo Bonzi | ||
| 1,340 | 7:14 pm PDT, May 4 | Victoria Jemec | Brooklyn | ||
| 1,339 | 2:39 pm PDT, May 2 | Laura Rodrigues | Matosinhos | ||
| 1,338 | 11:49 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Mr. | Samantha Faro | Caracas | Ohh myy god!! poor duckiee!! awww howw much suffer haves to be a duck to finally rest in peace, its unhuman!! STOP IT! |
| 1,337 | 11:19 pm PDT, Apr 24 | Ms. | Tammy Nicholson | Denton | |
| 1,336 | 12:50 pm PDT, Apr 23 | Ms. | Julieta Salinas | Ecatepec | |
| 1,335 | 1:54 pm PDT, Apr 3 | Ms. | Jenessa Vickers | jersey | |
| 1,334 | 11:23 am PDT, Apr 2 | Elena Roth | Lone Tree | ||
| 1,333 | 11:36 am PDT, Mar 31 | amber hardisty | manchester | ||
| 1,332 | 5:13 pm PDT, Mar 27 | Kathleen Doll | Mckinney | This is a stomic turning practice... I wonder how many people who order this dish know what they are really gettin... I can't believe that if people knew they would still want this dish. | |
| 1,331 | 8:49 pm PDT, Mar 26 | Ms. | Tajana Lukic | Des Plaines | I cannot belive that animals have to suffer just to get an "enlarged liver" from a duck. This is just wrong for our own doing we are doing this. This is beyond anything. I'm speechless. People need to stop abusing animals and I' just furious. People need to get smarter. Why are we troturing God's creatures? Beautiful creatures. |
| 1,330 | 2:51 pm PST, Mar 2 | Ms. | Holly Roberts | Colusa | Wow i'm surpised at the artical it made me feel bad for the birds. |
| 1,329 | 5:44 pm PST, Mar 1 | DeboBB VonSprecken | Olin | ||
| 1,328 | 1:01 pm PST, Feb 27 | Beth Tatum | Auburn | I am sickened by what I just read. It is so hard for me to believe the lengths some people will go to for money. I can't imagine that if the people eating foie gras knew what these animals went through, they would continue to eat it. This practice needs more exposure, maybe then something will be done to put an end to it. One can only hope. | |
| 1,327 | 3:56 pm PST, Feb 23 | Manny Santos | Wheat Ridge | ||
| 1,326 | 10:59 am PST, Feb 19 | Emil Kadhum | Watkinsville | Why in the 21st century does this kind of treatment of other living things exist? This is totally unnecessary! Anyone with the slightest bit of compassions should be sickened by this - yet it continues. Let us put a stop to this immediately. | |
| 1,325 | 6:30 pm PST, Feb 18 | Eric Ekstrom | Harwich Port | ||
| 1,324 | 1:51 am PST, Feb 18 | Manny Green | . | give the little creatures a break | |
| 1,323 | 9:59 pm PST, Feb 17 | Ms. | Kaytie Irvine | San Francisco | |
| 1,322 | 12:18 am PST, Feb 17 | Lesliekay Doering | Centralia | ||
| 1,321 | 9:17 pm PST, Feb 15 | Cecily Crute | Indianapolis | ||
| 1,320 | 4:11 pm PST, Feb 15 | Tatiana Costa | Sao Paulo | ||
| 1,319 | 7:05 pm PST, Feb 14 | Sandra Weatherby | Charlottetown | ||
| 1,318 | 6:11 pm PST, Feb 13 | Angel Halloran | Virginia Beach | ||
| 1,317 | 12:37 pm PST, Feb 13 | Kat Joy | Jacksonville | ||
| 1,316 | 9:53 am PST, Feb 13 | Shanna Gillenwater | Winston-salem | ||
| 1,315 | 3:01 am PST, Feb 13 | Kate Net | Beirut | ||
| 1,314 | 6:27 pm PST, Feb 12 | Lori Bembanaste | Dania | ||
| 1,313 | 12:26 pm PST, Feb 12 | misty rennebohm | Coquitlam | poor geese! | |
| 1,312 | 11:05 am PST, Feb 12 | Fiona Walsh | New York | ||
| 1,311 | 6:13 am PST, Feb 12 | Mrs. | Sylvia Taylor | Dublin | This is an abhorrent practice that cannot be allowed to continue. I believe that most of the people who eat this 'Delicacy' would not eat it if they truly knew how it was created and how much pain and suffering these ducks and geese go through in order for it to end up on their plates. Education is the key here. The more information the general public know about this horrendous practice the more who will petition and speak out against it. Hopefully there will be an end to this in the near future. |
| 1,310 | 5:55 pm PST, Feb 11 | laura zanoli | Clusone/bergamo | ||
| 1,309 | 5:45 pm PST, Feb 11 | alison lambert | Tiverton | ||
| 1,308 | 4:00 pm PST, Feb 11 | Sandra Castro | Houston | ||
| 1,306 | 2:54 pm PST, Feb 11 | Barbara Schiano | New York | ||
| 1,305 | 10:25 am PST, Feb 11 | INGRID PEETERS | Torremolinos - Espaņa | ||
| 1,304 | 8:06 am PST, Feb 11 | Laura Diamante | Los Cardales | ||
| 1,303 | 5:29 am PST, Feb 11 | Ginger Geronimo | Birmingham | ||
| 1,302 | 1:34 am PST, Feb 11 | kevin kelley | Astoria | ||
| 1,301 | 10:06 pm PST, Feb 10 | Jennifer Posanka | Aroma Park |
Ban Foie Gras Force Feeding
Dear Congressman,
Despite the United States’ reputation as a world leader, this nation continues to support appalling cruelty in the name of culinary delicacy. Foie gras is produced through the frequent force feeding of defenseless ducks and geese until the birds’ livers become diseased and swollen. Licensed veterinarians who have performed autopsies on these birds conclude that they suffer greatly. Birds destined to be served as foie gras are kept in small pens and force fed at least twice daily. Force feeding involves shoving a metal or plastic tube down the esophagus of the birds, and pumping large amounts of high calorie substances into their systems until the birds are at a bursting point. Indeed, some birds die excruciating deaths during feeding because their stomachs rupture. This practice causes the birds’ livers to swell to up to ten times their normal size. The birds are entirely conscious during the force feedings and during the after effects.
The force feeding of birds is barbaric and unnecessary. In the face of this appalling cruelty, jurisdictions across the world have taken steps to ban the sale and production of foie gras. Chicago became the first United States city to ban the sale of foie gras, effective August 22, 2006. California’s ban on force-feeding will go into effect in 2012. Over twelve foreign nations, including Argentina, Ireland, and Italy, have imposed various forms of national bans on foie gras.
Please support legislation in your state banning the force feeding of water fowl. Please become a leader in your home state by helping to eradicate this cruel and inhumane practice.
Sincerely,
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