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Help Ban Inhumane Procedures That Produce Foie Gras!
Target: US CongressSponsored by: American Humane Association
To produce foie gras, ducks and geese are subjected to the painful and blatantly cruel procedure of force-feeding.
They are confined to small pens and have metal pipes shoved down their throats as handlers pour in cups of food twice a day. This horrific process causes a diseased liver condition called hepatic lipidosis, in which the liver swells to approximately 10 times its normal size.
Many ducks and geese that do not make it to slaughter often die from ruptured throats or bacterial infections or suffocate on their own vomit.
California and Chicago have already joined seventeen countries including Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland and Austria in banning the force-feeding practices that produce foie-gras.
Legislation has been introduced in Connecticut, Philadelphia, Illinois, New York and New Jersey to ban the inhumane production of foie gras. Now, every state needs legislation that does the same.
As if the cruelty of the process wasn't enough, researchers have recently found a link between foie gras and a little-known disease called amyloidosis. Amyloidosis, which may be transmitted to people who eat infected foie gras, can affect various organ systems in the body, such as the heart, kidneys, nervous system and gastrointestinal tract.
Let your senator and assembly member know this inhumane treatment must not continue.
They are confined to small pens and have metal pipes shoved down their throats as handlers pour in cups of food twice a day. This horrific process causes a diseased liver condition called hepatic lipidosis, in which the liver swells to approximately 10 times its normal size.
Many ducks and geese that do not make it to slaughter often die from ruptured throats or bacterial infections or suffocate on their own vomit.
California and Chicago have already joined seventeen countries including Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland and Austria in banning the force-feeding practices that produce foie-gras.
Legislation has been introduced in Connecticut, Philadelphia, Illinois, New York and New Jersey to ban the inhumane production of foie gras. Now, every state needs legislation that does the same.
As if the cruelty of the process wasn't enough, researchers have recently found a link between foie gras and a little-known disease called amyloidosis. Amyloidosis, which may be transmitted to people who eat infected foie gras, can affect various organ systems in the body, such as the heart, kidneys, nervous system and gastrointestinal tract.
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We signed the “Help Ban Inhumane Procedures That Produce Foie Gras!” petition!
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I am appalled that this procedure is known by the government and is happening. It is truly sickening.
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I am deeply disturbed that foie gras is still being produced. There is so much cruelty involved! Please help stop this torturing of geese and ducks.
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We don't to do inhumane procédures at the animals, because it isn't good ! I would not like that the humains or animals do me the same thing, so we must respect our animals !!! It's very very important for the humanity ! (Sorry my english is very bad, but it's difficult for me to speak in english because I've quitted the school there is very longtime). Thanks for this association.
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Animal cruelty is never acceptable. The world can live without foie gras!
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An American Issue: Humane Treatment of Animals - Therefore foie gras is unacceptable.
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It should be banned world wide. never had it and never would.
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Never had it, never will, can't wait for the day when it is banned worldwide. STOP this cruel practice immediately.
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When famous chef wolfgang puck refuses to serve fois gras you KNOW it's a cruel practice.
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I beg you urgently to finally stop these inhumanities!
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what if it was us??
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it's just awfull AWFULL!!