AR-News: URGENT ALERT:Online Poll on Foie Gras Ban in California

[Pam at AVAR]

URGENT ALERT: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE POLL ON FOIE GRAS

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/02/10/MNG7T4SRV71.DTL

Please take a moment to visit the website (link above) of the San Francisco 
Chronicle and vote in support of a ban on foie gras in California. The 
Chronicle ran an article today (02/10) about a bill that's being introduced 
by California Senator John Burton to ban the sale and production of foie 
gras in the state. (The bill does not yet have a number.)

Foie gras is made by force feeding ducks and geese several times per day, 
which eventually causes their livers to swell up to ten times normal size. 
Force feeding can result in injury to the birds (metal pipes are inserted 
into their esophagus to deliver the food) and the process causes them to 
develop chronic liver disease, called hepatic lipidosis. The birds endure 
this process for several weeks before they are slaughtered to produce foie 
gras.

The Chronicle poll is currently running 53 percent in favor of a ban of 
this inhumane practice versus 41 percent for and six percent undecided. 
Help us speak for the animals and enter your vote for the foie gras ban. 
(NOTE: You don't have to be a California resident to vote.)



Pam Runquist
Director of Companion Animal Issues
Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights
PO Box 208
Davis, CA 95617-0208
Tel: (530) 759-8106
pam at avar.org