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Created by toni brockhoven on June 29, 2006, 4:08 pm

Several South African restaurants have foie gras on the menu. This cruelly obtained item can surely be replaced by any one of a number of exotic alternatives. I am trying to get something going regarding banning the sale of foie gras in cape town restaurants. I ask you to help get the ball rolling and lead the trend in compassionate dining - helping to get rid of this awful item on the menu.

People around the world have spoken out against the cruelty of foie gras. Chicago banned the sale of this cruel product in 2006. His holiness pope benedict xvi denounced force-feeding as being in violation of biblical principles, and foie gras production has been outlawed in the u.k., germany, the czech republic, finland, luxembourg, norway, poland, sweden, switzerland, denmark, and israel.

Foie gras birds are kept in tiny wire cages or packed into sheds. Pipes are repeatedly shoved down the birds' throats, and up to 2 kgs of grain and fat are pumped into their stomachs two or three times every day. The pipes puncture many birds' throats, sometimes causing the animals to bleed to death. This cruel procedure causes the birds' livers to become diseased and swell to up to 10 times their normal size. It is literally diseased tissue that is served up with relish and at an awful cost - to the patrons too.
      


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985 3 days ago    Kathleen Conroy: I support this petition.
984 5 days ago    Hannes Elfving: I support this petition.
983 6 days ago    Lisbeth Kelada: I support this petition.
982 2 weeks ago    Josephine Rydstrom: I support this petition.
981 2 weeks ago    Katja Gosser-Duncan Gosser-Duncan: I support this petition, and think it's horrid that such things are done. Think of everybody who would be happier and all the lifes that would be saved.
980 2 weeks ago    Christian Eriksson: I support this petition.
979 3 weeks ago    Grethe Lacis: I support this petition.
978 3 Aug 2008 - 15:25    Sara Olofsson : I support this petition.
977 31 Jul 2008 - 2:05    Jill : I'd be nice if the ducks went and shoves 50 kg of grain and fat down the makers of this horrible meat, don't you think?
976 31 Jul 2008 - 2:02    Bill : this practice makes me feel sad and depressed so we should never ever eat foie gras ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
975 27 May 2008 - 16:43    mark : why eat this when there are so many better alternatives out there to eat a person who eats this i believe they are simply accomplis to tortue also have a morbidity about them
974 15 May 2008 - 1:55    Darlene Davis :
973 14 May 2008 - 3:17    Sarah Panullo :
972 13 May 2008 - 17:23    animaln lover : It is cruel and unkind.
971 12 May 2008 - 19:19    Terrie C. Williams :
970 12 May 2008 - 14:04    Stephanie Vitt :
969 11 May 2008 - 19:23    Marcy Morgan :
968 11 May 2008 - 17:27    Alicya Lima : I dont understand how people can eat this,realy dont...!
967 11 May 2008 - 17:00    Marisa Sebastian : South Africa, France, and many other countries. Is there no end to human-induced cruelty and torture?
966 11 May 2008 - 14:05    Lorraine Kay : Ban foie Gras for it's cruelty!
965 11 May 2008 - 13:06    Mia Skoett Moebjerg :
964 11 May 2008 - 13:01    Morella Martinez : Stop animal suffering! How could anybody could enjoy a product made by such extremely cruel procedures.
963 11 May 2008 - 6:09    GAIL DAIR :
962 11 May 2008 - 5:56    Isabella Hillmayr :
961 11 May 2008 - 4:55    Jocelyn Koopmann : Disgusting thing to do. NO more.
960 11 May 2008 - 0:07    Carol Bischoff :
959 10 May 2008 - 23:12    Dalia E. Hettfield :
958 10 May 2008 - 20:55    Laura Horning : Fois Gras is cruel and inhumane!!! PLEASE BAN FOIS GRAS!!!
957 10 May 2008 - 20:38    Katherine Whitaker :
956 10 May 2008 - 20:31    Jim Phillips :
955 10 May 2008 - 19:51    Holly Swint :
954 29 Apr 2008 - 9:50    Alex van Oostveen : Thou shall not kill.
953 28 Apr 2008 - 5:49    Karen Anne : The method used to obtain this so called delicacy makes me sick to my stomach.
952 27 Apr 2008 - 16:56    Marcus Borstrand : I wish it was an eye for an eye...
951 27 Apr 2008 - 8:11    micaela finn : It is time we as as a global society wake up to the use and promotion of senseless cruelty and animal abuses
950 25 Apr 2008 - 20:26    Josefin :
949 22 Apr 2008 - 8:43    Sandeep :
948 17 Apr 2008 - 8:27    Nicola :
947 16 Apr 2008 - 16:53    Ludger Wilp : Stop tortouring animals!
946 14 Apr 2008 - 17:35    Yusra :
945 5 Apr 2008 - 6:37    anneli grosz :
944 2 Apr 2008 - 17:44    Pia Eberheim :
943 1 Apr 2008 - 18:01    Frida Gustavsson Bergströ :
942 23 Mar 2008 - 16:31    Monika Hübl :
941 19 Mar 2008 - 17:21    helena :
940 16 Mar 2008 - 17:47    Sofia Bennrup :
939 12 Mar 2008 - 14:17    Linn Lindqvist :
938 11 Mar 2008 - 23:14    Malin Grönlund :
937 10 Mar 2008 - 9:41    Claudia Peters :
936 6 Mar 2008 - 22:09    Malin Roos :
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