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FOIE GRAS: GREEN WELCOMES BAN AT RESTAURANT |
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 1st December 2007
Disease, not a delicacy: Philip Booth comments on the letters and discussions in The Citizen newspaper regarding Foie Gras
Cllr Philip Booth, a spokesperson for the Gloucestershire Green party said: "Ducks and geese raised for foie gras are
treated in ways that would be illegal if dogs or cats were the victims.
Foie gras is produced by ramming pipes down their throats and
force-feeding them until their livers become painfully diseased and
enlarged and, in some cases, their organs rupture."
Philip Booth added; "York Council have
just banned this so-called 'delicacy of despair' from their premises
and Chicago in the US has banned foie gras in its shops and
restaurants. Many of us are very pleased to see Foie Gras removed by
head chef Robert Sinyard from his Bearlands restaurant. 007 Roger Moore
has even made a video calling for an end to this cruel practice. I hope
as letter-writer Steve Haines notes that Robert Sinyard will now become
'a beacon to other restaurants to do likewise'."
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