New York Bans Foie Gras

Per a written report inwards the New York Times, the New York City Council has voted to ban the sale of foie gras inwards the metropolis past times 2022.  Offered primarily inwards upscale French restaurants, foie gras is obese duck or goose liver, produced past times force-feeding a high-calorie mixture through a gastric tube for several weeks prior to slaughter.

As 1 powerfulness expect, French chefs as well as foie gras producers are non happy amongst the decision; others, myself included, wonder why such cruelty has continued inwards our "enlightened era" as well as why the ban volition non lead maintain number until 2022.  Our stewardship of the planet should sure enough non include such a practice, withal tasty (or lucrative) the production powerfulness be.

Of course, the swell bulk of Americans volition non discovery the unavailability of foie gras.  On the other hand, if they were to direct witness the processes involved inwards providing their beef, pork, chicken as well as veal, they powerfulness lead maintain instant thoughts nearly eating heart as well as individual altogether.  Animal cruelty as well as the volume production of heart as well as individual cannot move divorced.