News
STAR-GAZETTE – July 13, 2007
Animal abuse in Canada prompts Farm Sanctuary action
THE GLOBE AND MAIL – July 11, 2007
Activists go undercover to curb Quebec's foie gras appetite
VENTURA COUNTY STAR – July 3, 2007
Foie gras may be health hazard
CHICAGO TRIBUNE – June 26, 2007
You may want to reconsider foie gras
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER – June 25, 2007
Is foie gras a health hazard?
CHICAGO READER – June 22, 2007
When Activists Attack
REUTERS – June 19, 2007
Geese get revenge: Pate may cause rare disease
CHICAGO TRIBUNE – June 13, 2007
Judge tosses lawsuit challenging foie gras ban
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES – June 13, 2007
Judge says foie gras ban just ducky
THE PRESS – June 9, 2007
Store Bans Sale of Foie Gras
PET
HEALTH CARE – June 7, 2007
Foie Gras
Should Be Banned Say Britons
PHILIDELPHIA
DAILY NEWS– June 7, 2007
It's time
to ban foie gras, the trifecta of misery
PHILIDELPHIA
INQUIRER – June 3, 2007
City's foie
gras foes put heat on chefs
24dash.COM
-
May 29, 2007
RSPCA call to ban foie gras
CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES -
April 18, 2007
So what's Doug gonna do with 30 pounds of frozen foie gras?
THE
PRESS-
March 30, 2007
MPs sign motion to ban foie gras from UK
CBS
2 CHICAGO
- March 29, 2007
Hot Dog Stand Owner Pleads Guilty To Foie Gras Use
REUTERS
- March 23, 2007
Foie gras, crated meats off chef Wolfgang Puck's menus
YAHOO!
NEWS -
March 22, 2007
Chef Wolfgang Puck bans foie gras
Los
Angeles Times
- March 22, 2007
Puck says it's time to hold the foie gras
New
York Times
- March 22, 2007
Celebrity Chef Announces Strict Animal-Welfare Policy
York
Press - March 16, 2007
Paul’s paté problems...
Riverside
Brookfield Landmark - March 13, 2007
Local state representative wants to outlaw goose liver delicacy
York
Press - March 9, 2007
Foie gras fight goes to No 10
Norwalk
Advocate - March 9, 2007
Ban on food delicacy deserves airing
New
York Times - March 4, 2007
Praise for Foie Gras Fortifies Its Critics
The
Brooklyn Paper - February 17, 2007
Fowl play: Fairway ducks foie gras flap
THIS
IS LONDON - February 6, 2007
Boycott this cruel delicacy, says Minister
THE
SUN - February 2, 2007
Fairway's Foie Gras Sign Irks Upper West Side Activists
BBC
News Magazine -eJanuary
26, 2007
The Holy Grail of foie gras?
CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES
-eJanuary 24, 2007
Expand foie gras ban to all of Illinois
The
Independent
-eJanuary 24, 2007
Councillor tries to remove 'cruel' foie gras
from city restaurants menus
York
Press -eJanuary
23, 2007
Foie gras could be banned in ground-breaking
move
TIMES
UNION (Albany) -eDecember
27, 2006mber 12, 2006
Ducks raised for pate live short, tortured lives
METRO
NEW YORK
- December 12, 2006- December 12, 2006
The next city ban?
Foie gras foes emboldened by New York’s trans fat restriction
CITIZEN-TIMES
-
October 27, 2006
Foie gras taken off Biltmore menu
CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES -
September 27, 2006
Council urged to duck repeal of foie gras ban
CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES -
September 26, 2006
Activists press council to fight repeal of foie gras ban
WGN
NEWS (Chicago)-
September 26, 2006
Scroll down to: Foie Gras battle - 9/26
NBC5
NEWS (Chicago)-
September 26, 2006
City Officials Still Grapple Over Foie Gras - Please
Vote on Poll! (Top right box, first item)
ABC7
NEWS (Chicago)-
September 26, 2006
Foie gras ban back in spotlight
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE -
September 26, 2006
Foie gras opponents urge city not to repeal ban
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE -
September 21, 2006
How does faux foie gras taste? Our critic knows
SOUTHWEST
NEWS-HERALD (Chicago)
- September 20, 2006
Fattened Political Egos Garnish Bloated Duck Liver
NBC
5 NEWS (Chicago)-
September 19, 2006
Rabbis Rail Against Reversal of Foie Gras Ban
CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES -
September 19, 2006
Jewish leaders: Overturning foie gras ban could anger God
ABC7
NEWS (Chicago)-
September 19, 2006
Jewish leaders urge against repeal of foie gras ban
NBC5
News (Chicago)-
September 12, 2006
Council: Was Foie Gras Ban A Faux Pas? - Please
Vote on Poll! (Top right box, first item)
Chicago
Sun-Times-
September 12, 2006
Foie gras could become faux pas in New Jersey
Western
Daily Press-
August 31, 2006
Delicacy that heaps shame on the entire luxury food industry
The
Record -
August 27, 2006
Foie gras could become faux pas in New Jersey
Press
of Atlantic City
- August 26, 2006
Lawmaker proposes banning production of foie gras in New Jersey
Chicago
Tribune-
August 23, 2006
Chicago's wild foie gras chase - Please Vote on
Poll!
AOL
News -
August 13, 2006
Chicago's Foie Gras Ban Going Into Effect
Hartford
Courant - July 25, 2006
Cruelty Claims May Foil Foie Gras
Inquirer
and Mirror - July 21, 2006
Vanessa Noel opens "Green" hotel
Miami
New Times - July 13, 2006
Force-feeding amounts to either animal farming or grotesque torture, but
do our chefs give a duck?
Times
Chicago
- July 6, 2006
Delicacy or Cruelty
New
York Times
- June 22, 2006
Animal Rights Groups Ask New York to Ban Foie Gras
Baltimore
Sun
- June 20, 2006
A hunger for humane foods
River
Reporter - June 2006
Foie Gras targeted again by animal rights group
Ithaca
Times - June 14, 2006
Taxpayers fight
Times
Herald-Record - June 7, 2006
Foie Gras plant is target of lawsuit
USA
Today - June 2, 2006
Foes See Foie Gras as a Fat Target
Philadelphia
City Paper - June 1- 7, 2006
Stuck on Duck
The
American Spectator– May 30, 2006
Liver Spots
Monsters
and Critics
- May 31,2006
Eat to Live: Duck-and-goose lock-up
Times
Herald-Record - May 26, 2006
Group fights funding of foie gras producer
Associated
Press - May 25, 2006
Philadelphia councilman introduces proposal to ban foie gras
The
Post-Standard - May 24, 2006
Foie gras farm swells with new state aid
Chicago
Sun Times - May 17, 2006
Controversy on the menu
Scripps
Howard News Service - May 8, 2006
Animal-rights groups target French delicacy
THE
PRESS DEMOCRAT - May 6, 2006
Foie
gras company's fate in hands of court
The
New York Times – May 3, 2006
Organizing
for an Indelicate Fight
The
Guardian – April 29, 2006
Chicago takes
foie gras off menu
DAILY
NEWS – April 28, 2006
Aw, foie gras
just ducky by Council
NBC
News – April 27, 2006
City Council
Bids Adieu To Foie Gras - Vote on Survey!
CBS
News – April 27, 2006
Foie Gras
Banned In Chicago
AGENCE-FRANCE
PRESSE – April 27, 2006
Chicago Bans
Foie Gras in Restaurants
NEW
YORK TIMES – April 27, 2006
Chicago Prohibits
Foie Gras
NEW
YORK TIMES – April 27, 2006
Honk If You
Love Foie Gras
CHINA
VIEW – April 10, 2006
China to boost
foie gras production
ASSOCIATED
PRESS
– March 27, 2006
Foie gras
endangered due to bird flu fears
BOSTON
HERALD – March 12, 2006
Fois gras:
Delicacy or Culinary Cruelty?
ORANGE
COUNTY REGISTER – March 9, 2006
Farewell, Foie Gras?
CBS
4 NEWS - March 6, 2006
Distasteful Delicacy
The
Globe and Mail - March 3, 2006
Quebec foie gras producers cry fowl
The
Daily Telegraph - February 28, 2006
Foie gras ban as flu spreads
Haaretz
Daily - February 22, 2006
High Court orders state to enforce animal rights laws
Maui
News - January 19, 2006
Society valuing compassion should ban foie gras
Scotsman.com
- January 18, 2006
Farewell to foie gras, hello oysters, truffles
"...delicacies sit better in my stomach if the animals they are from have enjoyed good welfare before reaching my plate. Foie gras is something I can live without...."
ASSOCIATED
PRESS - January 16, 2006
That's foul! Lawmaker targets force-feeding of birds
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin - January 11, 2006
There's nothing good about goose liver
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin - January 9, 2006
Animal rights
groups lobby to ban foie gras in Hawaii
Herald
Net - January 7, 2006
Lawmaker wants to ban a delicacy
The
New York Times - December 30, 2005
Foie gras faces a chillier reception
CHICAGO
SUN TIMES - December 14, 2005
Letters to the Editor - Foie gras is irresponsible
The
Christian Science Monitor - December 13, 2005
A ban on foie gras? Could this really be Chicago?
Indianapolis
Star – November 16, 2005
Where do you
stand in fracas over foie gras?
ASSOCIATED
PRESS – November 10, 2005
Chicago Gets
Worked Up Over Foie Gras (This story was picked up in over 120 media outlets
across the country!)
CHICAGO
SUN TIMES – October 24, 2005
Force feeding
of birds a sin
CHICAGO
SUN TIMES – October 21, 2005
McCartney's
muscle . . .
PARIS
GUARDIAN – October 19, 2005
Bird Flu Nightmare
Haunts Foie Gras Producers in Bulgaria, Hungary
ALJAZEERA.NET
– October 18, 2005
French give
foie gras heritage status
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE – October 14, 2005
McCartney
adds name to animal causes in city
THE
MCLAUGHLIN GROUP– October 7, 2005
Pat Buchanan
publicly opposes foie gras on the McLaughlin Group
THE
EXAMINER – October 6, 2005
Alderman Joe
Moore's Op-Ed
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE – October 5, 2005
Duck farm
flap
HAARETZ
DAILY - October 2, 2005
Cabinet rules: Force-feeding of geese to be halted in Israel
THE
WESTON TOWN CRIER – September 15, 2005
Fargo files
bill to ban force-fed foie gras
CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES – September 14, 2005
Foie gras
ban gets vivid hearing
NBC5.com–
September 13, 2005
Alderman Calls
For Ban On Liver Delicacy
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE– September 13, 2005
Sorry. You
may not have the duck
The
Australian
August 27, 2005 Saturday Travel Edition
Cruel delicacy's goose is cooked in the Big Apple
The
fight over foie gras intensifies
The Boston Globe
April 13, 2005
Aa animal welfare advocates urge the passage of legislation to ban the
force-feeding of birds for foie gras, and urge restaurants to remove the
egregiously cruel item from their menus, foie gras producers attempt to
justify their practices, and chefs defend their "right" to profit
from animal abuse.
Bill
may ban force-feeding ducks, geese to make paté
April 11, 2005
The Register-Guard
Legislation in Oregon seeks to prohibit the cruel force feeding of birds
for foie gras. While Sonoma Foie Gras states their practices are humane,
other organizations and legislations strongly disagree.
Mass.
pols vow to ban `reprehensible' gourmet goose treat
Boston Herald
Friday, April 8, 2005
Legislators in Massachusetts urge the passage of a bill to ban the cruel
force feeding of birds for foie gras, which even foie gras producer Michael
Ginor admits is so cruel that "We as humans wouldn't want that done
to us."
Foie
Gras Free Pittsburgh Campaign Commemorates One-Year Anniversary
(Acrobat PDF required)
NewPeople News
March, 2005
After one year of campaigning, local Pittsburgh activists are celebrating
over a dozen victories, as restaurants remove foie gras from their menus.
One
Man's Liver...
New York Times Editorial
April 4, 2005
Touching on the various cruelties humans inflict upon animals raised the
food, the author defends Charlie Trotter's decision to stop serving foie
gras.
Israel
Foie Gras Ban Takes Effect
As of April 1, 2005, foie gras production became illegal in Israel. Once
one of the world's largest producer of this product, Israel joins the
many nations who have prohibited the cruel force-feeding of birds.
The
Foie Gras Fight
Chicago Tribune
April 2, 2005
A follow up to an earlier article discussing Charlie Trotter's decision
to drop foie gras, this editorial discusses in more depth the cruelty
that the animals endure.
Liver
and Let Live
Chicago Tribune
March 29, 2005
Famed chef Charlie Trotter recently publicly declares his opposition to
foie gras.
Ron
Reagan speaks against foie gras
MSNBC show "Connected: Coast to Coast"
March 30, 2005
Ron Reagan sides with animal advocates, and states that foie gras production
is torture.
Senate
panel OKs ban on force-feeding ducks for creation of French delicacy
State Journal-Register
March 10, 2005
Legislation
in Illinois to ban foie gras production successfully passed out of
the Senate Executive Committee, despite opposition from agricultural interests.
Restaurants
being urged to drop foie gras
Times Leader
March 2, 2005
Grassroots activists are urging local restaurants to remove cruel foie
gras from the menu.
France
Questions the Foie Gras Tradition
While America feasted on turkey and cranberries over the holidays, no
French table was without the traditional dish of foie gras. Literally
translated, foie gras means "fat liver" and is the fattened
liver of ducks and geese that have been overfed. While the creamy, pâté-like
product is a billion-dollar industry in France, some are beginning to
question the ethics behind its production. Eleanor Beardsley reports.
Local
organizations at work!
Activists are working in their own neighborhoods to eliminate the cruelty
of foie gras. Many local animal rights organizations are urging restaurants
to take foie gras off the menu, and some have even set up websites for
their cities, like Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia.
Foie
Gras is "Out"
As people realize the cruelty of force
feeding, foie gras is has become a fashion faux pas. This year, it made
the "In and Out" list by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, with mushroom
pates given as the more hip alternative. To be truly trendy, check out
these recipes for faux gras.
The
tide is turning in the war on foie gras
Sunday Herald, December 26, 2004
Activists in France are making strides to stop the cruel foie gras industry
in its native land.
What's
bad for the goose...must stop, committee rules
Jan. 4, 2005 1:12
Israel upholds their ruling that foie gras production must cease by the
end of January 2005.
Four
Seasons resort, Maui
On December 9th activists in Maui demonstrated at Wolfgang Puck's book
signing at the Four Seasons Hotel, holding signs, giving literature to
guests, and even spoke directly with Wolfgang himself about his cruel
use of veal and foie gras. Although Mr. Puck continues to promote cruelty,
the Four Seasons decided to remove foie gras from the menu of their Opus
Wine Dinner on December 10. Click
here for more.
Zola
New World Bistro, State College, Pennsylvannia
December 8, 2004
After activists demonstrated outside Zola every weekend, the managers
decided to remove the offensive and cruel item from the menu.
Schwarzenegger
Terminates Form of Animal Cruelty
September 29, 2004
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 1520 into law, a bill that bans
the force feeding of ducks and geese in the production of foie gras. The
bill also bans the sale of the product when made from force fed birds,
both provisions taking effect in California in the year 2012.
