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Chicago Overturns Landmark Foi Gras Ban

May 14, 2008, 10:21PM MT

By Susan Robinson

One step closer to being a more humane city, two steps back. Protection for force fed ducks and geese ends later this month.

One step closer to being a more humane city, two steps back. Protection for force fed ducks and geese ends later this month.

Posed by Susan A. Robinson, Best Friends Network

Read the story here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_re_us/foie_gras_ban

What You Can Do:
Continue to educate people on the cruelty of this "delicacy", eventually we will move closer to being civilized.

AP Photo: Chef Didier Durand, of Cyrano's Bistrot & Wine Bar, holds his pet duck, Nicolai, outside his restaurant in Chicago, Wednesday, May 14, 2008, where he talked with reporters after the Chicago City Council repealed its controversial two-year-old ban on foie gras, a delicacy made of duck and goose liver. The vote was led by Mayor Richard M. Daley, who called the measure that went into effect in August 2006 the 'silliest' ordinance the council's ever passed.
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Comments

Posted May 14, 2008, 11:51PM by margaret

It's not a silly ordinance, Mayor! It may be difficult to enforce, but the ordinance, at the very least, is a message to the rest of the world that Chicago condemns cruelty to animals.

Some ignorant people were saying that the foie gras ban made Chicago the laughingstock of the nation/world, but the only ones who laugh are those who would condone the abuse of ducks/geese in the process of making foie gras. Who cares about being mocked by such people?

For the sake of animals and for a more civilized society, Mayor, do what's right and let the foie gras ban stand.

Posted May 16, 2008, 10:29AM by catnip

A candlelight vigil is being held at City Hall, 121 N. La Salle tonight, May 16 at 6.45 pm - 8pm held by Mercy for Animals.

Posted May 15, 2008, 3:28PM by mimi

The mayor called for a vote on repealing the ordinance without even allowing for discussion. He dismissed the ban as telling people what to eat. He just doesn't get that it's not about the Menu Police, it's about animal abuse. No wonder Chicago Animal "Care" (ha!) and Control is such a disgrace.