Feds Tell Court They Can Decide What You Eat

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

It's already been done locally. The Chicago city council outlawed foie gras last year.

I think that when it comes to animal cruelty, the government needs to get involved. The making of foie gras is very cruel. They force feed these animals with a tube down their throat to make their liver the size of a grape-fruit.

Here is some information about how foie gras is made:

"Foie gras, French for "fatty liver," is made from the grotesquely enlarged livers of male ducks and geese. The birds are kept in tiny wire cages or packed into sheds. Pipes are repeatedly shoved down the birds' throats, and up to 4 pounds 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. Many birds become too sick to stand up. The birds who survive the force-feeding are killed, and their livers are sold for foie gras."

That is cruelty to animals. That should be illegal. IMO.

http://www.goveg.com/feat/foie/