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Make foie gras illegal in the UK

Submitted on Monday 23rd December 2013

Published on Tuesday 24th December 2013

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 24th December 2014

Signatures: 68

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Make foie gras illegal in the UK

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This petition is to make foie gras illegal in the UK , in terms of serving in restaurants as well importing from abroad . Below you can read how foie greas is produced and what how the animal is tortured

How it is achieved -at just a few months old, ducks are confined inside dark sheds and force-fed enormous amounts of food several times a day. A farm worker grabs each duck and, one by one, thrusts a metal pipe down their throats so that a mixture of corn can be forced directly into their gullets. In just a matter of weeks, the ducks become grossly overweight and their livers expand up to 10 times their normal size.
About 10 percent of the ducks don't make it to slaughter . They die when their stomachs burst. To a veterinarian, the ensuing human-induced disorder is called "hepatic lipidosis." To a gourmet chef, these fattened, diseased livers are called "foie gras." Foie gras is a disease !


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