USA: Put the Knife Down, Foie Gras Ban a Progressive Step

Chicago has just become the first city in the country to ban the sale of foie gras. In the wake of this progressive legislation, a media controversy is now swirling around some chefs who are declaring their intention to serve the fatty liver from force-fed ducks and geese in spite of the law.

But in their short-sighted indignation, they are forgetting that the new regulation was passed for the simplest and very best of reasons-the production of foie gras is cruel. (...) The fact that cruelty is widespread shouldn't be used as an excuse to stop the elimination of at least some of it...

Source: Put the Knife Down, Foie Gras Ban a Progressive Step
Author: Huffington Post

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