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Germans Work To Ban French Foie-Gras (AP)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (elsiedee@MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 25 02:04:34 1995
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 95 02:04:08
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Subject: Germans Work To Ban French Foie-Gras (AP)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 23:50:48 -0400
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> FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) _ From the country that's the biggest importer
> of French-made foie gras now comes the anti-foie gras crusade: 65,000
> Germans want France to stop the forced feeding of fowl that produces
> the delicacy.
>
> ``Foie gras is a delicacy that comes from the torture chamber,'' said
> Jutta Breitwieser, head of the Union Against the Abuse of Animals.
>
> The private group delivered a petition signed by 65,203 Germans to the
> French Embassy in Bonn on Friday.
>
> It said Germany imports more than 100 tons of foie gras every year,
> making it the biggest importer.
>
> The organization wants France to outlaw production. It said French
> farmers use motor-powered funnels to stuff geese and ducks with 10
> times as much food as they would eat normally, often rupturing their
> stomachs or necks.
>
> The animals are immobilized and after being force-fed for about three
> weeks with tubes inserted down their throats, they are slaughtered.
> The liver is used to make foie gras.
>
> AP-NY-04-21-95 1505EDT
>
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