GSPCA urges public to shun Foie Gras

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Wednesday, 14 February 2007

The Galway Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) is expressing concern with the recent comments by the British Minister for Animal Welfare that EU laws make it impossible to ban the sale of Foie Gras.

Margaret O Sullivan, PRO of the GSPCA, said "The current EU laws do not stop the plight of Geese who have funnels stuck down their throats and are force fed to create fatty livers for the making of this so called delicacy. The Geese finish up diseased and unable to walk."

According to the GSPCA, baby female geese are shredded alive in Hungry because their livers do not grow as fast as the males. "This can only be described as sheer cruelty and in this day and age, when we have so many food choices, the production of a food production in this way is not necessary."

And the GSPCA says while France is Europe's largest producer and consumer of Foie Gras, it denies its farming methods are cruel. However, the product is banned in Argentina, Israel, and in the US states of California and Chicago.

Although many of the popular British chefs, such as Jamie Olivier and Gordon Ramsey, are supporters of the traditional French product, the GSPCA are urging the public to stay clear of the food. With a lack of support, the cruelty that is currently being endured by the Geese could be reduced and eventually stopped, it states.

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