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Campaigns - No Foie Gras Campaign

Foie gras - a French term meaning "fatty liver" - is a food item produced by force-feeding a duck or goose until its liver becomes ten times the natural size. The grotesquely enlarged, diseased liver is then sold as "foie gras" at some high-end restaurants. Birds on foie gras farms are fed by having a pipe inserted a foot down their throats and having a corn mush pumped into their stomachs three times a day. Due to the intense impact this has on the birds' bodies, mortality rates on foie gras farms are 10-25 times higher than on standard non-intensive duck farms.

Foie gras has been banned in 16 countries as well as the state of California due to its cruelty, and the prestigious Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production has urged for an end to the force-feeding of birds for foie gras.

The Humane League of Philadelphia's Foie Gras Campaign has focused on getting local restaurants to remove foie gras from the menu, and to date over 50 restaurants in the Philadelphia area have done so with only a small handful continuing to serve this cruel dish.
A resolution to ban the sale of foie gras has also been introduced in Philadelphia's City Council.

Click here to see a sample of one of our campaign webpages.
Clike here to visit the Professionals Against Foie Gras websites, listing area restaurants that have dropped or still serve foie gras as well as businesses and individuals that have signed on in support of a foie gras ban in Philadelphia.