Guest guest Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 From Farm Sanctuary: Call for Letters to the Editor Following the passage of Senate Bill 1520, now is the perfect time to get your letters to the editor printed in local papers, educating readers about the cruelty of foie gras production. Many bay area newspapers (listed below) have run stories on SB 1520 in the past week & #8212;providing excellent opportunities for readers to give their input. Because the bill & #8217;s main proponent and backer, Senator John Burton, represents the bay area, residents of San Francisco and surrounding areas have even more incentive to speak out publicly, commending Burton on his strong, pro-animal stance. Send your letters regarding the foie gras bill (200 words or fewer; the shorter, the better) to the San Francisco Chronicle and other bay area newspapers today! Be sure to include your full name, city, and daytime telephone number, and email your comments to any or all of the following bay area papers: San Francisco Chronicle: letters Alameda Times-Star & Oakland Tribune: triblet Contra Costa Times - letters East Bay Express & #8211; feedback Napa Valley Register - napaopinion San Jose Mercury News: letters The Santa Rosa Press Democrat & #8211; letters San Francisco Examiner & #8211; letters San Mateo Daily Journal - opinions Sonoma Index-Tribune & #8211; use web form at: https://secure.townnews.com/sonomanews.com/forms/letters.php If you need information on foie gras production for your letters, see Farm Sanctuary & #8217;s website: www.nofoiegras.com. If you need (free) foie gras pamphlets, fact sheets or other educational materials, email Ariana: ahuemer. The following two letters appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Monday (10/4). The second letter especially begs for a retort. 2 views of foie gras ban Editor -- Thank you to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing legislation terminating the sale and production of foie gras in California starting in 2012 ( " Governor vetoes bills on offshoring jobs, " Sept. 30). Animal advocates, of course, will see this as a victory. We have long argued that the practice of making foie gras -- which involves the forced feeding of ducks and geese to swell their livers up to 10 times their normal size -- is nothing less than animal torture. Certain gourmands, on the other hand, will condemn this legislation as infringing on their rights. Now, at last, the welfare of ducks and geese has been recognized. This ban is long overdue. It demonstrates to the world that we in California put the well-being of animals over gustatory pleasures. MARK HAWTHORNE Rohnert Park -- -- -- Editor -- What have Gov. Schwarzenegger and state Sen. John Burton achieved by making food illegal? The animal activists' vote? I guess these officials think that there may be more of them than there are voters who will complain. Fat (no pun intended) chance. Outlawing the production of foie gras in California by present feeding methods is illogical and based on false information. Ducks and geese are " hand fed " for two weeks to engorge their livers. The birds clamor to be fed by their handlers. And then they are killed like all other animals meant for consumption. We have been put on a very slippery slope. What are the next foods to be banned? We need look only to those groups that value human life less than the lives of domesticated animals to find out. How can we reverse this irrational trend? LANCE LA'SHAGWAY San Francisco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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