CARPOOLS?: 4/16, San Mateo, Protest foie gras special dinner

[Guest guest]

any carpools forming?

 

If I can't get a ride, I can offer a ONE way ride there and drop

people off the trainstation

 

I live in SF, maybe Marin people can give rides too

 

pls email me privately

, " Tammy, Bay Area Vegetarians "

<t@b...> wrote:

> Protest foie gras " special dinner " in San Mateo, CA

>

> Two chefs in California are on a " personal crusade " to defend

the " right " of

> restaurateurs to sell the diseased livers of force-fed ducks as an

expensive

> gourmet delicacy. They have scheduled a " special " twelve-course

dinner with

> each course featuring either foie gras or duck, including

a " ducksicle "

> desert. The dinner is intended to support California's foie gras

and duck

> meat producers, who have recently come under scrutiny for torturing

ducks

> for profit, and in reaction to the recent passage of California's

law

> banning the force-feeding of ducks for foie gras.

>

> Please join Viva!USA, Animal Place, Farm Sanctuary and In Defense

of Animals

> for an educational outreach event outside this " special dinner " to

remind

> diners and the public that these chefs are attempting to justify

and promote

> egregious cruelty to animals for the sake of a gourmet meal.

>

> What: Foie gras and duck meat dinner outreach event

> Where: The Dining Room Restaurant, 1602 S. El Camino Real, San

Mateo, CA

> When: Saturday, April 16, from 4:30-6:15 p.m.

>

> Viva!USA

> www.vivausa.org

> PO Box 4398

> Davis, CA 95617

> 530/759-8482

> 530/759-8487 fax