URGENT: 10/18 - PROTEST WTA FOIE GRAS SEMINAR.

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PROTEST AND LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN ON FOIE GRAS :

 

 

Re: 10/18 - Protest WTA Foie Gras Seminar

 

 

>From http://www.upc-online.org/001009protest_wta_foie_gras.html

 

United Poultry Concerns October 9, 2000

 

Cancel WTA Foie Gras Seminar

 

Billing it as " an event too decadent to miss, " the Wine Tasting

Association (WTA) of Alexandria, Virginia is conducting a Foie Gras

Seminar on October 18th to promote the French " delicacy " of foie

gras.

 

Foie gras is a disease, and it means " fatty liver. " On foie

gras farms, workers grab ducks and geese three times a day, force

open their bills, and force-feed them by shoving a long, inflexible

pipe down their throats. An air-driven pump forces many pounds of feed

into each birds stomach. Many experience ruptured internal organs

because of the pressure, and workers are often given monetary rewards

for not " bursting " birds. The procedure is so cruel that many

countries

prohibit foie gras production.

 

Please immediately contact the following individuals and ask that

they cancel the event on the grounds that it would promote cruelty:

 

* Mark Phillips, Executive Director

Wine Tasting Association

8501 Doter Drive

Alexandria, VA 22308

E-mail: wta

Phone: 703 799-1221

Fax: 703 799-1695

 

* Peter Austin, General Manager

Omni Shoreham Hotel

2500 Calvert St. N.W.

Washington, DC 20008-2649

Phone: 202-234-0700

Fax: 202-756-5100