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Foie Gras to Be Banned in California

Critter News

But for seven hours on Friday night, at a restaurant appropriately known as Animal, three chefs presented an eight-course meal that was nothing short of a glorification of this soon-to-be-outlawed delicacy. It was served with veal tongue, yogurt, prosciutto, mustard ice cream and truffles.

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely. They do appear to wish to put an end to what they believe are the worst abuses of institutionalized animal agriculture, such as gestation crates and veal crates, but that's hardly a call to end animal agriculture. Besides, is the "modern" veal crate something to be proud of?

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Clarification on Messaging

Animal Person

Of course, those people, who are often the "spiritual" ones, are particularly frustrating to deal with. I spent years forcing people to look at photos of bludgeoned baby seals, "veal" calves in crates and skinned animals. Some people can tolerate more than a gentle nudging. I always used the words "flesh" and "enslavement."

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

He watched cockfighting and killed and skinned animals, but won’t eat veal. Of course I was appalled, but out there in the mainstream world, she is an outlier. Of course that can be debated. He evidently has no idea that abolitionists exist and thinks Dunayer is an outlier. no one is 100% vegan), you “do what you can do.”

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

On November 7, 2006, Arizonans voted overwhelmingly, by 62 percent, in favor of Proposition 204, to ban the cruel and intensive confinement of veal calves and pregnant pigs on industrialized factory farms. To learn more about Arizona's precedent-setting victory for farm animals, see here.

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