‘BREAKING NEWS: Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California’s ban on the production and sale of foie gras, the cruel delicacy produced from the livers of force-fed ducks. The court held that the ban was constitutional, finding the foie gras lobby’s challenge failed to even “raise serious questions” about the law’s constitutionality, The Animal Legal Defense Fund, the Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, and the Marin Humane Society argued as amicus curiae on behalf of the State of California, with whom the court sided.

Foie gras production is banned in many countries, including Israel (formerly one of the largest producers in the world) where the Supreme Court condemned the practice after closely studying it, Argentina, Turkey, the U.K., and Italy. In fact, only five European countries have not banned the practice. The challenge to the California law came largely from New York producers, who have convinced prosecutors and regulators in their own state to ignore the law.’

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