This petition reached 100.000 signatures for UK Parliament and was presented to UK Parliament on Thursday 21st November 2013, but its still open as we need as many signatures as possible for presentation to EU Parliament and Commission in Brussels, so please sign.

Despite the production of foie-gras being banned in many European countries (Council of Europe, 1999), the sale of foie-gras is not prohibited. This makes a mockery of existing animal welfare legislation in the UK, by allowing a product to be imported and sold here, that would be illegal to produce here.



European Trade rules are often quoted as the reason why a ban on the importation of foie-gras into the UK would not be possible. However, there are 3 main clauses which can be challenged, to allow countries to ban imports:



1. Public morality, all polls show that the public in Britain would like to see this banned.

2. France did not stick to the treaty of the EU recommendations and that could be challenged i.e they didn't do what was recommended by the EU.

3. It is illegal to produce in the UK due to the cruelty involved. And a European Council Directive states: "No animal shall be provided with food or liquid in a manner... which may cause unnecessary suffering or injury"



We believe we now have enough evidence to challenge the importation of foie-gras.

Foie gras, French for "fatty liver," is made from the grotesquely enlarged livers of male ducks and geese. The "delicacy" known as foie gras is one of the most sickening examples of cruelty promoted as "luxury."



We, the undersigned, strongly urge the UK Parliament to ban the Importation of Foie Gras into the UK. The birds are kept in tiny wire cages or packed into sheds. Pipes are repeatedly, cruelly, forced down the birds' throats, and up to 4 pounds of grain and fat are pumped into their stomachs two or three times every day for two to three weeks until they can barely move and are on the verge of organ rupture and death.



This is totally unacceptable and cruel. Due to free trade laws, UK being one of the biggest importers of Foie Gras, are importing this cruelty.





