Events

On Friday, March 9th, VFA will be holding our third protest against foie gras restaurant target Bite Bistro. The protest will be from 7:30 PM-9:00 PM. Once again we will have signs and leaflets available. You can join the event at our facebook page here:  http://www.facebook.com/events/338697452834955/

Bellevue is accessible by public transportation but contact VFA at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to organize a carpool. It is really important that we increase turnout so please come out and speak up for the ducks and geese!


We encourage you as well to continue calling and emailing Bite Bistro and urge them to remove foie gras from their menu permanently. You can also comment on Bite Bistro’s facebook page and tell them to stop selling foie gras:


Foie gras production is one of the cruelest and most egregious forms of factory farming. It literally means "fatty liver" and is made by force feeding ducks and geese over a third of their weight in food each day through a metal tube. The force-feeding continues until the birds' livers are severely enlarged up to ten times their normal size, creating a serious and painful disease called hepatic lipidosis. This literally makes foie gras a disease sold as a delicacy. Force feeding wreaks such terrible havoc on these birds' bodies that many ducks are not able to walk or even stand up properly. Past investigations at foie gras farms have revealed conditions of the most horrific nature. Ducks were kept in such tight confinement that little room is allowed for any movement, ducks are denied any water to swim in, and many ducks were uncovered who were severely sick or dying from disease, infection, and force-feeding induced conditions, such as aspiration pneumonia and their stomachs literally burst open from being overstuffed with food. An undercover investigation of Elevages Perigord in Canada revealed appalling abuse where ducks were kicked and bashed to death by workers, and ducks’ heads were even ripped off.

Foie gras is so inherently cruel that over a dozen countries have banned its production, and in the United States, the production and sale of foie gras will be made illegal throughout the state of California July 1st, 2012. Other states and cities, such as Philadelphia, are working hard to pass similar legislation. Locally, Voices For Animals Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign has succeeded in convincing over a dozen restaurants and stores to stop selling foie gras since January of 2004.

For more information on foie gras, or to see the cruelty yourself by watching a video on foie gras production, visit www.stopforcefeeding.com