An article by UK newspaper the Times tells how luxury department store, Harvey Nichols has recently bowed to animal rights group pressure and has removed Foie Gras from their stores. This is a trend slowly emerging worldwide which has already seen California and Chicago ban it’s sale and Germany and Italy have banned foie gras production. Many top restaurants are also following suit worldwide and some well known celebs such as Roger Moore and Arnold Schwarzenegger has backed a ban.
Foie gras is not produced in Australia but it is imported from overseas (particularly from France who produce about 75% of the world’s foie gras) and the only place that I know of in Australia that sells it is Simon Johnson.
I for one applaud the decision but some argue that the bans are taking away diners freedom of choice. Now i’m not a vegetarian or overt animal activist (though I do buy the ‘happy hen’ eggs and try to buy organic when I can afford it) but I don’t believe that animals should be tortured and made to suffer for a diners few minutes of pleasure.

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