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Article: Maryland Senate Committee to Hear Testimony on the Cruelties of Foie Gras.
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- March 4, 2008
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Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee to Hear Testimony from Leading Animal Advocates in Favor of Banning the Force-feeding of Birds
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Today, Maryland's Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee will hear testimony from veterinarians, doctors and animal protection advocates on one of the most notorious and cruel agricultural practices--the force-feeding of ducks and geese to produce foie gras. Senate Bill 599, sponsored by Sen. Joan Carter-Conway, would prohibit the force-feeding of birds to create foie gras. The house companion bill, H.B. 1137, will be heard in the House Committee on Environmental Matters ...