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Article: Farm Sanctuary Applauds NYC Councilman Avella's Proposed Resolution that Supports Ending the Cruelty of Foie Gras Production in New York State.
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- June 11, 2008
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Farm Sanctuary Joins Avella and other Animal Protection Organizations Today on the Steps of City Hall for a Press Conference Announcing Resolution
NEW YORK -- Today, at a press conference on the steps of City Hall, Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization, thanked Council Member Tony Avella (D-Queens) for proposing a resolution in support of pending state legislation to prohibit the production of foie gras in New York. Legislation to end the force feeding of birds - a practice widely regarded as one of the most egregious acts of animal cruelty still in existence today - is pending in the New York State Legislature (S 1463), ...