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Article: Farm Sanctuary Releases Statement on Fire at Foie Gras Facility that Killed 15,000
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 31, 2007
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Tricia Barry of Farm Sanctuary, +1-607-583-2225 ext. 233,
tricia@farmsanctuary.org
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Farm
Sanctuary, the nations leading farm animal protection organization,
has released the following statement by Farm Sanctuary President Gene
Baur in response to Tuesday's fire that killed 15,000 animals at
Hudson Valley Foie Gras, the largest foie gras production facility in
the United States.
"Farm Sanctuary mourns the loss of the thousands of ducks who
burned to death inside the walls of Hudson Valley Foie Gras' massive
factory farm. As this tragedy illustrates, the confinement of so many
animals within such a small space ...