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Article: Members plan to fight HOD defeat of foie gras ban
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- DVM
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- September 1, 2005
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WASHINGTON - Some Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) members plan to fight a House of Delegates (HOD) action to dump a ban on foie gras production in favor of further research.
The pledge highlights one of two rare moves in which the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) delegates in July defied leadership guidance from the Executive Board, House Advisory Committee and reference committees assigned to review the issues (see related story, p. 6).
The unanimous decision came down in July, when delegates at the AVMA's annual convention in Minneapolis voted against the foie gras decree submitted by the Executive Board and supported by the AWC. The turning point came with floor statements ...