Help Pass Bills to Ban Foie Gras in Your State

Please "Take Action" to urge state legislators to pass this important bill to stop the cruel force feeding of ducks. To have even more impact, also follow up by contacting your state senators and representatives today via email, postal mail, and phone politely asking them to support house bill 6686. The mailing address for all Connecticut lawmakers is: Legislative Office Building, Hartford, CT 06106.

Of special significance are members of the Environmental committee, who should be urged to support this bill. Members can be contacted at:

Environment Committee
Room 3200, Legislative Office Building
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: (860) 240-0440

Get names and contact information for your lawmakers online.

There is an urgent need for residents of Milford to contact Representative Richard Roy, and for residents of Bridgeport, Monroe and Trumbull to call Senator Bill Finch urging them to vote House Bill 6866.
 
Rep. Richard Roy (D-Milford)
House Chair of the Environment Committee
Tel: (860) 240-8500
Email: Richard.roy@cga.ct.gov

Senator Bill Finch (D-Bridgeport, Monroe, Trumbull)
Senate Chair of the Environment Committee,
Tel: (860) 240-8600
Email: Finch@senatedems.ct.gov

New Jersey Foie Gras Bill

New Jersey Assemblywoman Joan Voss has introduced A3230, a bill to ban the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras in New Jersey and require the State Board of Agriculture and Dept. of Agriculture to establish standards for humane feeding and raising of poultry for such purposes.

What You Can Do

- Please click here to take action to urge members of the state Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to support the bill to ban foie gras production. Also tell your family and friends in New Jersey about this issue and donate to IDA so that we can continue our important work for animals.

- Also write to Assemblywoman Joan Voss to thank her for introducing this compassionate legislation.

Assemblywoman Joan Voss
520 Main Street
Fort Lee, NJ 07024 (201) 346-6400

Click here to read more about the bill to ban foie gras in New Jersey.

Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Ordinance

In June of 2006, Councilman-at-large Jack Kelly introduced Bill 060476 that would ban the sale of foie gras within the city of Philadelphia. The bill has been referred to the Committee on Licenses and Inspections and is slated to be voted on before the end of 2007. If the bill is passed by a simple majority by that committee, it will be presented to the entire Council where it will again need to  be passed by a simple majority in order to be sent to the Mayor's office for ratification.

What You Can Do:

Send a free fax to your City Council representatives. Enter your address, then keep all boxes checked to send a fax to both your councilperson and all Councilpersons-at-large (as they also represent you). If you do not live in Philadelphia, enter "2000 N. 2nd St." in the address line - this will reach Daniel Savage, chairperson of the Licenses and Inspections Committee which is where the foie gras bill will be first voted on, as well as the Councilpersons-at-large.

Be sure to ask the representatives to support Bill 060476, Councilman Kelly's bill to ban foie gras. Inform them of the similar bans in Chicago and California, and that in a recent poll 80% of Pennsylvanians said they are opposed to the methods used to produce foie gras. Also inform them that many restaurants - including leading restaurateurs like Stephen Starr, Neil Stein, and Susanna Foo - have already taken foie gras out of their restaurants.

On April 26, 2006, the Chicago City Council approved Joe Moore's ordinance to ban foie gras making Chicago the first American city to do so. Thank you to everyone who called and wrote to make this possible.

Please write to Alderman Moore to thank him for ending the sale of foie gras in Chicago and setting a positive precedent for other communities to follow.

Alderman Joe Moore
121 N. Lasalle St.
Room 300, Office 24
Chicago, IL 60602
Fax: 312-744-3080
E-mail: jmoore@cityofchicago.org

For more information about the cruelty involved in foie gras production, please click here.

Read Alderman Moore’s news release and ordinance. (PDF file)