Talk:Foie gras controversy
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This article was nominated for deletion on 4/5/2007. The result of the discussion was keep. |
Since the Foie gras article was sprawlingly long and bloated, well past Wikipedia article length recommendations, and since the vast majority of the article was controversy-related, I've split that material off to an article of its own here, where it can continue to grow. wikipediatrix 03:39, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Conflicting information
The force feeding of animals for non-medical purposes, essential to current foie gras production practices, is explicitly prohibited by specific laws in six of nine Austrian provinces, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, or following interpretation of general animal protection laws in Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.[35]
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(In Europe) the production remains currently legal only in five countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, France and Hungary
A fair few countries missing here - e.g. the Balkans, Greece, Slovakia, Romania.. so I'm not sure if the second sentence is correct. Perhaps a french speaker could check the source to find out if they mean, for example, it remains legal only in those five countries amongst countries which have signed a particular treaty. Phonemonkey 13:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
AFAIK, the list would exclude those countries not currently producing foie gras. Hope it helps.--Ramdrake 13:33, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
- I see. As I understand in that case, the list of five countries excludes countries where production, while legal, does not occur? I've changed the wording slightly to clarify this. Thanks. Phonemonkey 15:19, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Council bans in UK
Is it worth mentioning that the City of York recently became the first city in Britain to ban Foie Gras on all council property, and that a few days ago it was followed by a similar decision by Bolton council? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.45.26 (talk) 23:16, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
