Call for Olympic Chefs To Get Foie Gras Out of the 2024 Olympic Games!
For over a month, Animal Equality’s global team has been tirelessly campaigning to remove foie gras made by force-feeding from the hospitality menu at the 2024 Olympic Games.
The production of foie gras, which involves force-feeding until the livers of ducks and geese become diseased, is incredibly cruel. Ducks and geese are forced to consume unnatural amounts of feed several times a day until their livers swell to ten times their natural size. Many bleed, pant, shake, and vomit from the pain and terror inflicted by this process.
Aside from the extreme cruelty involved in its ‘production’, this so-called delicacy is also completely misaligned with the inclusive ethos of the Games. Organisers and head chefs have consciously focused on ‘sustainability’ and ‘responsibility’ this year, so we cannot allow them to serve a dish so cruel that it is a crime to produce in over a dozen countries.
Animal Equality refuses to stand by and watch this cruelty be served, and it’s clear none of our supporters are either. In a matter of weeks, we’ve:
- amassed a staggering 60,000+ signatures on our petition calling on the Committee to drop foie gras from its hospitality menus;
- sent two open letters, the latest signed by experts, celebrities, and athletes, all hammering home to the Committee just how dire this decision is; and
- rallied support on social media, showing the Games’ organisers how strongly people oppose this foul play.
Unfortunately though, our efforts have been met with silence. That’s why, in order to remove foie gras from the Games’ menus and show the world how terrible foie gras is – saving the lives of thousands of future ducks and geese in the process – we are now turning to the chefs involved in the hospitality packages, as they will undoubtedly have serious influence over what makes it onto plates.
Update: Whilst THIS ACTION IS NOW CLOSED, it was a huge success. Hundreds of Animal Equality supporters left comments on the instagram posts on chef’s pages who have responded to us. A number of them proudly expressed that they do not serve foie gras, a recognition of the cruelty it entails.
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