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Le Pommier Is Naughty to Animals
by Voices for Animals Wednesday, Jan. 05, 2005 at 9:24 AM
voicesforanimals@gmail.com 412-802-6668 P.O. Box 7181 Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Local animals rights group, Voices for Animals, protests Le Pommier with a Christmas twist in their ongoing campaign to remove foie gras from all menus in Pittsburgh.

Le Pommier Is Naught...
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Just two days before Christmas Santa makes a guest appearance at the protest to present his list of which restaurants have been naughty and nice to animals. Foie gras is duck or goose liver that has been fattened through an unusually cruel forcefeeding process and served as a gourmet appetizer. The U.K., Switzerland, Israel, and Poland have all banned foie gras production due to its inherent cruelty. The California State legislature (with the recent passage of SB 1520) is the latest to pass a law against the sale and production of foie gras throughout the state.

For more information on the cruelties of foie gras please visit http://www.gourmetcruelty.com.

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Santa's List
by Voices for Animals Wednesday, Jan. 05, 2005 at 9:24 AM
voicesforanimals@gmail.com 412-802-6668 P.O. Box 7181 Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Santa's List...
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Santa lets the streets of the Southside know that Le Pommier is on his bad list.

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