Dublin Restaurant Stops Selling Foie Gras thanks to N.A.R.A.

From Laura Broxson, of the National Animal Rights Association in Ireland:

I am delighted to announce that La Mere Zou restaurant (22 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2), after only a small number of protests, has decided to stop serving foie gras!

Upon arriving there yesterday, a member of staff was outside changing the menus, and informed us that they have now stopped serving it, have even made new menus, and won't be getting foie gras in again.

He told me that they initially didn't want to admit defeat, but that we will have no need to protest their restaurant over foie gras anymore - and he even invited me to come back and confirm this with the manager during the week, if I wished.

So I would like to say a big "THANK YOU" to everyone who took part in this campaign, we did it!!!

Best wishes,
Laura Broxson
086 8729 444

National Animal Rights Association
http://www.naracampaigns.org

Congratulations on a job well done N.A.R.A.!

That time of year...

With Thanksgiving fast approaching in the United States, the time has rolled around to spread the word about the Sponsor-a-Turkey program over at Farm Sanctuary in New York State.


The money from your sponsorship goes to the care of the turkeys at Farm Sanctuary, as well as to helping them care for all of the other animals living out happy lives on the property there. I have never had the chance to visit, but I only hear good things about Farm Sanctuary and the message they are spreading. So, if you are so inclined, pop on over there and donate to a really good cause. Around this time of year, the number of turkeys that will be slaughtered is beyond ridiculous.

Another option, if you have the space and the inclination, is to actually adopt one of these beautiful birds! As it says on their adoption page, "Home adopters must be vegetarian and committed to providing lifelong care for their turkey friends." If I was in the States and had the room, I would so have a turkey on its way to me right now, safe from hungry Thanksgivers.

While other countries, such as the UK, don't celebrate Thanksgiving, they still have a very Turkey-heavy holiday season at Christmas time. I was thinking that animal rescue organisations could probably benefit from a similar program there, but there appear to be some people working on saving the turkeys in an entirely different way.

We do what we have to.