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Foie Gras Smugglers Get Sentenced to Life in Prison - Maastricht, The Netherlands, July 15 2015

Three French citizens have been sentenced to life in prison for attempting to smuggle 60 kilos of goose liver into the . The trio was arrested after crossing the Dutch border from , where foie gras is not prohibited. The Dutch government raised the sentence from 20 years to life in prison in a controversial bill last year. This is the first time this harsh sentence has been given in the for this offence. initiated the immer growing international ban on foie gras in 1996 as the first city to outlaw the delicacy. The Dutch judge admitted three lives are wrecked by this sentence, but according to the new law there was only one outcome possible. The highly successful 'Partij voor de Dieren' (Party for the Animals) who holds only 8 percent of the popular vote has been benefiting from the need for deals in the current Dutch minority government. As a single-issue party they have been able to push many of their issues through by deals with other parties in need of enough votes to have their own legislature pass. The French government has filed an official complaint with the European Parliament and is threatening to take the matter to the , ironically situated in in The Netherlands. also announced it will stop all cheese import and export to and from The Netherlands. The French foreign secretary declared: 'The French can certainly live without Dutch cheese, but the Dutch can't without French cheese.'

Posted by Ian Hristo at 10:20 PM Labels: Chicago, duck's liver, Foie Gras, Foie Gras controversy, goose liver, International court, Partij voor de Dieren, Party for Animals, sentenced to life 
Here is an interesting link if you want to know more about the facts: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6301715.stm

December 9, 2007 at 9:17 PM 
Here is another interesting pro Foie Gras article: http://www.esquire.com/the-side/MARIANI/mariani102907?

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I think it is extremely important that people pay for their deeds. Unfortunately, these three guys have done bad deeds and they are punished now.

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this FOIE GRAS involves force-feeding birds more food than they would eat in the wild, and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically. The feed, usually corn boiled with fat, deposits large amounts of fat in the liver, thereby producing the buttery consistency

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