Victory! Selfridges Says 'No' to Foie Gras

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Two years ago, PETA UK began urging Selfridges to drop foie gras from its shelves so that it would stop contributing to the fatal force-feeding of ducks and geese. PETA UK and its supporters dauntlessly demonstrated, sent more than 5,000 e-mails to Selfridges, and placed thousands of phone calls to the retailer. We are thrilled to announce that all this hard work has paid off: Selfridges has pledged to stop selling foie gras forever.

The splendid news comes from Sir Roger Moore, PETA UK's committed celebrity spokesperson, who received the call directly from Selfridges. Moore's unwavering dedication, along with the inspiring passion of PETA UK's campaigners, attracted endless attention on television, in newspapers, and around the Internet—wherever you turned, PETA UK was there, spreading the message to give up foie gras.

This towering triumph is proof that every e-mail, phone call, and letter matters. Please help spread the success by writing to managers of local restaurants that still sell the vile food. Alert them to the gross cruelty behind foie gras, and ask them to remove it from their menus.

Posted by Logan Scherer

Comments

THANK YOU!

Posted by: NT | November 16, 2009 05:57 PM

Wonderful.

Posted by: Emily | November 16, 2009 06:09 PM

Now it's high time to ban all flesh-foods.

Posted by: Brien Comerford | November 16, 2009 07:32 PM

Now, how do we go about banning it at restaurants in our own towns? I live in Santa barbara California and a restaurant called Cafe Luck sells it and they ignore all my emails and phone calls.

Wanna help me?

Call Cafe Luck and leave a message at: 805.962.5393

http://cafelucksb.com/

This is the same guy who owns the lucky jeans brand and several restaurants here in town. Thank you for calling! There are others, Bouchen is another...

Suggestions?

Posted by: Jill | November 17, 2009 01:15 PM

This is fantastic news! Well done PETA!

Posted by: Bluebell | November 17, 2009 01:37 PM

At Last! Now let's pressure Harrods?

Posted by: Mina | November 17, 2009 01:51 PM

Nice¡ I quit eating foi years ago! it sucks..they cause this poor ducks horrible pain and...foi is not even a healthy food....actually..it's very bad!
Great work!

Posted by: carmen | November 17, 2009 03:41 PM

It's good to see that places stop selling this. It needs to be made illeagal.

Posted by: Chuck Piorkowski | November 17, 2009 10:22 PM

YES!! WELL DONE TO SIR RICHARD MOORE AND EVERYONE!! This is the first breakthrough I have been involved in since I joined! I handed out these leaflets in class!!

Posted by: Lauren Holt | November 18, 2009 11:03 AM

I am so happy to learn of htis great victory!.. at last!! I'm on verge of bursting into tears of relief for so many birds who will be spared from this terrible torment for the sake of this so called delicacy.. or at the very least another outlet for this terrible product closes down.. and Thankyou Sir RMoore.. and all people who took part in the demos/emails to Selfridges... for the birds' sakes.. it was all worth it in the end..

Posted by: lisaB | November 18, 2009 04:22 PM