>Dear Mary,

>Friends of Animals proposes that people work for the rights of animals and
>promote a vegan lifestyle.

>Friends of Animals is making this happen by fighting the amended version of
>SB 1520. The only thing SB 1520 does is protect the "right" of Sonoma Foie
>Gras to forcefully fed ducks for the next eight years. "These animals,"
>those currently at Sonoma Foie Gras, will have been slaughtered when SB
>1520
>takes effect--along with an additional 440,000 more. SB 1520 does nothing
>for these animals--each one an individual whose rights are just as
>important
>as those birds eight years from now.

>Friends of Animals is also making this happen by encourage people to adopt
>a
>vegan lifestyle. There are a number of ways we are doing this, including
>our
>Vegan Starter and Restaurant Guides. Obviously, if people go vegan it will
>help these animals, and many, many, more.

>Thank you for taking an interest in the work of FoA. More information on
>what FoA is doing can be found at: www.friendsofanimals.org.

>Cheers,
>Daniel Hammer

> I wrote to Friends of Animals and asked what they propose instead be done
to
> help the ducks, and what they are actually doing to help them. Here is the
> response I received. Apparently FoA thinks there is more hope for these
> birds that everyone will go vegan by 2012. Any sane person knows how
utterly
> improbable that is. Furthermore, supporting SB 1520 and promoting veganism
> are not mutually exclusive. Most if not all of the many groups who are
> supporting the bill are in fact doing both. FoA is pushing its
philosophical
> position to a berserk extent, one that is immensely detrimental to these
> many birds as well as to the animal protection community. If in 8 years
> ducks are still being brutally tortured for foie gras production in
> California, FoA and the Humane Farming Association, which is also opposing
> the bill, will be among those to blame. It's inexcusable and infuriating.
We
> have met the enemy and it is these "Friends." I urge all reasonable people
> to do what they can to support this bill. See:
> http://www.upc-online.org/ducks/83104sb1520.htm

> >From: "Daniel Hammer" <ham...@friendsofanimals.org>
> >To: "Mary Finelli" <hello_itz...@hotmail.com>
> >CC: "Priscilla Feral" <fe...@friendsofanimals.org>
> >Subject: Re: FoA on SB 1520
> >Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:05:30 -0400

> >Dear Mary,

> >Friends of Animals proposes that people work for the rights of animals
and
> >promote a vegan lifestyle.

> >Friends of Animals is making this happen by fighting the amended version
of
> >SB 1520. The only thing SB 1520 does is protect the "right" of Sonoma
Foie
> >Gras to forcefully fed ducks for the next eight years. "These animals,"
> >those currently at Sonoma Foie Gras, will have been slaughtered when SB
> >1520
> >takes effect--along with an additional 440,000 more. SB 1520 does nothing
> >for these animals--each one an individual whose rights are just as
> >important
> >as those birds eight years from now.

> >Friends of Animals is also making this happen by encourage people to
adopt
> >a
> >vegan lifestyle. There are a number of ways we are doing this, including
> >our
> >Vegan Starter and Restaurant Guides. Obviously, if people go vegan it
will
> >help these animals, and many, many, more.

> >Thank you for taking an interest in the work of FoA. More information on
> >what FoA is doing can be found at: www.friendsofanimals.org.

> >Cheers,
> >Daniel Hammer

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