Ortolan
buntings are seen as a delicacy. The practice of cooking
them involves capturing the birds,
locking them in cages to fatten them up while they
suffer, and then horrifically drowning the trapped
creatures in Armagnac.
Ortolan
bunting populations have plummeted, declining by
a shocking 88% in less than 40 years. Experts
agree that hunting the bird for food has played a major
role in its decline.
Authorities have already
declared the ortolan bunting endangered
in France and several other European countries. French
restaurants have even been banned from serving the bird
for more than 20 years.
Despite this, many people still
participate in this gastronomic tradition of torture.
French officials must stop this grotesque practice now,
before these little birds are gone forever.
P.S.
The secret to preparing this delicacy is to drown the
live animal while it is trapped, screaming, in a cage —
which is pure cruelty. Sign the
petition.
Subject: A little bird could go extinct to create torturous dinner
dishes
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