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Perspective

Feb. 17, 2015

Reinstate the ban on foie gras

California Attorney General Kamala Harris is right to appeal a federal district court's misguided ruling, which invalidated the state's groundbreaking foie gras law. It's up to the 9th Circuit to rectify it. By Stephen Wells


By Stephen Wells


California Attorney General Kamala Harris is right to appeal a federal district court's misguided ruling, which invalidated the state's groundbreaking foie gras law. Association des Eleveurs de Canards et D'Oies du Quebec et al. v. Harris et al., 12-5735 (C.D. Cal, filed July 2, 2012). The law bans the production and sale of force-fed foie gras, a product of extreme animal cruelty. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals must correct th...

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