India bans controversial duck liver delicacy -- foie gras

July 07, 2014 13:31

Activists all over the world have hailed India's move to ban import of foie gras, an enlarged liver of a duck or goose.

Animal welfare organisations were in celebration mode, as they expressed their happiness on Twitter.

In the past, Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Czech Republic, Finland, Israel, Turkey, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and recently California have banned foie gras.

Animal rights campaigners object to foie gras because it involves the forced feeding of birds to engorge their liver, a process activists say is painful for the creatures.

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