Sir Roger Moore wins foie gras battle in Chicago

A new expose on the crude methods used to force feed ducks and geese for pate delicacy foie gras, narrated by former James Bond star Sir Roger Moore, has prompted Chicago, Illinois, officials to ban the product.

Activists People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) staged a screening of the harrowing video, featuring birds being force-fed with pipes to fatten their livers, for Chicago's city councillors, who have since opted to ban the sale of the delicacy.

It's the second major PETA victory in the fight to make the selling of foie gras illegal in the US - Governor Anrold Schwarzenegger banned all sales of the pate in California last year (05).

PETA bosses now have their sites set on New York, where the only two farms left that produce the liver pate are located.

PETA chief Dan Mathews says, "Investigations into foie gras farms in the US and Europe have revealed sick, dead, and dying animals, some with holes in their necks from pipe injuries and ducks with bloody beaks and their wings twisted together jammed into wire cages."

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