It was too good an opportunity to miss - a four meter high goose on one of the busiest road junctions in Nottingham, at the beginning of Nottingham's biggest annual event, the Goose Fair. It was just sitting there begging to give it's support to free it's brothers (for once it is the males that suffer) from the barbarous trade in foie gras.

Although the practice is to cruel to be legally practiced in the UK, ducks and geese on the continent are force fed through pipes to fatten their livers for this supposed 'delicacy'. This can damage their throats and can cause bloating, ulcers and disease.

The protest was held to highlight the campaign by Nottingham Animal Rights to remove foie gras from the small number of unscrupulous restaurants that continue selling it in Nottingham (see below) and in support of colleagues in York who, the next day, would be holding an demonstration in support of vote for a proposed York-city-wide council ban on the product.


The restaurants in Nottingham to whom you should complain over their sale of foie gras are:

French Living
 http://www.frenchliving.co.uk
27 King St
Nottingham, NG1 2AY
0115 958 5885

The Living Room
 http://www.thelivingroom.co.uk
The Lace Market
7 High Pavement, Nottingham, NG1 1HF
0870 442 2716

Merchants
 http://www.lacemarkethotel.co.uk/brasserie.html
29-31 High Pavement, Lace Market, Nottingham, NG1 1HE
0115 958 9898

Sat Bains
 http://www.restaurantsatbains.com
Lenton Lane
Trentside, Nottingham, NG7 2SA
0115 986 6566

World Service Restaurant
 http://www.worldservicerestaurant.com
Castle Gate
Nottingham, NG1 6AF
0115 847 5587

PLEASE LET US KNOW ABOUT ANY OTHERS.


More on this campaign at:
 http://www.myspace.com/nottinghamanimalrights
and
 http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1120

Demo as York Council vote on future of foie gras – Thursday October 4th:
 https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/arc-uk/2007-10/msg00000.html
 http://york.indymedia.org.uk/node/1270

Previous Indymedia posting:
'Kick foie gras out of Nottingham' demo 20.08.2007
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/08/379271.html

More on foie gras:
 http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/foiegras/index.html

Nottingham Animal Rights meets fortnightly on Thursdays at the Sumac Centre. For details of the next meeting see  http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=112

Nottingham Animal Rights (NAR) website:
 http://www.veggies.org.uk/nar

Join the NAR mailing list at  http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/nar

Full UK Animal Rights Calendar:
 http://www.veggies.org.uk/arc.php

Official Goose Fair website:  http://www.nottinghamgoosefair.co.uk/


Technical note
The pictures were taken in a crappy mobile phone at night under street lighting. They are hopefully good enough to document the demo. Other potential indymedians - don't hesitate - just do it!