Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society CEO, Declares Victory Over Hudson Valley Foie Gras
Written by Vegetarian Star on May 7th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Environment-Eco-Green.
On his blog, president and CEO of the Humane Society,Wayne Pacelle, is declaring victory over foie gras supplier Hudson Valley Foie Gras.
A federal judge in New York ruled in favor of the HSUS in a water pollution lawsuit against Hudson Valley.
The judged ruled Hudson Valley violated the Clean Water Act numerous times and in several ways and HVFG will have to pay $25,000 per day per each future violation.
In addition, HVFG must pay $50,000 towards an environmental project to the Middle Mongaup River–where all of its toxic mess ended up!
“Factory farming interests like to claim that they represent rural people and rural values, but that’s a canard,” writes Pacelle. “Rural people increasingly are in the forefront of the movement against factory farms, since they often experience the problems most acutely, especially the downstream environmental effects.”
HVFG has violated animals, humans and the earth.
Thanks goodness they’re finally paying up!
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