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Wimbledon may be just around the corner, but Andy Murray is already a champion for ducks and geese as PETA receive confirmation that his new hotel will be 100 per cent foie gras free.
Cromlix House Hotel in Scotland, Andy’s new luxury acquisition will open in 2014, with internationally renowned chef Albert Roux, overseeing the hotel’s restaurant. The pair have confirmed to PETA that foie gras, which translates to “fatty liver” and is made from the enlarged and diseased livers of force-fed birds, is most definitely not on the menu.
“Andy Murray and Albert Roux have served up an ace with their tough stance against foie gras, one of the most vile food products in the world”, said PETA’s Yvonne Taylor. “That is why we are happy to present them with PETA’s first ‘Certified Foie Gras–Free’ certificates for proving a point that hoteliers and chefs everywhere should take note of: there’s nothing luxurious about animal torture.”
To create foie gras, metal pipes are pushed down birds’ throats, and huge amounts of grain and fat are pumped into their stomachs several times a day. The birds’ livers become diseased as they swell to up to 10 times their normal size and the pipes often puncture the birds’ throats, frequently causing them to bleed to death. Foie gras production is banned in 16 other countries including the UK.
Foie gras has been condemned by Members of Parliament, royalty and a growing number of British icons, including Oscar winner Kate Winslet and Sir Roger Moore, who narrated PETA’s exposé video of foie gras production.
