Delicacy off menu after animal protest
Contributed by VeggieGirl
The Michelin starred Box Tree restaurant in Ilkley has removed pate de
foie gras from its menu in the face of protests by an animal rights
group.
The group threatened to demonstrate outside the restaurant on Church
Street unless it stopped serving the delicacy because its primary
ingredient is goose or duck liver from birds which are often force
fed.
A spokesman for Animal Rights Ilkley made the protest threat against
Box Tree during a demonstration outside the Ramus fish shop in South
Hawkesworth Street.
Box Tree owner Rena Gueller said: "We have taken it off the menu
because we don't want any aggravation. It is a shame, because a lot of
people enjoy it and would like to have it.
"We accept that some of these farms treat their animals badly, but we
don't source any of our products from any place like that."
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