Lawsuit Against Fois Gras Company Not Really About Pollution

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)—a (very rich) animal rights group that doesn’t spout animal rights ideology but spends tens of millions to promote the agenda—has sued a New York fois gras company for allegedly polluting water. From the story:

A federal judge in White Plains, N.Y., began hearings on Wednesday regarding a lawsuit filed against Hudson Valley Foie Gras by The Humane Society of the United States more than a year ago.

The animal rights group alleges that the company, which produces the delicacy made from enlarged goose livers is violating federal water pollution laws by releasing manure and slaughter waste into the Middle Mongaup River in Sullivan County.

Who are they kidding? The HSUS is after Hudson Valley Fois Gras because it raises geese, overfeeds them to fatten their livers, and slaughters them for meat, including fois gras made from the livers. The pollution deal is just the pretext, the only way it could actually bring suit since otherwise the HSUS would have no legal standing.

But just you wait: As I am writing about now in my book, animal liberationists are working diligently toward changing the law to give individuals—and animals themselves—legal standing in courts to bring cases based on aesthetic upset or moral disagreement with uses of animals. If that happens, Katy bar the door: Thousands of lawsuits will be filed “by animals” against their “oppressors”within a week burying animal industries in litigation and discovery. Never doubt that is the true goal of groups such as HSUS.