- April 4, 2006 The Carnegie Pulse:
Local Restaurant Chain Serves Up "Gourmet Cruelty"
An nice long article about the history of the foie gras campaign and Big Burrito's current sale of foie gras.
- February 16, 2006 The City Paper:
No Liver and Let Liver Here
A brief article about the actions taken against big Burrito over Valentines Day weekend including quotes from both sides of the fence.
- February 14, 2006 Pittsburgh Indymedia:
Activists tell big Burrito: Have a Heart-Stop Selling Foie Gras!
Indymedia write-up about the actions taken against the big Burrito group over Valentines Day weekend.
- February 5, 2006 Pittsburgh Indymedia:
Voices For Animals visits animal abusers on Superbowl Sunday
Article written about the demonstration held at the Uricchio home on Super Bowl Sunday to encourage them to stop selling foie gras at their restaurant La Foret.
- March 28, 2005 Associated Press:
Oregon Lawmakers Weigh Outlawing Foie Gras
Appearing in papers like The New York Times and the Chicago-Sun Times, this article is helping to bring international attention to the anti-foie gras movement. In the article, it mentions our success here in Pittsburgh of getting foie gras taken off of ten restaurant menus.
- March 10, 2005 Pittsburgh City Paper:
Don't Give Them Liver or Give Them Death
Story that includes brief interviews with several of the restaurants and quotes from us at a protest.
- March 2, 2005 Associated Press:
Restaurants Being Urged to Drop Foie Gras
Our first Associated Press article that covers the success of the Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign.
- March 1, 2005 New People, Thomas Merton Center:
Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh Campaign: VFA Commemorate One-Year Anniversary
Article in the Thomas Merton Center's newspaper with a look back on the history of the Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign over the last year and how the anti-foie gras movement has grown on a global and national level.
- February 24, 2005 Pittsburgh Tribune Review:
Goose Bumped Off Another Menu
Article announcing our campaign victory at Le Pommier, the 10th restaurant in Pittsburgh to agree to no longer sell foie gras.
- February 1, 2005 New People, Thomas Merton Center:
Le Pommier is Naughty to Animals
Small article in Thomas Merton Center's newspaper detailing our Christmas protest against Le Pommier's sale of foie gras, featuring Santa Claus.
- December 24, 2005 WPXI-NBC
A short piece reported on the early morning news about our December 23rd Christmas protest at Le Pommier.
- December 1, 2004 New People, Thomas Merton Center:
Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh Campaign Targets Laforet
Article in the newsletter of the Thomas Merton Center detailing our campaign and our current restaurant target Laforet.
- September 1, 2004 New People, Thomas Merton Center:
Voices for Animals Enjoys Success: Actions Still Needed to Make Pittsburgh Foie Gras-Free
Article in the newsletter of the Thomas Merton Center outlining the successes VFA has enjoyed in convincing local eateries to forgo foie gras and information on what still needs to be done to make Pittsburgh foie gras-free!
- July 9, 2004 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Finite Foie-Gras
Brief article that highlights our victory with the Big Burrito Group, removing foie gras from all their restaurants. There is a typo in it: "thinking, feeding animals" should be "thinking, feeling animals."
- June 30, 2004 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Restaurants Remove Foie Gras from Menu
Scroll half-way down the page to read this article about our victory with the Big Burrito Group that got foie gras out of four restaurants!
- June 1, 2004 New People, Thomas Merton Center:
Resist Animal Abuse! Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh Campaign Opposes Abuse of Ducks & Geese
Article in the newsletter of Pittsburgh's Thomas Merton Center describing the production of foie gras and how you can help get it out of Pittsburgh for good!
- May 18, 2004 Indymedia Pittsburgh:
Animal Rights Activists Speak Out About Foie Gras
Report on the progress made on the ongoing effort to get Lucca to stop selling foie gras and a description of the inherent cruelty involved in foie gras production.
- May 16, 2004 Indymedia Pittsburgh:
Voices for Animal Liberation Keeps Pressure on Lucca
Photographs of a recent protest outside Lucca.
- May 10, 2004 KDKA:
KDKA Television Report on Lucca Vandalism
Short nightly news video piece on the vandalism at Lucca.
- May 10, 2004 WPXI:
Oakland Restaurant Targeted for Menu Choice
Brief article that summarizes the news coverage of the vandalism of Lucca.
- May 8, 2004 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Protesters Target Foie Gras Menu
An extremely biased article that makes several incorrect assumptions regarding our Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign. Nonetheless, it is bringing further attention to the abuse of ducks and geese in foie gras production, and the controversy surrounding this abuse.
- April 16, 2004 Pittsburgh Business Times:
'Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh' Effort Targets Restaurants
Summary of the progress made in the foie gras-free Pittsburgh campaign during its first two months.
- February 14, 2004 Indymedia Pittsburgh:
Voices for Animal Liberation protest Foie Gras at Baum Vivant
Article on the first protest of our successful campaign to get Baum Vivant to take foie gras off their menu for good.
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