{"id":2641131,"date":"2026-08-05T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/initiative-to-ban-foie-gras-in-dc-makes-it-onto-november-ballot\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:37:27","slug":"initiative-to-ban-foie-gras-in-dc-makes-it-onto-november-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/initiative-to-ban-foie-gras-in-dc-makes-it-onto-november-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiative to ban foie gras in DC makes it onto November ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finitiative-to-ban-foie-gras-in-dc-makes-it-onto-november-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2641131&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Voters in Washington, D.C., will decide in November whether to ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nyc-vegan-restaurant-has-a-secret-meat-room-for-wealthy-customers\/\" title=\"Exclusive NYC Vegan Restaurant Has A \u2018Secret Meat Room\u2019 For Wealthy Customers\">foie gras<\/a>, a luxury food made from the fattened livers of ducks and geese, which critics consider abusive due to the force-feeding process. The Pro-Animal D.C. group collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, highlighting the issue as a significant animal rights cause. The initiative proposes fines up to $5,000 for violations, with possible business license suspension for repeat offenses.Opponents, including restaurant owners, argue that ducks and geese are not harmed and that there are more pressing animal rights issues. The campaign signifies ongoing debates about animal cruelty and food production practices in the city.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, in November will decide whether to ban foie gras, a luxury <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/food\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/food\/\">food<\/a> product. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French delicacy is made from specially fattened livers of ducks and geese, where a tube is used to feed the birds controlled amounts of corn mash or grain several times a day. Animal activists believe the force-feeding process is abusive and have pushed to have citizens vote on whether it should be allowed in Washington. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4676742\/foie-gras-ban-dc-ballot-initiative\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Initiative to ban foie gras in DC makes it onto November ballot<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4649094\/first-round-august-social-security-payments-goes-out-seven-days\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>First round of August Social Security payments goes out in seven days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4649242\/september-social-security-direct-payment-worth-994-goes-out-27-days\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>September Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 27 days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, the D.C. Board of Elections confirmed that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/proanimaldc.org\/\">Pro-Animal D.C.\u2019s<\/a> Prohibiting the Force-Feeding of Birds Act of 2026 has qualified for the November ballot. That means Washington could follow in the steps of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"60\">California<\/a> in banning the production and sale of foie gras, since proponents for Initiative 86 collected enough signatures, 5% of registered voters, to land on the ballot. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pro-Animal D.C. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Dbn6tBpxVjF\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&#038;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">said<\/a> it turned in over 45,000 signatures, which the animal-rights organization touted as the second-highest total in the city\u2019s ballot history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome people ask why we\u2019re focused on this when DC has bigger problems,\u201d the animal rights group wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday. \u201cWe can walk and chew gum at the same time. Ending a cruel practice doesn\u2019t take resources away from anything else, and it\u2019s the most important issue to the hundreds of thousands of ducks trapped on foie gras factory farms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Restaurant owners in D.C. who serve foie gras have spoken out against the ballot initiative, disputing that ducks and geese are harmed in the production of the delicacy and arguing that there are bigger battles at hand in the broader animal rights conversation around food.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4669101\/trump-jeanine-pirro-save-her-job\/\"><strong>TRUMP HAS SOURED ON JEANINE PIRRO, BUT SHE CAN STILL SAVE HER JOB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCommercial pigs are disgusting. Commercial chickens, too,\u201d Bart Hutchins, the co-owner and chief at Butterworth\u2019s on Capitol Hill, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/metro\/foie-gras-ban-washington-dc\">told<\/a> <em>NOTUS<\/em>. \u201cWe could ban the sales of animals raised that way, or there are many ways we could be conscious of animals and the quality of our foods, but this isn\u2019t one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If passed, the ballot initiative would fine restaurants and businesses that violate the law up to $5,000. Repeat or serious violations could also result in the suspension or revocation of business licenses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC voters to decide on banning foie gras in November<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2641132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26048768228911.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34261,83741,33224],"class_list":["post-2641131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-animal-rights","tag-foie-gras-ban","tag-washington-dc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26048768228911.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641135,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641131\/revisions\/2641135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}