I had to break the really sad news to my friends, that the New York State Veterinary Medical Society didn’t consider any of your ideas for outings today that would have HELPED the welfare of animals. Pls tag a friend about this?? Instead, the NYSVMS vets, vet techs, and their guests are on a tour and tasting at the @hudsonvalleyfoiegras duck torture Farm in NY right now. The NYSVMS long time treasurer, Larry Bartholf (who is also paid by HVFG to give these duck tours) is their tour guide. Now they are probably watching the part where the ducks get the long metal pipes shoved down their throats in the force feeding so that their livers will grow to 10 times the normal size. The vets probably won’t be shown the distressed ducks who are suffering in the last weeks of their lives from this torturous process. They’ll see the slaughtering and how they get the large, diseased fatty livers out of the ducks and then the vets will go straight to the tasting part of this tour. Some of the dishes they might sample- Foie Breakfast Bowl with foie’camole, FoieReos (like Oreo cookies) and Jerk Foie Gras. I don’t know about you but we feel pretty sick to our stomachs all day thinking about this. Remember the NYSVMS was proud that they were the leader in opposing the bill in 2013 that was stopped, that would have banned the inhumane force feeding of ducks. #evil The NYSVMS is trying to kill the current #NY bill that will ban the cruel and inhumane amputation of cat’s toes and claws (declawing.) ??? Last year they bragged to their vet members that they successfully stopped this declawing bill but thankfully it’s now back on the table.??? Most of the NYSVMS vets declaw cats including their board members AND President. In fact most of them make a good amount of money doing these mutilating surgeries on cats and do NOT counsel cat owners about the negative consequences or humane alternatives. Link to this story is on citythekitty.com on my blog along with info about this NY bill. #thankyou for your #support ❤️? #citythekitty #pawsneedclaws

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