{"id":4688,"date":"2017-06-14T06:20:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T14:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2017-06-16T06:25:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T14:25:27","slug":"owners-remove-foie-gras-from-restaurants-menu-after-bullying-and-intimidation-by-animal-rights-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2017\/06\/14\/owners-remove-foie-gras-from-restaurants-menu-after-bullying-and-intimidation-by-animal-rights-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Owners remove foie gras from restaurant\u2019s menu after \u2018bullying and intimidation\u2019 by animal rights activists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David and Samantha McHattie outside The Bridge Inn at Calver. See Ross Parry story RPYMENU; Restaurant in Derbs., has been forced to remove controversial French delicacy, Foie Gras, amid claims of \u00e2\u0080\u009cbullying and intimidation\u00e2\u0080 from protesters.<\/p><\/div>\n

Tom Towers for Metro.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The owners of a restaurant have said they have been forced to remove foie gras from their menu after being \u2018bullied and intimidated\u2019 by animal rights activists.<\/p>\n

David and Samantha McHattie decided to axe the French delicacy after a customer was left \u2018visibly shaken\u2019 by a \u2018torrent of intimidating abuse\u2019 that saw police being called.<\/p>\n

Activists staged four protests outside the Bridge Inn at Calver, Derbyshire, in the last few months demanding it stop serving the controversial dish.<\/p>\n

The country inn started serving foie gras in March this year but soon became the target of animal rights activists.<\/p>\n

The dish is made from the livers of geese or ducks, force fed through a tube that has been pushed down their throats.<\/p>\n

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Animal rights activists gathered outside the Bridge Inn at Calver, Derbys (Picture: SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The owners said in a statement: \u2018While their actions have increased awareness and sales, their behaviour just continues to reach new depths. Which is totally unacceptable to our guests.<\/p>\n

\u2018One regular guest arrived inside the pub visibly shaken after enduring a torrent of intimidating abuse by these so-called animal welfare activists, causing him to call the police.<\/p>\n

\u2018Our family and team have been abused to their face and online, often waking up to 80 or more disparaging comments on their Facebook pages.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Their actions are utterly deplorable. We worry that their escalating attempts to intimidate and abuse will lead to the flash point they and their video cameras crave.\u2019<\/p>\n

After the campaign was launched, The Bridge Inn\u2019s business page was hit with 190 one star reviews from people in the UK, Canada, United States, Germany and Argentina.<\/p>\n

They claimed users said they would delete the reviews if they took foie gras off the menu.<\/p>\n

Customers who left positive reviews were then sent abusive messages.<\/p>\n

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The owners claim their family and team have been \u2018abused to their face and online\u2019 (Picture: SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u00a0Mrs McHattie, 35, said:\u00a0\u2018They are just trying to bully us and our customers.<\/div>\n

\u2018One activist compared me to the terrorist involved in the recent London attack while one said any parent who feeds their child meat is as abusive as a parent who gives their child a cigarette.\u2019<\/p>\n

The couple re-opened the refurbished pub in July last year, having purchased it six months before.<\/p>\n

Foie gras had been on the menu since it opened, but the restaurant did not receive a complaint until a customer posted about it on Facebook.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Nottingham Animal Rights said: \u2018While this is fantastic news that the Bridge Inn have sense and removed foie gras from the menu, we do not see it as a victory for us.<\/p>\n

\u2018It is a victory for the geese and ducks that are abused and tortured every day to produce such a horribly cruel dish.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Tom Towers for Metro.co.uk The owners of a restaurant have said they have been forced to remove foie gras from their menu after being \u2018bullied and intimidated\u2019 by animal rights activists. David and Samantha McHattie decided to axe the French delicacy after a customer was left \u2018visibly shaken\u2019 by a \u2018torrent of intimidating abuse\u2019 that … <\/p>\n

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