{"id":9990,"date":"2020-01-22T18:14:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T02:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=9990"},"modified":"2020-02-03T18:18:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T02:18:49","slug":"animal-rights-activist-left-anonymous-warning-glued-door-shut-at-local-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2020\/01\/22\/animal-rights-activist-left-anonymous-warning-glued-door-shut-at-local-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Rights Activist Left Anonymous “Warning” & Glued Door Shut At Local Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“You all have blood on your hands,” says the note.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MTL (Montreal) Blog
\nAn animal-rights activist allegedly left a menacing note at Montreal’s\u00a0Manitoba Restaurant<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday evening. The activist also allegedly glued the locks, preventing the staff from entering the establishment. The Mile-End foodie hangout is known for its focus on farm-fresh, local ingredients, sourced from the Quebec countryside. The note accuses Manitoba Restaurant’s staff and head chef Simon Mathys of having “blood on [their] hands” because the restaurant serves duck and game birds.<\/p>\n

It states that “thousands of geese and ducks unjustly pay with their lives for simple gastronomic pleasures.”<\/p>\n

Manitoba’s management defended the restaurant in a\u00a0Facebook post<\/a>, writing, “many of us want to express ourselves on this issue. Others use more aggressive means. Despite the differences of opinion and manners, we are ready for things to change.”<\/p>\n

“We take advantage of this ‘warning’ to speak out publicly and respond to our detractors. We defend omnivorism, provided that it is provided with environmental and social awareness.”<\/p>\n

“The problem is not what we eat. It’s who we buy from. Industrial production is destroying our world, and we think that what will save it is the adoption of a holistic vision of food and respect between a living being and its immediate environment,” retorts Manitoba Restaurant.<\/p>\n

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Manitoba Restaurant further rejected the notion that it creates food for simple pleasure.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The criticism directed at Manitoba Restaurant concerns its partnership with\u00a0Petit Abattoir<\/a>, a cooperative project between Quebec poultry farmers and producers.<\/p>\n

According to its website, Petit Abattoir aims “to facilitate the emergence of ecological, local agriculture” that allows poultry to experience a humane and stress-free production process.<\/p>\n

As the staff at Manitoba Restaurant argues, the partnership with Petit Abattoir “avoids the atrocious hours of transport and the distressing and murderous practices found in most industrial slaughterhouses.”<\/p>\n

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