Events

[PRESENTATION] In 2011, animal rights activist Amber Canavan allegedly stole a pair of ducks. In doing so, she helped expose Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale one of the nation’s largest producers of foie gras—the fancy duck liver dish—for animal cruelty and neglect. She spent a night or two in jail for trespassing, but in the process saved a few ducks from a grotesque fattening up and eventual slaughter for their livers, considered a delicacy. The incident also caught the attention of the New York Times, which covered the charges against Canavan. This Thursday, January 26, Amber Canavan comes to Burning Books, the radical book store on Buffalo’s West Side, to talk about her experience. She’ll deliver a presentation titled Amber Canavan: Foie Gras, Animal Liberation, and Jail.