This is a crying shame, and a complete nonsense. There is no sense in which the production of Foie Gras is more cruel than the battery production of chickens and eggs, and in most cases it is far less so.The consumption of animals is one of the things which defines as humans, and this is sheer fascism. I shall make a point of eating Foie Gras asa regularly as possible from now on-it is a life-affirming delicacy.

Thomas Brown, Bristol,

Most of the comments here are made by ignorant, short-sighted people with questionable morals. Their attitudes reflect a general apathy that is causing so many problems in this country. It's all very well quoting "freedom of choice" but on that principle people would have the freedom to torture and murder a human being. These activities are deemed unacceptable in a society of so-called conscious beings. Why should people be able to commit these offences against other sentient animals?

I am a vegan but I do not wish to stop everyone eating meat. I believe that people who choose to eat meat should be restricted by what they can purchase. Intensive farming has no place in a civilised society. Only meat or dairy products from animals reared humanely should be available. As usual the general public only care about an issue when it becomes a personal threat. Hazards such as BSE and bird flu are only the beginning if we continue ignoring animal welfare.

Gemma, Bath,

It's ominous that Keith Wilson happens to live in france while defending the unatural force feeding of geese for foie gras . If you are vegetarian no animals have to be killed for food , so mr wilson put that in your pipe and smoke it .

Jean Bennington, Prestatyn, Denbighshire

I'd comment more fully on the article but I don't think it's possible to say it better than Keith Wilson. Animal rights 'terrorists' will continue hacking away until they enforce vegitarianism on all of us - which is not going to happen, guys...

What got me was when a couple of years ago they introduced the argument that fur was intrinsically evil because it was not a by-product of the food industry. This was then touted around by an unchallenging media which failed to ask the obvious questions of 'so what?' and 'this hasn't mattered for the last 'x' centuries, why does it suddenly matter now'?

Does the fact that mink pattie hasn't made it onto the menu at McDonalds yet make it wrong? Would PETA stop if the McMink Burger were added on?

If I owned fur it would be sorely tempting to walk past the fur Nazis protesting outside Harrods with a t-shirt saying 'this is the only fur I wear'.

Chris Jackson, London,

It is a dark day when vocal minorities restrict the choice and enjoyment of everyone else, and then scream at us for a lack of morals. I wonder how many of them have leather shoes/belts/purses, or take medicine, or drink milk, or eat eggs, or eat crops which have been planted at the expense of some animal's natural habitat. Hypocrites! Why can they just shut up and leave the rest of us alone.

I will continue to eat it, principally because I think it tastes divine. An orgasm on a plate...

Graham, London,

The customers of Harvey Nichols and Fortnumand Mason, who park up their Chelsea Tractors, while popping in for some tasty tit bits should come to South West France and see how real people with real tractors earn a living before dismissing an industry about which they know nothing.

Barbara, France,

I love the quote from Mr. Coren. As Sir John Gielgud has said, "foie gras is a disease, not a delicacy." This video, narrated by Sir Roger Moore, should be enought to turn anyone off foie gras:
http://www.goveg.com/feat/foie/

Go Harvey Nicks! Boycott Selfridge's and any other store that still sells foie gras.

David Sellers, Washington, DC

And another slice of democracy falls to the knife of animal rights extremists. Threats and blackmail triumph in a country which fails to defend it's citizens from these thugs.
What next, Lamb? (they pull the dummies from their mouths before slitting their throats, don't you know?)
Anyone who has visited an abattoir would be shocked by our food production, in particular, the Hallal method (but we shy away from challenging that). But it's a fact of life and we must live with it.
These people (PETA in particular) are winning by intimidation and gradually they will inflict their will on our right to enjoy our stature in the food chain.
Incidentally, Geese and Ducks do not have a "gag" reflex, they gorge themselves before migrating naturally in nature. The production of foi-gras mimics their behaviour in their natural environment. But let us not let facts get in the way of an animal rights campaign. Millions of animals die each week to feed us, this is not Disneyland.

Keith Wilson, Beziers, France

Once again a bunch of thugs,called the animal rights use intimidation to force others to have their perspective.
Why do people give into them!
Surely its up to the individial to have the right to chose.I personally hate the stuff,so I dont buy it.Thats the way it should be,what gives these people the right to dictate to others?
I still think people look great in fur coats,and so do people from most other European countries,you only have to walk round Paris to see how these lovely coats are appreciated,but in Britain people are too scared to do so as once again these idiots think they have the right to dictate to the rest of us their ill conceived values.!
These do gooders are obviously short of somethig to occupy their small minds

iain Milligan, Dubai, UAE