“Tragic outcomes for horses haunt New York City’s history, as well as other cities across the country. Horses, carriage passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, and others are put at risk by this cruel and reckless industry. We say: ‘No more.’”—JOAQUIN PHOENIX, BILLIE EILISH, and 23 other celebrities in an open letter to the New York City Council, demanding an end to the horse-drawn carriage industry The record-breaking fundraising will finance the buildout of Europe’s largest cultivated meat factory that will specialize in creating foie gras from singular cells painlessly taken from living animals. The end result, Gourmey says, will be a new source of ethical foie gras that honors the cultural heritage of France while doing away with the cruel force-feeding and slaughtering traditionally needed to produce the delicacy.…
