03/28/07 Wolfgang Puck and Animal Rights

Often individuals who have achieved great success find once they reach middle age that they have a new desire, for significance. Such is the case with the high profile celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck renowned for his bevy of restaurants with names like Spago and his fantastic academy award parties. After 25 years in the restaurant industry he now is teaming up with the Humane Society of the United States to fight animal cruelty. His efforts, coupled with his stature, stand to change standards in the food industry. Puck declared he will now only purchase eggs from cage free hens, veal from calves that have not been kept in tight confinement or shackled, will no longer serve foi gras, the fatty liver dish from force feeding ducks and geese and he will select only certified sustainable seafood. Puck says his stance against animal cruelty did not come from pressure from animal rights groups rather his belief that the best tasting food comes from animals who have been treated humanely.