The Reality of Foie Gras
Ducks forced to spend their lives in tiny isolation cages at Hudson Valley Foie Gras Farm in New York
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Foie gras is the bloated and diseased liver of a duck or goose that is sold as a gourmet food item. As many as three times per day, ducks and geese on foie gras farms have metal pipes rammed down their throats while huge amounts of food are forced into their stomachs. Only by consuming many times more food than is healthy will these birds' livers achieve the bloated and diseased quality of foie gras. Foie gras is literally a disease, medically known as hepatic lipodosis, marketed as a delicacy.
The physical strain of being force-fed enormous quantities of food is devastating for these animals. Many birds’ stomachs simply can't hold enough food and literally explode. This leads to a gruesome death for many, many birds. Other birds will choke on their own vomit or die of aspiration pneumonia, both painful ways to die.
Ducks and Geese on foie gras farms receive no individualized veterinary care
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Ducks and geese raised for foie gras are kept in filthy, barren, and overcrowded pens or isolation cages that don’t even allow the birds enough room to spread their wings. They are physically denied from engaging in any behaviors natural to birds, and are even deprived of water to swim in, something that is necessary for water birds’ physical and psychological health and welfare. In fact, ducks and geese in foie gras farms can barely move in their tiny cages, filling their lives with endless frustration and torment.
For more information on foie gras, visit GourmetCruelty.com
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