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Foie Gras: Cruelty to Ducks and Geese

To produce “foie gras” (the French term means “fatty liver”), workers ram pipes down the throats of male ducks twice each day, pumping up to 2.2 pounds of grain and fat into their stomachs, or geese three times a day, up to 4 pounds daily, in a process known as “gavage.” The force-feeding causes the birds’ livers to swell to up to 10 times their normal size. Many birds have difficulty standing because their engorged livers distend their abdomens, and they may tear out their own feathers and attack each other out of stress. The birds are kept in tiny cages or crowded sheds. Unable to bathe or groom themselves, they become coated with excrement mixed with the oils that would normally protect their feathers from water. One Newsweek reporter who visited a foie gras factory farm described the ducks as “listless” and “often lame from foot infection due to standing on metal grilles during the gavage.” Other common health problems include damage to the esophagus, fungal infections, diarrhea, impaired liver function, heat stress, lesions, and fractures of the sternum. Some ducks die of aspiration pneumonia, which occurs when grain is forced into the ducks’ lungs or when birds choke on their own vomit. In one study, birds force-fed for foie gras had a mortality rate up to 20 times that of a control group of birds who were not force-fed.

Since foie gras is made from the livers of only male ducks, all female ducklings—40 million of them each year in France alone—are useless to the industry and are therefore simply tossed into grinders, live, so that their bodies can be processed into fertilizer or cat food. A PETA investigation at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in New York (previously called “Commonwealth Enterprises”) found that a single worker was expected to force-feed 500 birds three times each day. The pace meant that they often treated the birds roughly and left them injured and suffering. So many ducks died from ruptured organs resulting from overfeeding that workers who killed fewer than 50 birds per month were given a bonus. A worker told a PETA investigator that he could feel tumor-like lumps, caused by force-feeding, in some ducks’ throats. One duck had a maggot-ridden neck wound so severe that water spilled out of it when he drank.

Another PETA investigation at Hudson Valley in 2013 documented that prior to the force-feeding period, young ducks were crammed by the thousands into huge warehouse-like sheds in conditions that are virtually identical to those for “broiler” chickens and turkeys on factory farms. Ducks who were being force-fed were confined, up to a dozen at a time, to a pen measuring just 4 feet by 6 feet. PETA’s investigator saw workers drag ducks by their necks along the wire floor and pin them between their legs before ramming the metal force-feeding tubes down their throats. By Hudson Valley’s own calculations, approximately 15,000 ducks on the farm die every year before they can be slaughtered. Every single week, this one company sells foie gras made from 5,000 diseased ducks. Ducks at Hudson Valley are killed on site, and PETA’s investigator documented one bird who was still moving after his throat had been cut. At a farm near Montréal that is owned by Palmex, Inc.—which is a brand of the world’s largest foie gras producer, Rougié—PETA documented ducks lined up in rows of iron coffin-like cages that encase their bodies like vises. The birds’ heads and necks protrude through small openings to make the force-feeding easier for the human workers. The birds can do little more than stand up, lie down, and turn their heads. They cannot turn around or spread a single wing.

Similar conditions have been documented on some of the largest French foie gras factory farms. Even minimal changes to cage-size requirements have some French companies considering moving production to China, where there are no laws to protect animals from cruelty and where foie gras production is increasing. Foie gras is so cruel that California has banned its production. (The ban on in-state production remains in place while legal battles continue over whether California can also ban the sale of foie gras.) Force-feeding animals is against the law in many countries, including Israel, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom. India has banned the importation of foie gras, meaning that it cannot legally be sold anywhere in the country.

What You Can Do

Join Kate Winslet, Roger Moore, and countless others around the world in refusing to eat foie gras. You can even take a bigger step by giving up all animal products. Take PETA’s Pledge to Be Vegan for 30 Days, and we’ll send you our top tips on the best places to eat out, our favorite recipes, info on the tastiest animal-friendly snacks, and suggestions for the most delicious prepackaged cruelty-free meals. You can also join PETA’s Action Team to receive alerts about any foie gras–related demonstrations in your area.

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The Pain Behind Foie Gras

Foie gras is made from the grotesquely enlarged livers of ducks and geese who have been cruelly force-fed. Although France is the primary producer (and consumer) of this so-called “delicacy”—France produces more than 20,000 tons of foie gras each year—force-feeding takes place on a few duck farms in the U.S. too.1 Although foie gras has historically come from force-fed geese, most foie gras farms now raise ducks—mule, Muscovy, and genetically manipulated, sterile birds called “moulards.”2,3 Farmers have found that they can sell more than just the ducks’ fattened livers: Ducks’ legs, breasts, fat, and skin are all marketed for (mostly French) specialty foods. The bodies of geese, however, age too quickly to be used for some of these foods.4 Today, in France, only 4 percent of foie gras comes from geese.5 It is common, however, for geese to be raised for their down as well as for foie gras; birds with white feathers are preferred for this purpose.6

Force-Feeding

Birds raised for foie gras spend the first four weeks of their lives eating and growing, sometimes in semi-darkness. For the next four weeks, they are confined to cages and fed a high-protein, high-starch diet that is designed to promote rapid growth. Force-feeding begins when the birds are between 8 and 10 weeks old. For 12 to 21 days, ducks and geese are subjected to gavage—every day, between 2 and 4 pounds of grain and fat are forced down the birds’ throats by means of an auger in a feeding tube.7,8 The Washington Post reported that the tube “is pushed 5 inches down their throats, and more food than they want is gunned into their stomachs. If the mushy corn sticks … a stick is sometimes used to force it down.”9 The birds’ livers, which become engorged from a carbohydrate-rich diet, can grow to be more than 10 times their normal size (a disease called “hepatic steatosis”).10 The mortality rate of birds raised for foie gras has been found to be as much as 20 times higher than that of birds raised normally, and carcasses show wing fractures and severe tissue damage to the throat muscles.11

Investigations Reveal Additional Cruelty

A PETA investigation at Hudson Valley Foie Gras (then known as Commonwealth Enterprises), a production facility in New York, revealed that workers were expected to force-feed 500 birds three times a day. A worker told one of PETA’s investigators that he could feel tumor-like lumps, caused by force-feeding, in some ducks’ throats. One duck had a maggot-covered neck wound that was so severe that water spilled out of it when he drank. Workers routinely carried ducks by their necks, causing them to choke and defecate in distress. One veterinarian who accompanied the police on their raid of Commonwealth noted, “Many of the ducks … were lame or unable to walk without using their wings for support. Some ducks moved by pushing their bodies along the floor.” The same veterinarian said, “All of the birds in the force-feeding area had dirty, ragged, incomplete plumage, yet none were attempting to preen. Only severely stressed or ill ducks allow their plumage to deteriorate to [such a] degree. … Normal ducks keep their feathers in near-perfect condition.”12

A New York state wildlife pathologist who examined ducks from Commonwealth expressed horror at the birds’ “greatly enlarged livers, the product of overfeeding by force (livers are easily torn by even minor trauma)” and at one duck’s “laceration of the liver with hemorrhage into the body cavity.” He went on to say, “This type of treatment and farming of waterfowl is outside the acceptable norms of agriculture and sane treatment of animals.”13 He later told PETA, “If this kind of thing [were] happening to dogs, it would be stopped immediately.”14

A New York Times reporter who visited Sonoma Foie Gras in California found that young ducks had their beaks clipped and that birds “were so fat [that] they moved little and panted.” The reporter also noted that at the age of 12 to 15 weeks, birds were confined to dark sheds that had “standing water … deep enough to suggest a drainage problem.”15 Visit www.gourmetcruelty.com and www.stopforcefeeding.com to view video footage and learn more about this investigation. Decades have passed but the cruelty continues. Please visit PETA.org to see the very latest investigation into Hudson Valley Foie Gras.

Domestic Ducks and Geese

Domestic ducks and geese usually enjoy being hand-fed by humans; however, according to one study, birds subjected to force-feeding “kept away from the person who would force-feed them … the birds were less well able to move and were usually panting but they still moved away.”16 Even ducks confined to cages “moved their heads away from the person who was about to force feed them.”17 Ducks also like to forage, swim, and raise their young, none of which can they do on foie gras farms. Geese are social animals who establish hierarchies in their flocks and love to forage. They tend to be monogamous, and both parents care for their young. One breeder says that “geese tend to vary more from one individual to another in terms of personality traits than any other form of domestic poultry.”18 Because most birds raised for foie gras are kept in cages or in very small groups, their social or normal grooming activities are limited or impossible.

High in Fat, High in Cholesterol

Foie gras is unhealthy for humans. It derives 85 percent of its calories from fat: A 2-ounce serving contains 25 grams of fat and 85 milligrams of cholesterol.19

Foie Gras Bans

The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that foie gras production violates the country’s cruelty-to-animals laws, and the practice is now banned in Israel.20 Germany and other European nations have prohibited the production of foie gras, and force-feeding birds is prohibited in the U.K. and in Switzerland, where foie gras packages are required to carry labels to inform consumers that the birds were force-fed.21,22 The European Union is working to phase out the force-feeding of birds entirely in its member countries by 2020.23 India has banned the import of foie gras.24 Whole Foods Market does not allow the sale of foie gras in any of its stores in the U.S. and the U.K.25

What You Can Do

Urge restaurants and stores that sell foie gras to stop doing so and to sell vegetarian pâté instead; vegetarian brands, such as Bonavita, are often sold alongside liver pâtés in grocery stores. Organize demonstrations at restaurants and stores that sell foie gras. Contact PETA for a foie gras action pack and for information on how you can support legislation to prohibit force-feeding.

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Largest Foie Gras Producer In The World Linked To Shocking Images Of Mistreatment

Animal Equality reveals mistreatment to ducks in French foie gras farm which supplies to the largest producer in the world.

The international animal protection organization Animal Equality publishes today the findings of an investigation into a French duck farm which supplies foie gras to Euralis, the largest producer in the world. Euralis owns brands 'Rougie' and 'Montfort' that are sold across Europe. Euralis also produces foie gras in Canada and sells this product throughout the U.S. under the brand 'Rougie.' (1) The footage obtained inside the farm shows evidence of duck mistreatment and neglect:

• Injured animals agonizing without any veterinary treatment

• Birds force-fed with tubes shoved down their throats

• Dead animals due to the conditions of confinement

• Animals with obvious respiratory problems in a facility with inadequate ventilation

• Animals so sick that they are unable to stand

• Animals confined in cages so small they are unable to spread their wings

• Animals with clear signs of stress

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Wading birds such as ducks and geese are routinely subjected to forced feeding in order to obtain a diseased fatty liver. In this process a metal funnel filled with corn is regularly and painfully forced down the throat of the farmed birds. It is otherwise known as the ‘gavage process.’ As a result, the size of the liver of these animals rapidly increases - reaching up to ten times the standard size, and acquiring a yellow-colored, rounded and pasty consistency. "The pictures speak for themselves and show once again the inherent suffering in this industry. It is no coincidence that the production of foie gras is already banned in many countries. Force-feeding is a cruel practice. We will continue to work tirelessly to ban it’s production and encourage citizens to boycott these products.” said Laura Gough, spokesperson for Animal Equality. Dr. D. J. Alexander, member of the European Scientific Committee of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, declared 'The only acceptable recommendation that the Committee can do is to put an end to the force-feeding of ducks and geese. And the best way to achieve this is by prohibiting the production, importation, distribution and sale of foie gras.'

Although French foie gras is not currently imported in to the U.S. due to a USDA restriction, the Interprofessional Committee of Foie Gras Producers is seeking to have two of their slaughterhouses approved by the USDA. This would allow foie gras, that comes from farms like the one of this investigation, to be sold in the U.S. (2) In California, a law enacted in 2004 that went into effect on July 1, 2012 prohibited the force feeding birds for the purpose of enlarging their liver beyond normal size as well as the sale of products that are a result of this process. On January 7, 2015, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson outlawed the portion of California's law banning the sale of foie gras within the state. Countries like Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Czech Republic, Finland, Israel, Turkey, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have already banned the production of foie gras. Animal Equality has carried seven investigations into the foie gras industry. In 2014 the Indian government banned the importation of foie gras in response to a formal petition by Animal Equality. India became the first country in the world to ban the importation of this product. (3) Animal Equality is an international animal protection organization present in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Venezuela and India. With more than two million supporters worldwide Animal Equality is dedicated to preventing the death and suffering of animals.

Source:

1. Rougie US website. http://www.rougie.us/distribution.html

2. Le foie gras français rêve de nouveau de «l'eldorado» américain. La Presse. http://www.lapresse.ca/vivre/gourmand/cuisine/201403/28/01-4752249-le-fo...

3. Notification No 87 (RE–2013)/2009-2014. Department of Commerce. Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Government of India. http://dgft.gov.in/exim/2000/NOT/NOT13/not8713.htm

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Largest Foie Gras Producer In The World Linked To Shocking Images Of Mistreatment

Animal Equality reveals mistreatment to ducks in French foie gras farm which supplies to the largest producer in the world.

The international animal protection organization Animal Equality publishes today the findings of an investigation into a French duck farm which supplies foie gras to Euralis, the largest producer in the world. Euralis owns brands 'Rougie' and 'Montfort' that are sold across Europe. Euralis also produces foie gras in Canada and sells this product throughout the U.S. under the brand 'Rougie.' (1)

The footage obtained inside the farm shows evidence of duck mistreatment and neglect:

• Injured animals agonizing without any veterinary treatment

• Birds force-fed with tubes shoved down their throats

• Dead animals due to the conditions of confinement

• Animals with obvious respiratory problems in a facility with inadequate ventilation

• Animals so sick that they are unable to stand

• Animals confined in cages so small they are unable to spread their wings

• Animals with clear signs of stress

Wading birds such as ducks and geese are routinely subjected to forced feeding in order to obtain a diseased fatty liver. In this process a metal funnel filled with corn is regularly and painfully forced down the throat of the farmed birds. It is otherwise known as the ‘gavage process.’ As a result, the size of the liver of these animals rapidly increases - reaching up to ten times the standard size, and acquiring a yellow-colored, rounded and pasty consistency. "The pictures speak for themselves and show once again the inherent suffering in this industry. It is no coincidence that the production of foie gras is already banned in many countries. Force-feeding is a cruel practice. We will continue to work tirelessly to ban it’s production and encourage citizens to boycott these products.” said Laura Gough, spokesperson for Animal Equality. Dr. D. J. Alexander, member of the European Scientific Committee of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, declared 'The only acceptable recommendation that the Committee can do is to put an end to the force-feeding of ducks and geese. And the best way to achieve this is by prohibiting the production, importation, distribution and sale of foie gras.'

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Although French foie gras is not currently imported in to the U.S. due to a USDA restriction, the Interprofessional Committee of Foie Gras Producers is seeking to have two of their slaughterhouses approved by the USDA. This would allow foie gras, that comes from farms like the one of this investigation, to be sold in the U.S. (2) In California, a law enacted in 2004 that went into effect on July 1, 2012 prohibited the force feeding birds for the purpose of enlarging their liver beyond normal size as well as the sale of products that are a result of this process. On January 7, 2015, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson outlawed the portion of California's law banning the sale of foie gras within the state. Countries like Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Czech Republic, Finland, Israel, Turkey, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have already banned the production of foie gras. Animal Equality has carried seven investigations into the foie gras industry. In 2014 the Indian government banned the importation of foie gras in response to a formal petition by Animal Equality. India became the first country in the world to ban the importation of this product. (3) Animal Equality is an international animal protection organization present in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Venezuela and India. With more than two million supporters worldwide Animal Equality is dedicated to preventing the death and suffering of animals.

Source:

1. Rougie US website. http://www.rougie.us/distribution.html

2. Le foie gras français rêve de nouveau de «l'eldorado» américain. La Presse. http://www.lapresse.ca/vivre/gourmand/cuisine/201403/28/01-4752249-le-fo...

3. Notification No 87 (RE–2013)/2009-2014. Department of Commerce. Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Government of India. http://dgft.gov.in/exim/2000/NOT/NOT13/not8713.htm

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Help us end cruel food : 1 million birds die each year

Compassion believes that no animal should suffer for food production. A European Council Directive states: “No animal shall be provided with food or liquid in a manner... which may cause unnecessary suffering or injury”. Yet around one million birds die during this cruel feeding process every single year. Many countries have banned the force feeding of animals for foie gras. But the suffering goes on. Annually more than 19,000 tonnes of foie gras are being produced in France alone.
What is Compassion doing? Compassion is working to get Foie Gras Production banned across Europe by lobbying member states and the European Commission. We have also taken specific action against new Foie Gras facilities that are being developed. Check out the timeline below for more information
What can I do?

Fairer food cards

If you know of a retailer or restaurant selling foie gras, ask them to re-consider. Please contact us for ‘fairer food’ cards to leave with food business managers. Campaign with us for improved welfare for all farmed animals.

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