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Foie gras - French for ?fatty liver? ? is produced by forcing metal pipes down the throats of ducks and geese and force-feeding them until their livers become diseased and unnaturally enlarged. In many cases, this causes their organs to rupture.
Foie gras is banned from being produced in the UK, but many shops and restaurants import and sell it (which is not prohibited), particularly during the festive period. Consequently, birds elsewhere in the world are suffering to satisfy UK demand for foie gras. A ban on the sale of foie gras in the United Kingdom would significantly reduce bird suffering.
The force-feeding of geese is already explicitly outlawed in Poland, Denmark, Germany, Norway and Israel. In 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill prohibiting both the production and the sale of foie gras in California. In 2006, the US city of Chicago passed a bye-law banning the sale of foie gras within its city limits.
To produce foie gras:
at 12 weeks old, ducks and geese are restrained, a metal pipe is inserted into their throat, and grain is pushed down the throat into the birds? stomachs, a process that often results in physical injury
they are forcibly fed the equivalent to an adult human eating up to 28 lbs (13kg) of spaghetti a day. After two or three weeks, when they are ready for slaughter, their livers will have increased to about ten times their normal size
their swollen liver expands the abdomen and can make movement and breathing difficult, as well as causing other health problems
most birds are kept in wire cages which are so small that they have no room to turn around or stretch their wings, and their feet are often injured by the wire floor
many die before the end of the force-feeding cycle and the mortality rate for ducks raised on foie gras farms is the highest in the poultry farming industry
I am curious as to your thoughts on this disgustingly cruel practice.
And before someone asks, I only eat organic, free range meat and am currently converting to vegetarianism.
Foie gras is banned from being produced in the UK, but many shops and restaurants import and sell it (which is not prohibited), particularly during the festive period. Consequently, birds elsewhere in the world are suffering to satisfy UK demand for foie gras. A ban on the sale of foie gras in the United Kingdom would significantly reduce bird suffering.
The force-feeding of geese is already explicitly outlawed in Poland, Denmark, Germany, Norway and Israel. In 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill prohibiting both the production and the sale of foie gras in California. In 2006, the US city of Chicago passed a bye-law banning the sale of foie gras within its city limits.
To produce foie gras:
at 12 weeks old, ducks and geese are restrained, a metal pipe is inserted into their throat, and grain is pushed down the throat into the birds? stomachs, a process that often results in physical injury
they are forcibly fed the equivalent to an adult human eating up to 28 lbs (13kg) of spaghetti a day. After two or three weeks, when they are ready for slaughter, their livers will have increased to about ten times their normal size
their swollen liver expands the abdomen and can make movement and breathing difficult, as well as causing other health problems
most birds are kept in wire cages which are so small that they have no room to turn around or stretch their wings, and their feet are often injured by the wire floor
many die before the end of the force-feeding cycle and the mortality rate for ducks raised on foie gras farms is the highest in the poultry farming industry
I am curious as to your thoughts on this disgustingly cruel practice.
And before someone asks, I only eat organic, free range meat and am currently converting to vegetarianism.
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
...quietly respect their opinion?
NO SALES!!!! NO PRODUCTION!!!!!
Baby deer are kpet in a crate and fattened for their entire life and the only time they get any hope is when they are led out of their crate on their way to be slaughtered.
I'm sorry to depress people but I feel that people need to know these facts so that something can be done.
I know people will always eat meat but there is NEVER ANY FUCKING NEED FOR THIS KIND OF CRUELTY. Especially not just so someone can have a nice fucking meal.
I also don't like lamb...
Eating is meat is fine so long as it's just a single shot or a single slice that kills the animal.
BUT THIS HORRIFIC TORTURE OF ANIMALS ALL IN THE NAME MONEY OR "CUISINE" JUST PLAIN SUCKS.
And yes you're right veal is cattle, I was thinking of venison which is also wrong.
But yes they dont want people to know but, teh sad truth is, many people dont care, even when they know the truth.