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At the website ofthe humane group Farm Sanctuary, a photograph ofahealdiy.fluffy white duck rescued fromafoie gras farm is contrasted with a shot of two ducks in tiny cages, both covered with their own yellow vomit "I am disturbed by the rough handlingthat creates myriad lesions- fractured limbs and infections of their feet" says Dr. Holly Cheever, vice president of the New York Humane Society, a veterinarian, and an occasional consultant to PETA. "Pneumonia and esophageal scarring, fungal and bacterial infections, and, in rare cases, the rupture of the liver from excess pressure on a badly swollen organ- not to mention the semi-comatose and seizuring states I have seen in the end stages as the liver fails and the brain can no longer function . . . yet, the feeder will grab a seizuring or semi-comatose bird and force the tube down to continue the process of liver engorgement Surely you do not need a veterinary affidavit to label this as cruel?" Cheever says diat the esophagi are often "blown open" and diat the fattened liver becomes profoundly diseased, which causes the birds to theaslow death, besetwith seizures and unable to walk Groups that oppose the production offoie gras have pushed for city and state bans on the product, sometimes with success, as in California, and sometimes with temporary success, as in Chicago.
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Liver and Let Liver
It's very hard to watch the video about foie gras from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and not conclude that you should lay off fatty liver.
You're shown a disheveled duck squeezed intoacage so small that the bird can't open its wings. Disturbingly, it rocks back and forth. You then see an enormous barn full of birds, all of them immobilized in tiny cages. There are graphic shots of birds' festering open sores with rats nibbling at them, some that are dying slowly, and some with holes punched through their necks. We learn that fore gras production hasbeenbanned in the United Kingdom, Israel and Switzerland.The Humane Society and the ASPCA have also joined PETA to oppose foie gras. They object to the force-feeding process, called "gavage," which entails putting a metal tube down a duck's tiiroat to deliver a large amount of corn-based fooddiatcausesthelivertoenlarge.Theprocess,animalrights , groups say, causes trauma to the duck's esophagus and beak Also, they say, the enlargement of the liver- from six to 10 times the normal size- causes the ducks to become deadily ill, struggle to walk and breadle, and vomit up undigested food. At th...See the full content of this document
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