Foie gras: the food that tortures ducks and geese to death

Foie gras is a widely used and highly consumed food in Spanish supermarkets. Yet our country is one of the few countries that continues to allow its sale as it is prohibited in the rest of Europe. This is because of the brutal breeding and fattening process followed by ducks and geese to obtain this product. Foie gras is a food obtained by torturing these animals.condemning many beings.

On Thursday, a protest was held by the Animal Equality collective at the Plaza de Callao in Madrid, displaying the slogan ‘Stop Muscle Gras’ in giant letters. It is an action that is part of it. campaign by these and other groups to ask the government to end the force-feeding of ducks and geese A practice already banned in 18 countries for the manufacture of this product.

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During the concentration, Animal Equality member Javier Moreno asked, “How is it possible for Spain to be one of the few countries in Europe that allows this barbarism?” he asked. Along with Spain, France, Bulgaria, Hungary and Belgium, it is one of five European countries where foie gras is still produced.

“to animals They put a 30cm tube inside for two weeks to force them to eat two pounds of pasta a day—the equivalent of twelve pounds for one person.. “It’s a brutal process that we recorded on farms in Spain,” he said.

“Every year, one million of these birds are subjected to “true torture” and many die because they can’t stand the pain,” he said.

Likewise, he noted that Animal Equality has requested a meeting with the Government to present its campaign and demand and try to speak to all parliamentary groups. It is also working at the European level to put an end to this process. The organization’s goal is to continue these actions until its campaign sparks institutional controversy and “legislative progress is made”.

Moreno also claimed and underlined the current social rejection of this practice. 73,000 people signed a petition to the Executive to end this practice..

A bird in a foie gras breeding farm animal equality


animals under torture

Force-feeding turns the liver into a completely diseased organ that weighs 10 times more than it naturally does.

More than 1,150,000 ducks and geese are force-fed in Spain each year to make their livers grow to ten times their normal size and produce foie gras.

They are enclosed in individual cages or groups and fed through a 30 cm metal tube. For two weeks the dose is increased until 2 kilos of cornmeal per day is reached; the equivalent of 12 kilos for one person.

At 4 months is when mandatory feeding begins, which takes 12 to 15 days depending on the farm. If the time goes on, the ducks start to die.

They have already banned its production in 18 countries; Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Czech Republic, Finland, Israel, Turkey, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands and United Kingdom.

Entrepreneurs defend their performance

However, the organization, which brings together businessmen in the sector, argues that its practices are completely legal and draws attention to the fact that it is regulated by its own regulations. Likewise, they state on their website that animal welfare criteria are observed so that ducks and geese do not suffer.

“Nets for foie gras production spend most of their life outside and transferred to mass housing in the fattening period. Beyond the semantics and negative connotations that can be attributed to certain terms, what matters most to European foie gras breeders are the actual welfare conditions in which their animals are raised and the improvements that can continue to be made,” notes Euro Foie Gras.

“At the expense of significant investments, the oil palm tree sector has changed all its facilities in response to the Council of Europe Recommendation of 22 June 1999. Thus, all individual dwellings have been replaced by public housing that complies with all the requirements stated in the recommendation”, says the Euro Foie Gras organization on its website.

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