Even 007 Turns His Nose Up to Foie Gras
Imagine having to live in a room so small that you wouldn’t have enough space to stretch out your arms or legs. Imagine being endlessly kept in that same room, never being able to go for a walk or to a party or enjoy any of the other social activities that we all take for granted. Imagine that, every day, someone came along with a pipe that they force down your throat and into your stomach, force-feeding you 45lbs of pasta – every day. And imagine that this treatment carries on until you are eventually allowed out of your small room to be slaughtered simply for the pleasure of other peoples’ palettes…
Welcome to the world of ducks and geese that are mistreated and tortured inside foie gras factories all over the world.
In these factories, ducks and geese are crammed into small cages with no access to fresh air or water and with no means of exercise whatsoever. They can’t even spread their wings. Heartbreaking. Worst of all, these poor birds are forcibly fed corn boiled with fat, daily amounts that are far higher than the birds would otherwise eat naturally. The purpose of this over-feeding is to damage and cause disease to the liver, causing it to swell up to ten times the size of a healthy liver. The diseased liver is then sold on as foie gras – but not before the poor birds are overfed and tortured for one whole month and then hanged upside-down to have their throats cut. The poor duck or goose slowly bleeds to death, all for the sake of the demand for the “delicacy” that is sold in restaurants.
The video shown below details the horrific existence that ducks and geese in foie gras factories have to endure. Please watch and see for yourself how gruesome and vile the mistreatment really is. Although action has been taken in some countries and American states to ban the practice of foie gras production, there are still countless birds who continue to suffer this awful fate all over the world.
Ducks and geese, like any other living being, desire only peace and happiness and to be able to live in their own environment without disturbance. They are magnificent, graceful and intelligent beings who provide so much beauty and wonder within nature. To see these poor beings mistreated and suffering in this way is beyond words. Nothing can describe such barbaric practice nor can such practice ever be justified.
Celebrities who speak up have courage, use their fame for the good of others and definitely earn my respects. Thank you Mr Roger Moore for what you are doing….thank you so much.
So please watch and share the video and help to raise awareness of this dire situation in the hope that we can be a part of further bans and the eventual complete cessation of foie gras factory production. Never eat foi gras…be kind to animals no matter what animals they are and no matter who you are….start now…don’t eat meat.
Tsem Rinpoche
Or view the video on the server at:
http://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/Force_Fed_to_Death.flv
Glad you posted it!
I think if people had to make their own foie gras most of them will give it up eventually. One of the things rinpoche teaches is that we should always put ourselves in other people’s shoes in this case we should put ourselves as the duck or geese. Can’t we appreciate it is pure suffering as an animal bred just for the palettes of human beings.
Thank you james bond for giving a voice to those who can’t voice out their opinions.
Sometimes we are ignorant about where our meat come from, and sometimes, we just choose to pretend not to know how and where they come from.
Thank you for posting articles like this. When we know how our meat come from, we can’t say we don’t know anymore. The more people know about it, the more people will stop eating foie gras, and I sincerely hope that this food will come to an end soon.
I used to love Foie Gras a long time ago until when I was met a friend in Paris who told me how they force feed the duck/geese and she recommended me to watch the documentary on youtube. I immediately stop eating Foie Gras from then on as it was so painful to watch. And like what Rinpoche said in many occasion “why eat meat still if you find these type of documentaries too painful or frightening to watch?”
I remember back in the day when I were an animal eater I actually liked the taste of pate, and the different blends found in the gourmet section of the supermarket.
Then when I worked in the restaurant I would see the head chef working his culinary magic on the hotplate. Searing the livers and kidneys to make dishes out of the offal of animals.
Though I stopped eating meat before I had a chance to foie gras the visuals above really stop and make you think. Pate made from chicken liver is just as bad if not worse as how many chickens have to be killed to get a substantial amount of liver from them?
Whereas above is just as cruel, how long can you keep a goose allive until you have enlarged its organs to a size ripe for killing.
Alot of suffering and killing to satisfy ones stomach and tastebuds. Hidden amongst the tantilising flavours of seasoning and searing.
Animals deserve for love same as others. They do no harm to us but we human keep hurting and harming them just for our taste bud. Imagine if we are the animals in the same situation, how do we feel? We should be vegetarian from now on.