Quiz Answer: Foie Gras |
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To create the "delicacy" known as foie gras, ducks and geese are force-fed until their livers expand up to 10 times their normal size.
A. True
B. False.
Answer: A.
Foie gras, French for "fatty liver," is produced by force-feeding ducks and geese an unnatural amount of food until their livers become diseased and enlarge up to ten times their normal, healthy size. More than a dozen countries, California and the city of Chicago have all legislated against foie gras production on animal welfare grounds.
Learn more about foie gras production.
Related Links
Force-Fed Abuse
About Ducks and Geese
An HSUS Report: The Welfare of Animals in the Foie Gras Industry
