According to VegNews,
Postmates will no longer deliver foie gras, an abhorrent product made from enlarged livers of ducks and geese.
Postmates will no longer deliver foie gras, an abhorrent product made from enlarged livers of ducks and geese.
The announcement came after People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals asked Postmates to remove the cruelly produced
item from the company’s delivery menu.
Ethical Treatment of Animals asked Postmates to remove the cruelly produced
item from the company’s delivery menu.
Foie gras production is extremely cruel. Ducks have pipes shoved down their throats to force the birds to ingest far more food than they would naturally eat. In fact, “foie gras is French for “fatty liver. The animals generally undergo this abuse two or three times a day.
The ducks’ livers become diseased, swelling up to 10 times their normal size,
resulting in terrible emotional and physical suffering for these animals.
resulting in terrible emotional and physical suffering for these animals.
Most of these ducks have difficulty walking and breathing normally. Many suffer
ruptured organs and die. The birds are typically kept in small, filthy cages
for most of their lives, unable to walk or spread their wings. They become so
distressed they sometimes tear out their own feathers or cannibalize one another.
A 2013 Mercy For Animals undercover
investigation at the country’s largest foie gras producer shows workers
violently grabbing ducks by their wings or necks, ramming a metal pipe down
their throats, and pumping enormous amounts of food into their stomachs.
investigation at the country’s largest foie gras producer shows workers
violently grabbing ducks by their wings or necks, ramming a metal pipe down
their throats, and pumping enormous amounts of food into their stomachs.
See for yourself.
In the video, a worker tells our undercover
investigator that force-feeding is so traumatic many birds die from it. The
practice is so cruel it has been banned in California and more than a dozen
countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Israel. Last year, Brussels banned foie gras production and a New
York state senator introduced a bill to prohibit force-feeding birds.
investigator that force-feeding is so traumatic many birds die from it. The
practice is so cruel it has been banned in California and more than a dozen
countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Israel. Last year, Brussels banned foie gras production and a New
York state senator introduced a bill to prohibit force-feeding birds.
Violently
force-feeding birds to induce a diseased state is egregiously cruel and has no
place in a civilized society.
force-feeding birds to induce a diseased state is egregiously cruel and has no
place in a civilized society.
The best way to protect all farmed animals from
unspeakable cruelty and a lifetime of suffering is to leave them off your
plate. Click here
to learn more.
unspeakable cruelty and a lifetime of suffering is to leave them off your
plate. Click here
to learn more.
