Free writing article - Why people should stop the production of foie gras

For those that don't know what duck pate de foie gras (or also commonly known as foie gras for short) is, it is basically just force-fed duck or goose liver. Although it's just force-fed duck/goose liver, the process of making it is just unbearable to watch. Here's why.

First off, wild ducks are catched from the forest. Why not use barn ducks? Because they have a healthier liver compared to normal farmhouse ducks. They eat nuts, berries and plants that were grown fresh instead of artificially harvested or made duck feed. Next, the wild ducks that have been caught will then be force fed with either duck feed filled with growing hormones to ensure quick production of a fatty liver, or they were just fed with fresh grown nuts and fruits to produce a higher quality pate.

Farmers would grab the duck by the throat, and then stretch the ducks neck to ease up their muscles. They would then turn on the force-feeding machine. It has a funnel attached to it on the top, and on the side or at the bottom there would be a tube as long as 13 to 15 inches attached to the machine. As much as a kilogram of food would then be placed into the funnel, where it would all drop into the machine. The mouth of the duck would then be opened, and the metal tube would be inserted into the ducks mouth. The farmer would then turn the machine on, and the machine would churn all that food into the duck. This cruel process would be repeated 4 to 5 times a day, forcing the liver to expand 5 to 6 times larger than the liver of a normal barn duck.

This is the difference in size of a normal duck liver and a piece of foie gras.

The one on the right is a normal ducks liver, whilst the left one, the foie gras. Look how much larger it is compared to the healthy one. It isn't even red or dark red in color. Normal livers that are healthy should be filled with blood vessels. Foie gras has so much unsaturated fat, it turns into white or bright pink.

Although it has a flaky and buttery texture to it when eaten, and tastes good, people should ban this. This wrong etiquette of food should be stopped no matter what. It's against nature to force animals to do things they don't want to do. And top it off, it's expensive. Why waste so much money to buy this when you can use that money to feed the poor or donate some money to cancer patients. People pay top dollar for this. Unbelievable.

For more references, click here to watch a video about foie gras and how it's made.