Liver Duck and goose standard cruelty that is required for foie gras production. a duck's liver naturally weighs around 50 grams. However, to qualify as foie gras, the industry's own regulations require ducks' livers to weigh an absolute minimum of 300 grams.
They Feed Two to three times a day, a worker grabs each bird, shoves a long 60 centimeters, thick metal tube all the way down his throat, and an air pump shoots up to two pounds of corn mush into his esophagus. I think The Government should legislate to protect animals for the force-feeding of ducks and geese.
Investigators also found many birds who had choked to death on their own vomit. Necropsies performed by veterinarians on dead ducks taken from Hudson Valley Foie Gras determined that some of the birds had died of aspiration pneumonia—a painful and often fatal condition caused when, during the process of forced-feeding, food is pushed into the lungs of the birds. Will you still eat this?