One of the most violent
and grotesque forms of animal agriculture was
nearly banned from being imported into the UK, but Boris
Johnson backed out of the plan at the last minute. Foie
gras is a particularly controversial topic because while
some consider the food a delicious luxury, its production is
literally impossible without overt cruelty and
suffering.
Male ducks and
geese are trapped in tiny, unsanitary cages, meaning
that their coats tend to end up matted in feces because
they have no space to groom. Female ducklings,
on the other hand, are literally tossed into a grinder
and instantly ripped apart to their death, since their
bodies cannot be used to make what humans have
disgustingly deemed a "delicacy." The living
males are then force-fed, in
which metal tubes are jammed into the poor animals' tiny
throats to make their livers swell up to 10 times their
typical size. This process happens
twice a day, and unsurprisingly, many of the ducks and
geese die while enduring such pain.
While foie gras production is in
fact illegal in Britain, it can still be imported into
the country -- which, in many ways, defeats
the purpose of banning it domestically. The
only way for Britain to stand fully with animal rights
advocates is to not only ban foie gras production but
also ban all imports and sales of a product that can
only be made from violently abusing ducks and
geese. Sign the petition to put
pressure on Boris Johnson to stand up for animal
welfare!
