Foie gras production is revoltingly, horrifically cruel – i t involves intentionally inducing a painful, debilitating illness in a healthy, young animal. Workers roughly grab weeks-old ducks and ...

Foie gras, French for “fat liver,” is created by cramming pipes down the throats of ducks and geese to enable force-feeding and, in just two to three weeks, cause their livers to grow as much ...

It was interesting to learn that Jonathan Ammons’ commentary “Foie Gras Ban a Waste of Energy,” a response to Joe Walsh’s column calling for a ban on this cruel delicacy, was one of the ...

I was disappointed that Tom Sietsema, in answering a question about foie gras, didn’t hesitate to advocate this controversial dish [“Great steak and saying ‘no thanks,’ ” Weekend, Jan. 23].

Foie gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers to 10 times their size — a practice that some consider cruel. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise ...

Canadian foie gras comes from Quebec, where 500,000 ducks are killed annually for foie gras. The majority comes from three producers, each of which slaughters in excess of 2,000 ducks each week.

Tuckahoe, N.Y.: Recently, the New York State Supreme Court thumbed its nose at animal cruelty laws by overruling a NYC ban on the sale of foie gras, one of the more extremely brutal food items.

A cruelty-free way of making foie gras has been devised by scientists. Made from the liver of a duck or goose, the buttery, fatty dish is considered a delicacy, and is prized in many parts of the ...

Foie gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers to 10 times their size — a practice that some consider cruel.

Foie gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers to 10 times their size — a practice that some consider cruel.

Foie gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers to 10 times their size — a practice that some consider cruel.