Foie gras is not necessarily inhuman or cruel. Though I am sure there are those who do produce this delicacy in a cruel indifferent manner.
I was uneasy and considered abandoning foie gras because of what I felt was unnecessary cruelty to these animals, but with some research I got to understand a lot about why it might not be such a bad deal for ducks(their eventual slaughter aside, of course).
For instance, take a look at this photo of a duck eating a fish: http://www.birdinginformation.com/wp-content/gallery/double-crested-cormorant/dbl-crested-swallowing-fish-1a.jpg Putting a feeding tube down their throat sounds horrible to us, but is pretty normal for a duck, whose breathing isnt restricted, and who’s throat is adapted to this kind of feeding.
Foie gras is not necessarily inhuman or cruel. Though I am sure there are those who do produce this delicacy in a cruel indifferent manner.
I was uneasy and considered abandoning foie gras because of what I felt was unnecessary cruelty to these animals, but with some research I got to understand a lot about why it might not be such a bad deal for ducks(their eventual slaughter aside, of course).
For instance, take a look at this photo of a duck eating a fish: http://www.birdinginformation.com/wp-content/gallery/double-crested-cormorant/dbl-crested-swallowing-fish-1a.jpg Putting a feeding tube down their throat sounds horrible to us, but is pretty normal for a duck, whose breathing isnt restricted, and who’s throat is adapted to this kind of feeding.
There’s more nuance here than meets the eye.
I do love this comic strip, though!