Days after the New York City Council voted to ban the sale of foie gras, Voters for Animal Rights (VFAR) has sued D’Artagnan, Inc. – America’s largest foie gras distributor – for deceptive marketing.
“Humane, natural, low stress and ‘hand-fed’” are just some of the terms the Union, NJ, company used in marketing its foie gras, made from the liver of a goose or duck that has been force-fed with a feeding tube. VFAR filed the lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court, asking for an injunction to stop D’Artagnan from using false and misleading advertising on their products.
“If their concerns are truly with animal welfare, they should focus their efforts on large factory farms, where there are real concerns,” said a representative of D’Artagnan in a statement. “We’re confident that the justice system will see this lawsuit for what it is.”
Meanwhile, VFAR maintains that the marketing copy obfuscates just what happens to these birds, thousands of whom are kept in massive barns without exposure to the outdoors or their natural environment. In typical foie gras settings, birds endure brutal treatment. Every eight hours, workers shove plastic tubes down the birds’ beaks and pump food down their necks. As a result, the livers grow up to 10 times the normal size – over as few as 20 days.
This process can have major health implications, such as causing birds to grow too big to walk or even breathe properly.
D’Artagnan owns two enormous bird farms just outside of New York City, where around 350,000 birds are raised every year. The company makes $15 million from the sale of the birds fattened livers.
Previous undercover investigations at a New York foie gras farm have revealed a slew of horrors, including ducks with open, bleeding wounds stuffed into tiny wire cages. Many birds die due to the force-feeding process.
Lady Freethinker is proud to have been part of the coalition that successfully banned the sale of foie gras in New York City. The production and/or sale of foie gras is banned in many countries and regions, including California, Israel, Germany, Norway, India, Australia and the United Kingdom.
The foie gras industry is cruel and must be stopped. 🦆🦆🦆
Cruelty needs to STOP!
Condamner sévèrement le gavage des oies ou autres volatiles partout dans le monde pour actes de cruauté et interdire la commercialisation du foie gras sous peine de lourdes sanctions et prison ferme !
The lowlife animal torturing monster from hell who deliberately set precious and innocent little Tyler on fire with a blowtorch must be caught and put to death. Eradication from our planet of this vile and evil psychopathic depraved lowlife monster is a must. How many other innocent animals has this lowlife pos monster deliberately tortured and murdered. Catch it and kill the monster bastard by setting this monster on fire until this evil and lowlife pos dies in agony.
Fois Gras is a cruel procedure
Leave them alone please……
Fois Gras is a cruel procedure force feeding geese whether performed on a factory farm or on a smaller scale at a local home town farm and it needs to be stopped if the perpetrator doesn’t see the logic of this cruelty. We have to protect those who have no voice and treat them humanely as we would like to be treated.
This cruelty should have been banished many years ago
Authorities must stop it
One of the most disgusting of animal abuse. I have never eaten it nor ever will
Fois Gras is just wrong and those who consume it are responsible for making a marjet to keep these poor animals being tortured to death to produce a HUGE liver. Just wrong all the way around.
Whoever thought of this so called food is one sick, deranged, depraved, brainless, soul-less trash. And whoever eat this diseased food knowing how it is made are the same. Blow up those horror farms with the evil creeps inside along with the suffering birds thinking that a quick death would be better for those poor creatures.
put them in a similar cage for one day so they can get the feeling of what it is like. I hope their souls rot in hell.
Close this shit hole down!!!
This cruelness is must be stop!
My mind boggles over the very fact that people ACTUALLY pay to eat a bird’s ‘diseased liver’ Just how sick and depraved have the human race become……believing that eating abused dogs and cats meat makes the ‘men’ more virile, crushed animal bones cures all ailments including cancer, bear bile cures ailments as well, rhino horn cures ailments, the list is endless and most of these ‘fake’ claims stem from the countries in Asia. Are these people really that stupid and ignorant to actually believe all this rubbish. Obviously they are!!!!
Irene Exactly what I said these Asia Countries want to educate their kids and get out of the 16th Century and their witch craft beliefs and get into modern day science
These big corporates are just without any strong enough laws to protect the animals. This is another act of injustice against the creatures of this planet.
Thank you. Good luck to everyone trying to stop animal cruelty.
Thank you VFAR! BEAT THOSE BASTARDS IN COURT. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU
Liars.
This should be banned everywhere. There is no limit to the greed of human beings. The perpetrators of this outrage need to rot in Hell with open, festering sores.
Ban the foie gras “business” altogether everywhere+!!!!
My fingers are crossed for success and a judgment against this company. Their snarky attitude, evidenced by the comment made, is sickening. A major ad campaign might be warranted if the court doesn’t find them at fault. A major ad campaign might be needed even IF they are found guilty of misleading advertising. An all-out war against foie gras at all. I would like to think that those who find it so delightful to eat would be unable to swallow it if they saw the cruelty administered and endured for them to have a meal.
Pos lying bastards..
good news, with a positive result. Geese and ducks should not have to endure such treatment, I have never eaten either because of the way these animals are treated. People need to be shown the atrocities that are committed daily to these animals, Im sur this would put most of them off eating foie gras ! Keep up the good work, lets get the awful industry shut down.
Huge thanks from the UK for those involved in uncovering the dirty tricks ad campaign being promoted by the foie gras manufacturers. Hopefully this disgusting deplorable practice will cease. Thanks again.
I suppose “hand fed” is true in it’s own way, but, HUMANE?????
Disgraceful and deplorable. Anyone who eats this product should be ashamed.
D’Artagnan, we’re watching and we’re coming to get you.
Foie grasa farming unacceptable.
If this practise is being accurately reported it is an absolute disgrace and we must bring it to an end.
There is nothing humane about they do, it’s all about MONEY.
Excellent work done by the undercover investigators, good to hear good nws
It is good to hear some good news excellent work from the undercover Investigaters
there are still too many countries that have yet to come to their senses…
the truth is so obvious and those still participating in the horrific enterprise truly deserve to be compelled to find another source of income….and must be stopped
GREAT RREPRESENTATION
NAMASTE🐦
Stop foie grass!🙏🙏🙏