About This Site
Foie gras is French for "fatty liver," and refers to a diseased state of the liver in which it swells to 6-12 times its natural size, otherwise known as hepatic lipidosis. This disease is imposed on ducks and geese by forcefully pumping up to 7 pounds of food into their stomachs per day; the equivalent of 28 pounds for a human. This a heinously cruel process for innumerable reasons.As such, most people don't believe it is still prevalent; even restaurant owners in the US often respond to requests to remove foie gras from their menu with "production isn't cruel anymore, force feeding is banned." This is untrue. Foie gras production has been banned only in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K, the Czech Republic and now Israel. The USA continues to farm foie gras in both California and New York, and Australia imports foie gras from France.
You can help in putting a stop to the torture ducks and geese have to go through to produce foie gras by not purchasing this delicacy, writing to restaurants that serve foie gras (or stores that sell it) and asking them to remove it from their menus, and by helping us educate people as to why foie gras farming should be banned everywhere.
You can read more about the processes and consequences of foie gras farming here and here.
View a video on how foie gras is made here, or a much longer version here.
So why are we called The Ducks Voice, and not The Ducks and Geese Voice? Apart from the grammar dilemma, about 90% of birds farmed for foie gras today are ducks, as they are cheaper to buy, keep and feed. We do, however, speak for all the victims of foie gras, ducks or not.
The Ducks' Voice website went online in August, 2003; and is hosted free of charge by Imbri Web. If you, too, would like to contribute something to the cause or to the website (eg: stories, articles or pictures), please contact us. All help is greatly appreciated, by us and by the animals we're working to save.
