Comments on: Foie Gras Assembly Line http://blog.gonanaimo.com/foie-gras-assembly-line a news and entertainment blog from the best little city in Canada Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:11:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hal Webster http://blog.gonanaimo.com/foie-gras-assembly-line/comment-page-1#comment-25 Hal Webster Tue, 26 May 2009 22:05:07 +0000 http://blog.gonanaimo.com/?p=228#comment-25 Have you an idea as to when or where this was taken? Are our Canadian farmers all as sadistic as those in this video? Are we to assume this is standard practice or maybe this is the exception trying to be presented as standard practice? Is this how all farm animals are treated? Are vegetable farmers the only respectable farmers? Have you an idea as to when or where this was taken?
Are our Canadian farmers all as sadistic as those in this video?
Are we to assume this is standard practice or maybe this is the exception trying to be presented as standard practice?
Is this how all farm animals are treated?
Are vegetable farmers the only respectable farmers?

]]> By: Judy Roberts http://blog.gonanaimo.com/foie-gras-assembly-line/comment-page-1#comment-14 Judy Roberts Fri, 22 May 2009 18:24:55 +0000 http://blog.gonanaimo.com/?p=228#comment-14 Yikes, David. Thanks for providing a link to this video. I had known, in theory, that the production of foie gras was cruel. However, it's another matter altogether to see video footage of it. There are downsides to this on so many levels. An obvious negative consequence is the suffering of the ducks which, on its own, is unacceptable to me. There are also the psychological effects on the workers. I can't begin to imagine what it does to a person's soul to work in this kind of facility. It's known that cruelty to animals and wanton destruction of property are precursors to interpersonal violence. When we tolerate the production of foie gras, we are damaging the fabric of our society. Factory farms also damage the environment. The waste from factory farms often poisons the surrounding soil, groundwater, streams, rivers, etc. Shipping food over great distances consumes fossil fuels and increases carbon emissions. In addition to that, large, distant, factory farms compete with small farms and undermine local economies. Then, to repeat your original point, there is the suffering of the ducks. In my opinion, foie gras is not a delicacy. It is an abomination. Yikes, David. Thanks for providing a link to this video. I had known, in theory, that the production of foie gras was cruel. However, it’s another matter altogether to see video footage of it.

There are downsides to this on so many levels.

An obvious negative consequence is the suffering of the ducks which, on its own, is unacceptable to me.

There are also the psychological effects on the workers. I can’t begin to imagine what it does to a person’s soul to work in this kind of facility. It’s known that cruelty to animals and wanton destruction of property are precursors to interpersonal violence. When we tolerate the production of foie gras, we are damaging the fabric of our society.

Factory farms also damage the environment. The waste from factory farms often poisons the surrounding soil, groundwater, streams, rivers, etc. Shipping food over great distances consumes fossil fuels and increases carbon emissions.

In addition to that, large, distant, factory farms compete with small farms and undermine local economies.

Then, to repeat your original point, there is the suffering of the ducks.

In my opinion, foie gras is not a delicacy. It is an abomination.

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