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A Meat and Dairy Industries Article from All-Creatures.org

All of God's creatures have rights, a fact that most people don't seem to recognize. This includes both human and non-human animals, but not all of them can speak for themselves. As we continue to disregard the value of the lives of the billions of animals we eat, we also are destroying our air, land and water.

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Thomas Negron, Catskill Animal Sanctuary
February 2015

Not eating foie gras, but drinking milk is an ethical contradiction.

The degree of cruelty isn’t the central issue...deciding to subjugate other species to our taste buds is. Go vegan.

This week The New York Times reported on the case of woman who was indicted four years after trespassing on Hudson Valley Foie Gras’ property. At issue is the question of whether or not she “stole” two ducks.

Setting aside the larger issue that ducks should not be considered “property” as if they were an iPad or a bicycle, we were struck by Hudson Valley’s assertion that birds are treated humanely and animal activists unfairly portray animals’ living conditions.

If you’re not familiar with how foie gras is produced, watch Foie Gras Assembly Line or Foie Gras: Delicacy in Despair or Foie Gras Cruelty or Foie Gras Cruelty (en Espanol - PowerPoint presentation).

How could this treatment be remotely “humane?”

By odd coincidence, Catskill Animal Sanctuary is located near major foie gras producers. Last spring we received a call from the state police alerting us that a crate containing four ducks had fallen off the back of a truck that didn’t even stop. Two of the ducks died and the other two are now safe and happy in our care.

Sabine and Giselle are safe and happy in our care.

What can you do? Aside from not eating foie gras because it’s cruel, you can acknowledge cruelty is inherent in all animal agriculture. Not eating foie gras, but drinking milk is an ethical contradiction. The degree of cruelty isn’t the central issue, deciding to subjugate other species to our taste buds is. Go vegan.

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