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Discuss “Restaurants, Legislators Say Au Revoir to Foie Gras”

The production of foie gras, French for "fatty liver", is banned in 15 countries. A similar prohibition against oversized duck liver is pending in California. At home, nearly a dozen local restaurants this year have tried to make Pittsburgh "Foie Gras Free."

"The process of ramming metal tubes down ducks' throats and then forcing air and food into them constantly is cruelty to animals," said John Burton, president pro tem of the California Senate and sponsor of the foie gras bill, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

Foie gras producers pump a third of the birds' body weight directly into their digestive systems with a long metal pipe several times daily. The animals' livers grow to be about 10 times their healthy size. The animals ---...

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