Compassion believes that no animal should suffer for food production. A European Council Directive states:
“No animal shall be provided with food or liquid in a manner... which may cause unnecessary suffering or injury”.
Yet around one million birds die during this cruel feeding process every single year. Many countries have banned the force-feeding of animals for foie gras. But the suffering goes on. Annually more than 19,000 tonnes of foie gras are being produced in France alone.
Compassion is working to get Foie Gras Production banned across Europe by lobbying member states and the European Commission.
