Martha Stewart's new special-edition magazine, Entertaining,
promotes pate de foie gras (fatty liver paste) in many recipes.
Foie gras producers force-feed ducks and geese to abnormally
distend their livers. Birds are confined in small cages or
crowded pens for 28 days of force-feeding. 16"-long tubes are
rammed down their throats, attached to a pressurized pump that
gorges the birds, leaving many birds unable to walk naturally.
Necropsies during a foie gras farm police raid showed heart
disorders, ruptured liver cell membranes, cirrhosis of the liver,
and lesions (wounds) in the gizzards and intestines of the force-
fed birds. Dead birds have been found with food spilling up from
their stomachs out of their nostrils.
- Do not purchase fatty liver paste (foie gras), and do not buy
Martha Stewart's magazine, Entertaining, and tell her why. Write
to: Letters Department, Martha Stewart Living, 11 West 42nd St,
New York NY 10036. Fax 212-827-8204.
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