The lives of Geese

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland today for thousands of farmers worry about lead that flock of geese can be a carefree life - day after day, year after year.

Goose is stuffed after slaughtering - an art in itself

When the goose is geese plug by force-feeding forage fed and therefore obtained a rapid weight gain. For this purpose the animal using a metal pipe or a hose and water corn is fed into the stomach. By an excessive intake of food and fat to an enlargement and fatty degeneration of the liver can be achieved. The liver is then usually made ​​into pie. In France, foie gras is one of the delicacies, and is an expensive luxury. The so "produced" liver weighs between one and two kilograms and is light brown. The bright color comes from the high fat content take place. Mostly, the geese are in a cage and made ​​to plug into a small space. Often the animals are individually housed in small cages. Thus, the geese can hardly move and come to the pains of excessive food intake also inflamed joints. The tube, which introduces the mast food under pressure in the stomach is about 30 inches long and made ​​of metal.

This type of food intake is about two to three times repeated daily. If the pressure is too high, or even the esophagus, the stomach can be damaged. This has the agonizing death of the goose to the episode. It is assumed that die between two and four percent of the animals during this process. In order for the goose, the pressed-food choking not back out can be the bird choked his neck with a rubber band. It is not surprising that animal rights activists fight vehemently against this type of breeding geese. The force feeding of geese, many people as unworthy. People who deal with the issue and have witnessed the operation of the stopper without, like most of the foie gras. In Germany, the feeding of geese by animal protection laws has been banned. But also in many other European countries, the feeding of geese is prohibited. In France, foie gras was, however, in 2005 as a "national culture and gastronomic heritage" protected by law. Thus, the goose will be well accepted in France and in the future. Even if the feeding of geese in Germany and in many other countries is prohibited by law from the stuffed goose remains popular.

Finally, it is now easily possible to geese to buy abroad, for example, our neighbor France. The only way to avoid for consumers, force-feeding of geese in other countries, not stuffed goose is to buy and give up foie gras.