Ferndale, NY – A Hudson Valley duck farm that produces foie gras (fwah GRAH’) is accused of violating the federal Clean Water Act.
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A federal judge in Manhattan ruled against Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Sullivan County in a lawsuit brought in 2006 by the Humane Society of the United States.
The court issued an injunction against further Clean Water Act violations by HVFG, ordered HVFG to hire an expert and take remedial action, provided that HVFG will be fined $25,000 per day per violation for further violations, and pay $50,000 for an environmental project in lieu of civil penalties. The lawsuit contends manure, chlorine and other chemicals from the company was discharged into the Middle Mongaup River in Sullivan County.
Hudson Valley Foie Gras raises and slaughters ducks to produce the controversial French “delicacy” foie gras. Birds are force-fed an unnatural amount of food through a pipe thrust down their throats until their livers expand to ten or more times their natural size. This process not only results in extreme suffering for the birds, it also produces a significant amount of waste, including manure and slaughter waste. The case alleges that some of this waste has been discharged into the Middle Mongaup River.
Hudson Valley Foie Gras owned by former Israeli Defense Force solider Izzy Yanay and Michael Ginor is the largest producer of duck foie gras in the U.S.
Is this geshtupte genz? Oy, sounds cruel to me
Where is PETA when you need them?? For Rubashkin they come running!!!
Whatta buncha duck poop. This is nothing more than yet another hit piece on a legitimate business; a-la the obamalicious MSM.
Excuse me, these people create a duck to have what is know as fatty liver. It is a very painful disease. Have you even ever seen a duck which is being raised for foie gras? I am a carnivore I eat all different types of shechted animal products, but foie gras disgusts me.
whoever wrote this article must be an ignoramous first of all its not ducks they are geese and second they arent fed cruely they are fed through a tube not pushing or shtuping pieces of corn like they used to in the olden days so the writer shout get his facts straight first before he writes here
I think someone on this farm should be facing life in prison.