The Most Expensive Dish From France

If you were a goose or duck on a foie gras farm, this is what would happen to you:

You might live in a cage so small that you couldn’t lift a single wing.

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You’d have to stand amid your own waste.

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You would be too sick and stressed to clean your own feathers, leaving your body filthy and caked in excreta.

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You could even die from a damaged esophagus, an infection, impaired liver function, or choking on your own vomit. You would likely receive little veterinary care, if any.

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You’d have a pipe jammed down your throat and be force-fed more grain than you could ever eat on your own.

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Your liver would become engorged and diseased.

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Once your liver swelled to up to 10 times its normal size, you’d be sent to the slaughterhouse.

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You might survive the electric stunner and still be conscious when a worker hangs you to slit your throat.

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Your fatty liver would then be removed and sold for human consumption at the ultimate price: your life. If you were a duck or a goose, you wouldn’t want anyone to eat foie gras.

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