James Bond Sets His Sights on Foie Gras-Farm Cruelty

As Special Agent 007, Sir Roger Moore battled the bad guys in Live and Let Die, A View to a Kill, Octopussy, The Spy Who Loved Me, and The Man With the Golden Gun. As a real-life Knight of the British Empire and enemy of those who are cruel to animals, he is now battling foie gras.

Moore has teamed up with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the Animal Protection & Rescue League (APRL) by narrating a video in which he points out that foie gras is a disease, not a delicacy.

Why is Moore crying “fowl” over foie gras? Ducks and geese raised for foie gras are abused in ways that would be illegal if dogs and cats were the victims. Foie gras (French for “fatty liver”) is produced by cramming metal pipes down the throats of ducks and geese and force-feeding them to the point that their livers become painfully diseased and enlarged, and sometimes their organs rupture.

Investigations into foie gras farms in the United States and Europe have all revealed the same thing—sick, dead, and dying animals, some with holes in their necks from pipe injuries. An APRL investigation found one farm where ducks with bloody beaks and their wings twisted together were jammed into wire cages. At another farm, birds were dangling by wires as blood spilled from wounds in their necks and onto the live birds beneath them. After being subjected to this constant pain and torture for about a month, ducks and geese are shackled upside-down, and their throats are cut.

Foie gras farms are so cruel that force-feeding birds has been banned in many countries, including Israel, Switzerland, and those of the United Kingdom. In 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill outlawing both the production and the sale of foie gras in California. Many restaurants, however, still serve this cruel product.

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You Can Help!

Join Sir Roger Moore, PETA, and countless caring people worldwide by never purchasing foie gras. If you see it on a menu, explain to the restaurant manager or owner how cruel it is, and why you would like them to remove it.