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Article: NY Senate Majority Leader Confronts Foie Gras Producer for Abusive Conditions
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 27, 2009
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Bryan Pease of Animal Protection & Rescue League, +1-
619-723-0369
Neighboring producer faces class action
LIBERTY, N.Y., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senator Pedro
Espada confronted the manager of Hudson Valley Foie Gras in person
at the farm on Friday, as reported in Wednesday's NY Daily News. To
constantly force feed ducks with long metal pipes so their livers
painfully expand to over 10 times in size, migrant workers are given
little sleep and no days off. Female workers also told of sexual
abuse and harassment common at the farm.
The visit comes right after settlement of a class action filed
against LaBelle Farm, another foie gras producer in ...