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Article: SEN. KRUEGER DECRIES EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION GRANT: NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AWARDED TO FORCE-FEED DUCKS AT HUDSON VALLEY FOIE GRAS FARM

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May 26, 2006
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New York State Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan (26th District), issued the following news release:

State Sen. Liz Krueger was shocked to learn that the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) awarded a $420,000 grant to a farm that force-feeds ducks to expand their livers a startling 10 times the normal size-an inhumane practice used to mass produce foie gras. Foie gras is a delicacy often found in French restaurants.

To enlarge the duck's liver, the source of meat used to make foie gras, the farm inserts a tube into the esophagus of each duck and three times every day the farmers pour approximately one cup of corn pellets directly into each duck's stomach. This takes place every day over ...

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