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The list of offenders is interesting. Hot Doug’s, Sweets & Savories, sure, but Connie’s? BJ’s Market? And where is this mysterious and unimaginatively named restaurant “Pizza”? My biggest question is what sort of person takes the time to rat out these places? Most weren’t trying to hide anything but now that they’ve been so publicly outed, will the anti-foie forces rally and flood the city with subsequent complaints to force fines? Maybe that would help put it all behind us, since a fine could conceivably fast-track a constitutional challenge.
DeSoucey has witnessed gavage firsthand. It’s important for her to be objective, so she’s careful how she describes it. She never saw any ducks waddling toward the farmer when he appeared with his funnel, as some on the pro-foie side have claimed. But they never ran away either. “A lot of the anti videos and pro videos are the same,” she says. “Its a matter of interpretation and anthropomorphization. ” Still, knowing what she knows about factory farming in the U.S., “I’d much rather be a duck than a chicken.”
