In recent months Kerry Kennedy, a scion of America's mighty Kennedy family, has been fuming about foie gras. This is not because of her concerns for animal welfare, though. What she is particularly worried about is human abuse. In particular, Kennedy alleges that the largest foie gras farm in America, Hudson Valley Foie Gras in upstate New York, is working its labourers obscenely hard. Each person has to feed the same 200-300 ducks once every four hours, seven days a week, for the 22 days it takes them to mature.
幾個月前,名門之后、美國肯尼迪家族成員克麗?肯尼迪(Kerry Kennedy)為鴨肝醬拍案而起。不過,她發火與動物福利無法,具體原因是人類受到虐待。更具體一點來說,肯尼迪宣稱,美國最大的鴨肝醬農場——位于紐約州北部的哈德遜山谷鴨肝醬農場(Hudson Valley Foie Gras),過度壓榨工人。每個工人每4個小時就要給兩三百只鴨子喂食一次,在它們長成的22天里,工人每周工作七天,一天都不能休息。