Nobody’s torturing the animals in this case. People are anthropomorphizing them and assume that the ducks must dislike the force feeding in the same way a human would.

Of course, but it can be made without cruelty and it is currently being done so where’s the issue? Hudson valley farms is a prime example of this and other ethical sources exist as well. Too many people pointing to past practices as if they are the common standard of today for their justification behind banning foie.

You know what else isn’t good for the bird? Killing it. Foie gras or not those ducks are going to be butchered and sold.