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Ducks confined inside cages in a farming facility.
Ducks confined inside cages in a farming facility.
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A worker using a force-feeding tube to feed a duck.
A worker using a force-feeding tube to feed a duck.
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Close-up view of a worker performing mechanical force-feeding on a duck.
Close-up view of a worker performing mechanical force-feeding on a duck.
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The force-feeding process underway with a duck held by the operator.
The force-feeding process underway with a duck held by the operator.
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A worker handling force-feeding equipment near breeding cages.
A worker handling force-feeding equipment near breeding cages.
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A bloody force-feeding tube held by an operator between cages.
A bloody force-feeding tube held by an operator between cages.
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Geese and ducks gathered together in a cramped enclosure.
Geese and ducks gathered together in a cramped enclosure.
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A visibly stressed duck with its beak open through the bars of its cage.
A visibly stressed duck with its beak open through the bars of its cage.
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A duck confined inside a plastic transport crate.
A duck confined inside a plastic transport crate.
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A worker handling a duck roughly in the production unit.
A worker handling a duck roughly in the production unit.
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A worker operating an automated force-feeding machine in the facility.
A worker operating an automated force-feeding machine in the facility.
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An operator handling the controls of the force-feeding equipment.
An operator handling the controls of the force-feeding equipment.
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Profile view of an employee managing the duck force-feeding process.
Profile view of an employee managing the duck force-feeding process.
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The handling of poultry carcasses on a cutting table in a slaughterhouse.
The handling of poultry carcasses on a cutting table in a slaughterhouse.
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A container holding duck livers resulting from slaughter.
A container holding duck livers resulting from slaughter.
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Close-up of two ducks in a cage, one of them calling out with its beak wide open.
Close-up of two ducks in a cage, one of them calling out with its beak wide open.
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View through the cage structures of crowded ducks.
View through the cage structures of crowded ducks.
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A distressed duck confined in a cramped and dirty cage.
A distressed duck confined in a cramped and dirty cage.
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Overview of a large industrial poultry farming building with heat lamps.
Overview of a large industrial poultry farming building with heat lamps.
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A group of ducks outdoors in a dirt enclosure.
A group of ducks outdoors in a dirt enclosure.
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Close-up view of ducks confined inside a red plastic transport crate.
Close-up view of ducks confined inside a red plastic transport crate.
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A transport truck loaded with stacked crates filled with poultry.
A transport truck loaded with stacked crates filled with poultry.
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Duck heads sticking through the bars to reach a water trough.
Duck heads sticking through the bars to reach a water trough.
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A row of cramped individual metal cages containing ducks in a farming facility.
A row of cramped individual metal cages containing ducks in a farming facility.
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Close-up of a weakened duck with food residue around its beak inside its cage.
Close-up of a weakened duck with food residue around its beak inside its cage.
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A duck confined in a narrow metal cage.
A duck confined in a narrow metal cage.
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A duck lowering its head through the bars of its cage.
A duck lowering its head through the bars of its cage.
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Ducks confined in cramped and dirty metal cages.
Ducks confined in cramped and dirty metal cages.
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Duck heads visible through the openings of a blue transport crate.
Duck heads visible through the openings of a blue transport crate.
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Close-up of empty and soiled metal cages in the farming facility.
Close-up of empty and soiled metal cages in the farming facility.
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Overview of the interior of an intensive farming building with rows of metal cages.
Overview of the interior of an intensive farming building with rows of metal cages.
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Close-up view of the metal structures and waste on the floor beneath the cages.
Close-up view of the metal structures and waste on the floor beneath the cages.
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Ducks confined together in a rounded metal cage.
Ducks confined together in a rounded metal cage.
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Ducks crammed into individual metal cages.
Ducks crammed into individual metal cages.
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Close-up of a duck with force-feeding residue on its beak through the bars.
Close-up of a duck with force-feeding residue on its beak through the bars.
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Close-up of a duck trying to move its head inside its cage.
Close-up of a duck trying to move its head inside its cage.
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An orange bucket containing small ducklings and eggs next to a blue shovel.
An orange bucket containing small ducklings and eggs next to a blue shovel.
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Close-up view of young ducklings under heat lamps in an industrial system.
Close-up view of young ducklings under heat lamps in an industrial system.
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Small ducklings grouped in a metal bin under a sorting device.
Small ducklings grouped in a metal bin under a sorting device.
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View of an employee handling an industrial mechanism above a bin of ducklings.
View of an employee handling an industrial mechanism above a bin of ducklings.
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A small duckling next to a white plastic crate on a metal surface.
A small duckling next to a white plastic crate on a metal surface.
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A lone duckling walking on the floor of an industrial processing area.
A lone duckling walking on the floor of an industrial processing area.
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Grey geese walking on straw inside a building.
Grey geese walking on straw inside a building.
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A person force-feeding a goose confined in a metal cage.
A person force-feeding a goose confined in a metal cage.
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Geese lined up in individual metal cages inside a farming facility.
Geese lined up in individual metal cages inside a farming facility.
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An employee handling a large number of young ducklings near a sorting machine.
An employee handling a large number of young ducklings near a sorting machine.
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Top-down view of yellow ducklings gathered near an automated processing mechanism.
Top-down view of yellow ducklings gathered near an automated processing mechanism.
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A weakened duckling lying next to other ducklings in a transport bin.
A weakened duckling lying next to other ducklings in a transport bin.
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Young ducklings emerging from broken eggshells in an incubator.
Young ducklings emerging from broken eggshells in an incubator.
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View of a large bin filled with a vast quantity of empty eggshells.
View of a large bin filled with a vast quantity of empty eggshells.
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A young duckling lying amidst numerous broken eggshell fragments.
A young duckling lying amidst numerous broken eggshell fragments.
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A large, partially open green plastic bin containing numerous crowded ducklings.
A large, partially open green plastic bin containing numerous crowded ducklings.
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Close-up view of a large number of young ducklings piled on top of each other.
Close-up view of a large number of young ducklings piled on top of each other.
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Close-up of the head and plucked or irritated neck of an adult duck.
Close-up of the head and plucked or irritated neck of an adult duck.
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Ducks hanging by their legs above a blood-stained surface in a slaughterhouse.
Ducks hanging by their legs above a blood-stained surface in a slaughterhouse.

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Ducks are aquatic birds with complex social structures. In nature, they form close social bonds, swim freely, and explore their environment thanks to their innate sense of water. However, the agribusiness industry completely ignores these fundamental biological and behavioral needs in order to exploit them on a massive global scale.


1. FORCE-FEEDING AND FOIE GRAS PRODUCTION

For the production of foie gras, primarily concentrated in Europe (notably France, which accounts for over 60% of global production) as well as Spain, Bulgaria, Hungary, and increasingly in China, tens of millions of ducks undergo force-feeding every year. From a few weeks of age, they are confined to cramped individual cages or overcrowded collective pens where they can neither turn around nor flap their wings. Two to three times a day, a 20-to-30-centimeter metal tube is forcefully shoved down their esophagus to inject up to 400 grams of a hypercaloric corn mash in just a few seconds. This force-feeding causes extreme lipid overload in the liver, reaching up to ten times its normal size, leading to pathological hepatic steatosis, breathing difficulties, esophageal lesions, and a mortality rate multiplied by ten to twenty compared to standard farming.


2. INTENSIVE BATTERY FARMING AND MUTILATIONS

For meat and eggs, the vast majority of ducks are raised in enclosed industrial barns on concrete floors or wire mesh, without any access to open water to swim or bathe, depriving them of their natural immersion behavior and causing chronic eye and respiratory infections due to ammonia buildup. Ducklings undergo live mutilations, such as beak trimming or searing (debeaking) without anesthesia to prevent feather pecking caused by stressful overpopulation. In battery farming, stocking densities can reach several animals per square meter.


3. TRANSPORT AND SLAUGHTER UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS

At the end of their short lives (often between 8 and 12 weeks for meat, or after several weeks of force-feeding), ducks are brutally caught by their legs and crammed by the dozens into perforated transport crates without food or water. They endure road journeys lasting hours or even days, facing cold, heat, and intense stress from vibrations. At the slaughterhouse, they are hung upside down by their legs while alive on a slaughter line, passed through an often inconsistent electrical water bath before having their throats slit, carrying a high risk of being slaughtered while fully conscious if the current is improperly calibrated.

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