MILLIONS of animals worldwide are being forced to grow faster and bigger than nature intended.

A duck raised in a cage to produce foie gras has no means of escape, it has a pipe shoved down its throat and pumped with almost a pound of food into its stomach in just three seconds. The duck’s liver becomes so fatty it swells up to 10 times its natural size.

Perfect for foie gras. Never mind that the poor animal’s lungs are squashed.

According to a European Council direction “no animal shall be provided with food or liquid in a manner which may cause suffering or injury”. Yet around one million birds die during this cruel process each year.

We must persuade more retailers and restaurants to stop selling food produced in this way.

Janet Cummings,

Tower Road, Rugby.