Tag: ducks
What if the Gers swapped its ducks for tropical prawns?
Soon tropical prawn foie gras? The question may seem like a kamoulox but it arises. In Gers, a department known for its duck farms and foie gras, Géraud Laval created…
It’s official, the ducks at the Jardin des Plantes have been decimated by avian botulism
Their corpses which floated or washed up on the banks moved the regulars of the Jardin des Plantes de Toulouse and aroused the concern of animal protection associations. At least…
The vaccination campaign launched in early October for 64 million ducks
A weapon to limit the risk of spread. The vaccination campaign against avian influenza will be launched “the first week of October”, confirmed Thursday the Minister of Agriculture, Marc Fesneau,…
“Ducks” by Kate Beaton: Alone among men – culture
Her colleagues call her “sweetie”, “young lady”, “baby” or “sweetheart”. Katie is 21 when she gets hired in the oil sands, the fracking camps in Alberta, Canada, where huge mines…
Typically German: The Radio Duck – Munich
If a radio station in Uganda were to warn drivers because ducks were crossing the road, the listeners would accuse the radio announcer of something. LSD, alcohol or maybe both?…
When a resident helps a family of ducks find their way back to the Luxembourg Gardens
The video is about to reach 10 million views. A very chic Parisian woman is creating a buzz on TikTok by trying to bring a family of ducks, the mother…
Thailand: Illustrator has to go to prison because of calendar with rubber ducks
protest movement Insult to Majesty: Thai cartoonist has to go to prison for a calendar with yellow rubber ducks Fight for democratic reforms: Yellow rubber ducks became a symbol of…
Schwandorf: 70,000 ducks with avian influenza must be killed – Bavaria
After the outbreak of avian influenza in a farm in the district of Schwandorf, all of the around 70,000 ducks kept there are to be killed. As a spokesman for…
The force-feeding of ducks intended to make foie gras denounced in a video by L214
In a new video posted by the L214 association, you can see sick ducks, sometimes dying, some are left dead on the ground, in deplorable hygienic conditions. According to animal…
Breeders turn to force-feeding ducks for foie gras
How to overcome the shortage of foie gras in view of the holidays? Because of the avian flu, lack of ducklings, the breeders of the Gers force-feed ducks. Problem, the…