Claude Lataillade carries boxes full of ducklings at his farm in Bidache, southwestern France, on May 23, 2016.
In the Basque Country, duck breeders resist avian crisis that threatens the French foie gras, but are uncertain about the future: stop everything and sell even at a loss, or modernize by investing, if banks want to follow. / AFP / IROZ GAIZKA        (Photo credit should read IROZ GAIZKA/AFP via Getty Images)