PETA asks to lessen the suffering of dairy cows

Preface: My son tells me that some company wants people to use breast milk instead of cow's milk to make ice cream, because it's torture to cows. When he didn't laugh with me, but stood fast and said with a straight face, "No, Mom, it's real!" You know I had to look it up... Sure enough, PETA's at it again.

You have to know this has sparked far too many jokes throughout our school day.

Here's an article from the Herald Sun
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(another with more detail {including PETA's letter}):
September 26, 2008 12:01am
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PEOPLE for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged US ice cream makers Ben & Jerry's Homemade to replace cow's milk in ice cream products with breast milk.

"PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 per cent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the animal rights group said

PETA officials say a move to breast milk would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their calves on factory farms and benefit human health.

"The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn't make sense," PETA spokeswoman Tracy Reiman said.

"Everyone knows that the breast is best, so, Ben & Jerry's could do consumers and cows a big favour by making the switch to breast milk."

Ben & Jerry's said: "We applaud PETA's novel approach to bringing attention to an issue, but we believe a mother's milk is best used for her child."

 

Oh - so its that much less uncomfortable for woman to have her breast tugged and squeezed than it is for a cow. Huh - news to me.

All PETA members must be men!

 

Hm. Wonder what the startup costs for a farm like that would add up to.

 

The bait is in the water, and this one I am NOT taking --

[rofllmao]

 

So cows do it for you?

 

Not if I can help it :

There was a problem at the PETA Ice Cream Shoppe, so a reporter ran inside to be first to get the scoop. It seems a soldier had stuffed himself after consuming two cups of Titillating Toffee, and has been accused of being a desserter. Since there was no more evidence, the soldier assumed the problem had been licked. Unfortunately, the MP's took him away. He has to wait for his day in court to see if he'll get a fair shake.