PETA urges Ben And Jerrys to use breast milk instead of cow milk

[MusicJunkie]

I'm all for animal rights, but I can't picture drinking some random woman's breast milk.




PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk
Group Says Move Would Help Humans, Cows

POSTED: 1:48 pm EDT September 23, 2008
UPDATED: 9:53 am EDT September 24, 2008


WATERBURY, Vt. -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman.

"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 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the statement says.

PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk

PETA officials say a move to human breast milk would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies 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," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Everyone knows that 'the breast is best,' so Ben & Jerry's could do consumers and cows a big favor by making the switch to breast milk."

"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," said a spokesperson for Ben and Jerry's.

Read PETA's letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield

September 23, 2008

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Cofounders

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.

Dear Mr. Cohen and Mr. Greenfield,

On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters, I'd like to bring your attention to an innovative new idea from Switzerland that would bring a unique twist to Ben and Jerry's.

Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers-and cows-would reap the benefits.

Using cow's milk for your ice cream is a hazard to your customer's health. Dairy products have been linked to juvenile diabetes, allergies, constipation, obesity, and prostate and ovarian cancer. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America's leading authority on child care, spoke out against feeding cow's milk to children, saying it may play a role in anemia, allergies, and juvenile diabetes and in the long term, will set kids up for obesity and heart disease-America's number one cause of death.

Animals will also benefit from the switch to breast milk. Like all mammals, cows only produce milk during and after pregnancy, so to be able to constantly milk them, cows are forcefully impregnated every nine months. After several years of living in filthy conditions and being forced to produce 10 times more milk than they would naturally, their exhausted bodies are turned into hamburgers or ground up for soup.

And of course, the veal industry could not survive without the dairy industry. Because male calves can't produce milk, dairy farmers take them from their mothers immediately after birth and sell them to veal farms, where they endure 14 to17 weeks of torment chained inside a crate so small that they can't even turn around.

The breast is best! Won't you give cows and their babies a break and our health a boost by switching from cow's milk to breast milk in Ben and Jerry's ice cream? Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Tracy Reiman

Executive Vice President

[Big C]

It was one thing to protest Michael Vick for his dogfighting, but this is ridiculous.

If it were up to PETA, they'd try and convert the world to being vegetarian.

[MusicJunkie]

Originally Posted by FSU

It was one thing to protest Michael Vick for his dogfighting, but this is ridiculous.

If it were up to PETA, they'd try and convert the world to being vegetarian.

I do think that vegetarianism is a good lifestyle choice if you want to do it, but I hate when vegetarians start attacking people who eat meat for being "wrong". I always like a little chicken or meatbealls in my pasta. I know it's eating a dead animal but it tastes good to me.

Personally, one day I wouldn't mind trying being a vegetarian out, but even if I became one and the vegetarian diet worked for me, I would never be pompous and tell someone who is about to eat a piece of pizza with meat on it that they're a killer.

I think PETA are just Nazis and have to complain about stupid things to keep active. Michael Vick deserved what he got, but complaining about cows milk is just ridiculous and makes their organization look like a joke.

[Zoneboy]

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I can't stand dairy products and there's no way I would touch anything made with what PETA has in mind. Funny thing, Human's are classified as animals from a biological perspective but I guess it's safe to say that PETA hasn't taken that into consideration.

[Hollow]

i hope they've seen that south park episode about them.

[robyrob]

i think its a great idea and I will personally volunteer MY own breast milk - PETA can just send someone right over to get it.

[Janice]

PETA started out with such good intentions, but like so many advocacy groups, they've gone too far. The same can be said for MADD.

[catlover79]

I think I'll pass, thank you.

[MusicJunkie]

regarding the Swiss restaurant that is going to start relying on breast milk.... PETA needs to come back to us in six months and post how much business has dropped off

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by MusicJunkie

regarding the Swiss restaurant that is going to start relying on breast milk.... PETA needs to come back to us in six months and post how much business has dropped off

Or tell PETA that THEY can eat it first!!!

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

Originally Posted by safety pin

i hope they've seen that south park episode about them.

*half man half duck*: killl meeee

So what do they want them to do, milk women? We're animals too, ya know, if they want to think of it that way.

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Funny thing, Human's are classified as animals from a biological perspective but I guess it's safe to say that PETA hasn't taken that into consideration.

lol exactly

[MusicJunkie]

I totally agree with "The breast is best". If you're eating fried chicken, there's no better part IMO.

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by MusicJunkie

I totally agree with "The breast is best". If you're eating fried chicken, there's no better part IMO.

[Big C]

I LOVE the Chick-Fil-A "Eat Chikin" cow ads- lot more tasteful than Burger King's 'angry cow' commercials.

If I were eating that DELICIOUS chicken sandwich, I'd shoot that damn cow.