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PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk
WNBC ^ | 9/23/08

Posted on 09/24/2008 1:59:19 PM PDT by LibWhacker

VERMONT -- 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 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."

In a statement Ben and 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."

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 to 17 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


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KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; animalrights; ben; foodsupply; jerry; milk; peta
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To: LibWhacker

21 posted on 09/24/2008 2:18:15 PM PDT by red-dawg
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To: LibWhacker
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.

Oh, come on. I've never had one cow complain to me about being milked, let alone express suffering.

22 posted on 09/24/2008 2:20:39 PM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: Right Wing Assault
A cow puts out a LOT more than a woman.

I'll file that under udderly unless knowledge.

23 posted on 09/24/2008 2:24:51 PM PDT by usmcobra (A vote for McCain & Palin is a vote against Obama bin Biden)
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To: LibWhacker

It’s really getting difficult for me to decide which group is more insanely stupid...PETA or Code Pinko....


24 posted on 09/24/2008 2:24:59 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts.....)
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To: Right Wing Assault

I’m going to be the picture of self-restraint.


25 posted on 09/24/2008 2:25:25 PM PDT by Jaded ("Eloquence is no substitute for experience" -Joe Lieberman)
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To: LibWhacker
You girls better get plenty of this:


26 posted on 09/24/2008 2:27:27 PM PDT by cowboyway ("The beauty of the Second Amendment is you won't need it until they try to take it away"--Jefferson)
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To: econjack
There are NUMEROUS diseases that can be transmitted through milk.

I would never consider human milk. The cows are all tested and kept clean. You can get brucellosis and TB and all those illegal women in line????Whose going to test them?

27 posted on 09/24/2008 2:28:12 PM PDT by Battle Axe (Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
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To: Right Wing Assault

What’s next, PETA says we should only eat human eggs?


28 posted on 09/24/2008 2:30:58 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Another good stock buy...invest in breast pump companies.


29 posted on 09/24/2008 2:35:45 PM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: LibWhacker

Another good stock buy...invest in breast pump companies.


30 posted on 09/24/2008 2:35:54 PM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: LibWhacker

Major boobage


31 posted on 09/24/2008 2:37:52 PM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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To: HanneyBean

Yes, let’s cut out the middle man and go straight to the source. Fresher that way.

This thread is a real hoot! Some of the comments are hilarious, and very cutting re PETA.


32 posted on 09/24/2008 2:37:58 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Alouette

lol


33 posted on 09/24/2008 2:39:41 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: FatherofFive

PETA, as usual, is a delight. Genetic manipulation has already produced cows that give human milk. Seems as if the market is beginning to blossom.


34 posted on 09/24/2008 2:43:40 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Here come I, gravitas in tow.)
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To: red-dawg

I have the chocolate-vanilla twist!


35 posted on 09/24/2008 2:44:36 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: LibWhacker

This reminds me of a joke:

A little boy was watching his grandpa milking cows and he asked him, “Grandpa, why are all the cows smiling when you milk them?”
“Well,” replies the grandpa, “They’re all baseball fans?”
“Hunh?” the kid replies.
“Yeah, because they like the Yanks.”

I’ve milked cows, too. They’re not “suffering” they actually enjoy that easing of weight on their udders.


36 posted on 09/24/2008 2:44:52 PM PDT by McKayopectate
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To: Mr. Brightside
I find this udderly ridiculous...

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37 posted on 09/24/2008 2:45:35 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net; all)
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To: LibWhacker

Better yet - why doesn’t the human race simply cease to exist and stop harrying the poor animals. Oops, wait - then who would protect the poor cows from all those hungry wolves?


38 posted on 09/24/2008 2:59:27 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (here)
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To: Right Wing Assault
A cow puts out a LOT more than a woman.

Uh, you might want to rephrase that particular sentence.

39 posted on 09/24/2008 3:20:04 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (An ex-citizen of the Frederation dedicated to stopping the Obamination from becoming President)
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To: LibWhacker

1. PETA is nucking futs! They’ve come out against ice cream, for crying out loud. Any idiot politician could tell them that this is a huge error.

2. If, somehow, they get this kind of thing signed into law, I’m considering a career change...always thought about becoming a dairy farmer.


40 posted on 09/24/2008 3:23:17 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (An ex-citizen of the Frederation dedicated to stopping the Obamination from becoming President)
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