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PETA urges Ben and Jerry's to Use Human Breast Milk for Ice Cream
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Some things just make you go "ick!"
PETA sent a letter to Ben and Jerry 's this week, asking them to replace the cow's milk in their products with human breast milk instead.
Yep, it's true.
This obviously is a stunt, since a more reasonable request would have been simply to ask them to switch to soy milk, which is available in non-fat, vanilla, and chocolate. Yummy.
Of course, the thought of putting human breast milk into our dairy products is, well, disgusting. How do we get this breast milk? Are women going to volunteer to produce, eat proper diets, and refuse medication to insure that their milk is not tainted. The idea is ludicrous and is just meant to get us thinking about the fact that we drink milk from cows.
While I don't partake of cow's milk or eat meat, I am also a realist about how to help improve the lives of farm animals. We have been drinking cow's milk for centuries, so dietary habits aren't going to change because someone thinks they should. No, dietary habits change when reasonable alternatives are offered. And the presence of soy milk in mainstream grocery stores indicates it's possible to change people's dietary habits.
Overall though, this action does not help animals in any meaningful way. Thankfully, there are humane groups out there that work on behalf of farm animals by trying to change practices on the farm so that animals can begin to lead more humane lives now.
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