I heard yesterday about PETA asking the ice cream folks Ben and Jerry’s to replace the cow’s milk that they use with human breast milk. When I first heard it, I didn’t want to believe it. It sounded so absurd that I figured there was no way anyone would ever consider asking anyone something like that.
I did a google search and saw that it was very true. I also found it on PETA’s website.
My initial reaction was pure astonishment. Then I thought about all the other things going on in the world right now and figured that it’s not too far outside the realm of possibility these days.
With the stock market PLUNGING 777 points yesterday (which is more points than the day planes flew into buildings and left everyone frozen across the country), a bumbling hockey mom from Alaska running for Vice President of this country, and NASA finding snow on Mars, I figured anything is possible.
But then I looked at it from a more objective point of view.
After watching a video on how humans depend so much and completely abuse animals in the name of entertainment, food, clothes, and so on, I took a different stance on the issue.
It really doesn’t make much sense for humans to continue to drink milk after we are grown. No other mammal continues to drink milk their entire life. The mother stops producing milk after a certain time. That’s about the time humans should stop drinking milk.
Why are cows the animal to torture when it comes to getting milk? In the video, it was stated that the normal life expectancy for a cow is 20 years. However, the cows that are used for milking are kept on their feet and milked constantly for their entire life. These unfortunate cows live about 4 years until they die from exhaustion. That meat is then used in fast food restaurants. YUM!!!
I decided last night that I agree with PETA. If humans want their ice cream and their disgusting milk that most people’s stomachs can’t digest, the milk should come from humans!
The letter to Ben and Jerry’s stated that the Swiss company gets 75% of their milk from human breast milk. That would be an AMAZING start for companies in the US to make an effort to get anywhere near that point.
But what about the possible diseases that can be spread from breast milk?
Those cows aren’t the healthiest during their 4 years but no one gets deadly ill from their milk.
Well, HIV can be passed through breast milk. We don’t want to get HIV from milk do we???
It can also be passed in BLOOD and humans transfuse that into other humans all the time. I’m sure a way already exists to test milk for viruses and diseases.
I’m sure no one can imagine getting all milk from human breasts. But if you asked someone back in the 1930s and 1940s if they thought smoking would ever be banned from the workplace or a restaurant, they would deny that would ever be a possibility. And look where we are today.
One small step today of having Ben and Jerry’s get 5% of their milk from human breasts could one day save millions of cows from torture and premature death!
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