WGY's Ali Skinner: PETA calls for switch to breast milk ice cream

Albany, NY (WGY-AM) - PETA is making a plea to ice cream giants Ben & Jerry to convert their cow's milk operation to human breast milk.

According to the animal rights group, human breast milk would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms, and would benefit human health.

In a letter dated to the ice cream giant co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said, "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?"

The letter comes in the wake of a report that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing women's breast milk, and substituting that with 75% of the milk he uses in his ice cream.

Ben and Jerry's responded by saying, "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."

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