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PeTA wants milk dropped as state beverage in Maryland (11/20/2002)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wants
Maryland to drop milk as its state beverage.
It targeted Maryland knowing it has an animal rights-supporting
friend in the Governor’s office.
PETA sent a letter to Governor Parris N. Glendening asking
for his help in the anti-milk campaign.
Glendening is a noted friend of the animal rights movement.
According to PETA, his lame-duck status makes this “the perfect
time for him to drop (milk) without any political consequences.”
Milk was named the state drink by the General Assembly in
1998. The governor cannot
change the endorsement on his own, but he can ask the legislature to
reconsider the issue. PETA
suggests soymilk as the alternative.
According to Glendening’s spokesman, Raquel Guillory, the
letter was forwarded to the state Dept. of Agriculture and the governor
had not yet seen it.
Bruce Friedrich, PETA’s Vegan Campaign
Coordinator, said the animal rights group plans to lobby other
milk-endorsing states also.
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