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Cows are appreciated on my farm

Did you know that July 14 was “Cow Appreciation Day?” I learned that from the PETA Kids website. Every day is cow appreciation day on my farm, but I do not think of cows as people. The PETA website says, “. ..cows are wonderful animals who value their lives as much as you and I value ours. . they make milk for their babies-not for you. So celebrate their fabulousness by vowing not to eat them, getting that dead skin out of your wardrobe, and dumping dairy products for good. . .Animals suffer terribly on factory farms, not to mention the fact that eating animals and animal products is bad for you. Dairy products are full of pesticides, fat, and pus. . .”

Who would believe that? A vulnerable child, that is who. These people feed on unsuspecting children, turning them against their parents.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has it’s very own youth marketing manager, whose job it is to convince the youth of the world that meat is bad, and that mothers who serve meat are, in a nutshell, murderers. You think I’m kidding? The cover of the comic books that PETA distributes to children features a picture of a crazed, knife-wielding, apron-wearing woman stabbing a rabbit. Blood spatters cover the page, which is titled: “Peta Comics Presents: Your Mommy Kills Animals.” In the corner of the cover page, “Ask your Mommy how many animals she killed to make her fur coat.”

The Center for Consumer Freedom, based in Washington, D.C. recently placed an ad in the back-to-school section of the latest NEWSWEEK magazine, which asks parents, “What is PETA teaching your child?” The Center for Consumer Freedom tells parents that PETA spreads destructive and violent propaganda to kids about food and fur. PETA brags that it has reached more than 2 million teachers and children every year at school and on the Internet.

The Center for Consumer Freedom claims that PETA waits outside schools for these kids, distributing misleading anti-dairy trading cards to children as they walk home. The cards depict children suffering debilitating illnesses and embarrassing conditions, supposedly as a result of drinking milk. www.consumerfreedom.com says PETA’s campaign is “based on sensationalism” and “a real tragedy,” according to registered dietitian Deanna Rose. “It targets teenagers who really are calcium deficient and need to drink their milk.”

Just because you live in the most rural area of the heartland, does not mean that your children will go untouched by this group who is trying to turn children into anti-meat militants. The Internet has opened doors to all sorts of good things and all sorts of bad things. I believe PETA is a bad thing.

Do you know what your children are learning in school? Just because your 1st grader or 9th grader attends a small rural school, does not mean they are untouched by PETA’s campaign. Talk to the teachers. Find out what your children are learning about, and the source of that information. Most teachers welcome parental interest and involvement. I’ve heard story after story from parents in rural communities whose children have come home from school and pushed away a glass of milk or a hamburger, having learned in school that milk “contains pus” or that cattle “have souls.”

Arm your child with the truth, so when PETA sets it’s sights on her, she will be ready to defend herself.