Dairy milk protest staged in Exeter

Ahead of World Milk Day today (June 1) and because of Devon’s long history of dairy farming, two giant PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) inflatable babies were displayed on Exeter’s high street.

The protesters said they wanted to highlight how unnatural it is to drink the milk of any animal past weaning age – let alone that of another species, like a cow who was forcibly impregnated and whose baby was taken from her.

They were also encouraging people in Exeter to go vegan and handing out free samples of Alpro’s strawberry soya milk.

“It’s absurd for any human to guzzle the mammary secretions of a mother cow, which are meant to feed her own baby,” said PETA Senior Campaigns Manager Kate Werner.

“PETA urges Exeter locals to leave cows’ milk for calves and opt instead for delicious soya, oat, or nut milk.”

PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – argues that non-dairy milks are a healthy, environmentally friendly, and delicious option for thirsty humans.

PETA opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow the group on Facebook, X, TikTok, or Instagram.