PETA Sending Vegan-Chocolate 'Bin Laden Bites' to U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

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PETA Sending Vegan-Chocolate 'Bin Laden Bites' to U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
Author: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Published on Nov 20, 2009 - 10:07:12 AM

NORFOLK, Virg. Nov. 18, 2009 - There probably aren't too many U.S. troops in Afghanistan who would pass up the opportunity to bite Osama bin Laden's head off, and soon, thanks to PETA, they can. Following news reports that chocolates are almost as hard to find in Afghanistan as an oceanfront, a longtime PETA supporter and chocolatier is making special chocolates embossed with the head of bin Laden himself. And there are other pluses -- the chocolates are dairy-free, which means that no cows were harmed to make them, and anyone, including lactose-intolerant soldiers, can eat them.

"These delicious dark chocolate 'bin Laden Bites' give a whole new meaning to the adage 'Revenge is sweet,'" says PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk. "Our troops deserve a chuckle, and PETA's vegan chocolates will give them that as well."

PETA has its own bone to pick with bin Laden. In addition to bin Laden's murder of humans, one of his sons wrote a memoir in which he revealed that his father gassed the younger bin Laden's two dogs in a chemical-warfare experiment. Also, countless animals suffered and died of starvation and dehydration when their guardians were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center, leaving the animals without care. Many more animals suffered and died from exposure to toxic fumes and from other causes when apartments in the "hot zone" were sealed off for many days with dogs, cats, companion rats and mice, guinea pigs, gerbils, rabbits, and fish remaining inside. In memory of them all, PETA is arranging to have extra chocolates made to be sold stateside. The proceeds will go toward PETA's free winter doghouse program and its "Spay and Neuter Immediately, Please!" (SNIP) mobile clinic, which provides free and low-cost companion-animal sterilizations and other vital veterinary services to residents of low-income areas.

For more information, please visit PETA's blog:
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/11/bin_laden_bites.php