Animal rights group sponsors ad linking beef to impotence

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HOUSTON (AP) - First, Oprah Winfrey fretted in front of millions of viewers

about beef and mad cow disease.

 

Now cattlemen have to cope with a less subtle health message from People

for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

 

``Eating meat can cause impotence,'' says a PETA-sponsored ad, which shows

an attractive woman in a stars-and-stripes swimsuit with a string of link

sausages.

 

``Vegetarians are not only generally slimmer and more sexually attractive

than meat-eaters, they are also better lovers,'' claims Bruce Friedrich, a

PETA spokesman in Norfolk, Va.

 

The ads are pure bull, says Texas Beef Council spokeswoman Lisa Williams.

 

``Zinc is an important nutrient for sexual function, and beef is one of the

best sources of zinc in your diet,'' she said.