Animal rights group PETA launch a campaign against the Toronto Maple Leafs

According to a report from Toronto Maple Leafs insider Adam Laskaris of The Daily Hive, the Leafs are embroiled in a bit of controversy with animal rights group PETA.

Laskaris reports that PETA president Ingrid Newkirk is calling on the Leafs to ditch their partnership with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario and to drop the iconic 'Milk' logo from their jerseys.

Newkirk's statement to Leafs CEO Keith Pelley via Laskaris:

If I'm honest, this entire diatribe from Newkirk only makes me hope that the Leafs double down in their support for Milk and for the Ontario Dairy industry... and I don't even drink milk.

Newkirk only shows herself to be woefully out of touch with hockey and its fanbase with this letter to Pelley. She makes the argument that because hockey is played on ice and because factory farming contributes to the melting of polar ice caps, the Leafs should ditch their partnership with Milk.

I mean... talk about a stretch.

This woman has no clue about the Leafs, their fans or hockey in general. If I'm Pelley and the Leafs, this is the easiest thing to ignore this entire offseason. Chock this up as just an angry person spouting off nonsense into the universe.