PETA India Animal Times Summer 2020

WINNING ANIMALS for

Order Your Copy of For a Moment of Taste

For over 20 years, Poorva Joshipura , a PETA Foundation senior vice president and member of PETA India’s board of directors, has led game changing campaigns and investigations to expose and end cruelty to animals while promoting vegan living. In her thought-provoking new book, For a Moment of Taste: How What You Eat Impacts Animals, the Planet and Your Health , she offers first-hand and other evidence of the ways in

which the meat, egg, and dairy industries in India abuse and kill animals, harm human health, and damage the environment. Infused with personal anecdotes, Poorva demonstrates why it’s time to choose healthy, eco- and animal

friendly foods over fleeting tastes. The book is available from Flipkart and Amazon and may also be found at your local bookstore.

Kids Promote Vegan Eating to Protect Their Future

Pune Vegan Is ‘Volunteer of the Year’

Virat Kohli Is PETA India , s ‘Person of the Year’

In honour of Children’s Day during World Vegan Month, a group of young PETA India supporters fromWiseRoots World School dressed up as chicks and calves to urge Pune residents to fight climate change and protect their future by going vegan. Young people today know that raising and killing animals for food is responsible for nearly one-fifth of human-induced greenhouse-gas emissions and that going vegan is the easiest, most effective way to reduce environmental destruction. Everyone who goes vegan also saves, on average, nearly 200 animals from death each year.

As the captain of India’s national cricket team, vegetarian Virat Kohli is a busy man. But he still finds time to help PETA India stop cruelty to animals, earning him our “Person of the Year” Award. Over the years, he’s promoted adopting animals from shelters instead of buying them from breeders or pet shops, urged the government to uphold the ban on the use of bulls in races and other performances, and petitioned for stronger penalties for violators of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. He also had a horse free wedding ceremony and went to bat for Malti, an enslaved elephant forced to give rides at Amer

Pooja Rathore is a vegan force to be reckoned with. She assists our Emergency Response Team by coordinating veterinary care for animals in need, volunteers for multiple vegan outreach groups, and takes care of community animals. She’s also participated in numerous PETA India demonstrations, including our “Eat Green, Go Vegan” one, during which she was painted green to encourage Pune’s residents to go vegan for the environment. With more than 10,000 Instagram followers, Pooja uses her platform to highlight animal rights issues and organise climate strikes. She also rescues injured animals and is studying for her master’s degree in nutrition so she can be an even stronger advocate for vegan living. WHAT YOU CAN DO Animals need your help. Please visit PETAIndia.com and sign up to become an activist, intern, or volunteer today.

Animal Superheroes Party at Comic Con

Fort, after a group of American tourists saw and recorded eight men violently beating her. WHAT YOU CAN DO Respect animals – don’t eat them. Get started on a more compassionate path by visiting PETAIndia.com/VSK to order a free vegan starter kit.

PETA India Youth made a splash at this year’s Comic Con, attracting crowds to our information booth inviting them to “Be a Superhero for Animals” and to play “Hero or Villain”, a game that asks players to decide if the human in each image shown is helping animals (“hero”) or hurting them (“villain”). The game was a hit with comic fans. And in addition to enjoying free pro-animal merchandise like wristbands, badges, and stickers, visitors signed PETA India’s pledge to go vegan.

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