PETA India raises awareness on World Vegetarian Day in Hyderabad
PETA India points out that animals killed for food suffer terribly, as can be seen in its disturbing and highly publicised video exposé “Glass Walls”
Hyderabad: As part of World Vegetarian Awareness Month (October) and on World Vegetarian Day (1 October), the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India supporters smeared with ‘blood’ lay ‘dead’ on large trays wrapped in cellophane to mimic packages of frozen meat, at KBR Park here on Tuesday.
Other PETA India supporters held signs that read ‘Meat Is Murder’ to urge people to ditch meat and go vegan. PETA India sought to demonstrate that all animals, including humans, are made of flesh and blood, we all feel pain and a variety of emotions, and eating meat is literally eating the corpse of a tormented animal.
“We are challenging people to think about what meat is,” says PETA India Campaigns Coordinator Utkarsh Garg. “Eating flesh means eating the corpse of an animal who was tortured and didn’t want to die. The best way to spare animals a miserable life and a terrifying death is to choose healthy, tasty vegan meals.”
PETA India points out that animals killed for food suffer terribly, as can be seen in its disturbing and highly publicised video exposé “Glass Walls”.
Chickens on factory farms are packed by the thousands into crowded sheds that reek of ammonia from the accumulated waste in which they’re forced to stand.
Chickens and other animals are crammed into vehicles and transported to slaughterhouses in such high numbers that many sustain broken bones, suffocate, or even die on the way.
At slaughterhouses, workers often hack at the throats of goats, sheep, and other animals with dull blades. And fish suffocate or are cut open while they’re still alive on the decks of fishing boats.
Each person who goes vegan spares nearly 200 animals per year, immense suffering and a terrifying death.
In addition, raising animals for food is a leading cause of water pollution and water and land use, and a United Nations report concluded that a global shift towards vegan eating is necessary to combat the worst effects of the climate catastrophe.
PETA India opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
