22 June 2023

Contact: 

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org  

Sanskriti Bansore; SanskritiB@petaindia.org 

Bengaluru – Following public outrage over the Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court’s decision to allow the sale and consumption of dog meat in Nagaland, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is erecting billboards in cities starting in Bengaluru, Delhi, Guwahati, and Mumbai calling out meat-eaters’ speciesism (a bias in favour of some species over others). The billboard shows an animal with a dog’s body and a chicken’s head and asks, “If You Wouldn’t Eat a Dog, Why Eat a Chicken?”, encouraging people to go vegan. The billboard campaign aims to remind meat-eaters appalled by the court order that both dogs and chickens have the capacity to suffer and feel pain and want to live. 

The billboard is located at outside St John’s Hospital, Koramangala, near Koramangala water tank. 

A copy of the billboard campaign is available upon request.

“Dogs don’t deserve to be rounded up and trucked to their deaths so that humans can eat them – but neither do chickens, goats, pigs, or any other animals,” says PETA India Manager of Vegan Projects Dr Kiran Ahuja. “PETA India’s billboard makes the simple point that people who are disgusted by eating dogs should question why they consider it acceptable to consume one animal’s flesh but not another’s and go vegan.” 

The use of animals for food causes suffering on a massive scale. Dogs are clubbed, fish suffocate or are cut open on the decks of fishing boats, and pigs are stabbed in the chest. In the egg industry, chickens are kept in filthy cages so small they can’t spread a single wing and newborn male chicks are ground up, burned, or buried alive since they cannot lay eggs, along with other unwanted chicks. Male calves in the dairy industry are commonly abandoned, left to starve, or killed since they cannot produce milk.  

In addition, eating meat and other animal-derived foods has been linked to heart disease, strokes, diabetes, cancer, and obesity, while rearing and killing animals for food has been linked to a multitude of zoonotic diseases including SARS, bird flu, swine flu, Ebola, HIV, and likely COVID-19. 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 – whose motto reads in, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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20 June 2023

Contact: 

Atharva Deshmukh; AtharvaD@petaindia.org  

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org  

Jaipur – For International Yoga Day (21 June), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is placing advertisements in Jaipur, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, and Lucknow, encouraging people to adopt a yoga buddy – that is, a playful dog or cat – from a local animal shelter. 

The billboard Jaipur is located above Gud Mishri bakery, Motilal Atal Road, Sindhi Camp. 

A copy of the billboard campaign is available upon request.

“Anyone who has gone into downward dog only to see their pup run onto the mat under them knows that animals brighten our lives with their antics and personalities,” says PETA India Campaigns Coordinator Atharva Deshmukh. “Why not give an animal in need a home while ensuring that the ‘namaste’ with which you start your yoga session will always be followed by a woof or a purr?” 

PETA India notes that every time someone buys a “purebred” dog from a breeder, from a pet store, or online, a dog in need roaming the streets or waiting in an animal shelter loses a chance at finding a home. Stray animals often starve or are injured, abused, or hit by vehicles. Countless other animals are left to languish in animal shelters because there aren’t enough good homes for them. That’s why PETA India advocates for adoption and urges guardians to have their animal companions sterilised so that those who have already been born have the best chance at a good home and a good life. 

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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20 June 2023

Contact: 

Atharva Deshmukh; AtharvaD@petaindia.org  

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org  

Chennai – For International Yoga Day (21 June), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is placing advertisements in Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, and Lucknow, encouraging people to adopt a yoga buddy – that is, a playful dog or cat – from a local animal shelter. 

The billboard in Chennai is located opposite Ezhilagam on Kamarajar Promenade, Marina Beach. 

A copy of the billboard campaign is available upon request.

“Anyone who has gone into downward dog only to see their pup run onto the mat under them knows that animals brighten our lives with their antics and personalities,” says PETA India Campaigns Coordinator Atharva Deshmukh. “Why not give an animal in need a home while ensuring that the ‘namaste’ with which you start your yoga session will always be followed by a woof or a purr?” 

PETA India notes that every time someone buys a “purebred” dog from a breeder, from a pet store, or online, a dog in need roaming the streets or waiting in an animal shelter loses a chance at finding a home. Stray animals often starve or are injured, abused, or hit by vehicles. Countless other animals are left to languish in animal shelters because there aren’t enough good homes for them. That’s why PETA India advocates for adoption and urges guardians to have their animal companions sterilised so that those who have already been born have the best chance at a good home and a good life. 

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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20 June 2023

Contact: 

Atharva Deshmukh; AtharvaD@petaindia.org  

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org  

Kolkata – For International Yoga Day (21 June), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is placing advertisements in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, and Chennai encouraging people to adopt a yoga buddy – that is, a playful dog or cat – from a local animal shelter.

The billboard in Kolkata is located at 128B Bidhan Sarani Road, near the Shyambazar five-point crossing. 

A copy of the billboard campaign is available upon request.

“Anyone who has gone into downward dog only to see their pup run onto the mat under them knows that animals brighten our lives with their antics and personalities,” says PETA India Campaigns Coordinator Atharva Deshmukh. “Why not give an animal in need a home while ensuring that the ‘namaste’ with which you start your yoga session will always be followed by a woof or a purr?” 

PETA India notes that every time someone buys a “purebred” dog from a breeder, from a pet store, or online, a dog in need roaming the streets or waiting in an animal shelter loses a chance at finding a home. Stray animals often starve or are injured, abused, or hit by vehicles. Countless other animals are left to languish in animal shelters because there aren’t enough good homes for them. That’s why PETA India advocates for adoption and urges guardians to have their animal companions sterilised so that those who have already been born have the best chance at a good home and a good life. 

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animal are not ours to abuse in any way” – opposes speciesism, which is a human-supremacist worldview.   

For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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20 June 2023

Contact: 

Atharva Deshmukh; AtharvaD@petaindia.org  

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org  

Hyderabad – For International Yoga Day (21 June), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is placing advertisements in Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Chennai, and Lucknow, encouraging people to adopt a yoga buddy – that is, a playful dog or cat – from a local animal shelter. 

The billboard in Hyderabad is located outside RedTape Online Outlet, Part A, P & T Colony, Tirumalagiri, Secunderabad. 

A copy of the billboard campaign is available upon request.

“Anyone who has gone into downward dog only to see their pup run onto the mat under them knows that animals brighten our lives with their antics and personalities,” says PETA India Campaigns Coordinator Atharva Deshmukh. “Why not give an animal in need a home while ensuring that the ‘namaste’ with which you start your yoga session will always be followed by a woof or a purr?” 

PETA India notes that every time someone buys a “purebred” dog from a breeder, from a pet store, or online, a dog in need roaming the streets or waiting in an animal shelter loses a chance at finding a home. Stray animals often starve or are injured, abused, or hit by vehicles. Countless other animals are left to languish in animal shelters because there aren’t enough good homes for them. That’s why PETA India advocates for adoption and urges guardians to have their animal companions sterilised so that those who have already been born have the best chance at a good home and a good life. 

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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20 June 2023

Contact: 

Atharva Deshmukh; AtharvaD@petaindia.org  

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org  

Lucknow – For International Yoga Day (21 June), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is placing advertisements in Lucknow, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Chennai encouraging people to adopt a yoga buddy – that is, a playful dog or cat – from a local animal shelter.

The billboard in Lucknow is located at Outside HP Petrol Pump, opp. New Tempo Stand, Block E. Rajajipuram, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226017. 

A copy of the billboard campaign is available upon request.

“Anyone who has gone into downward dog only to see their pup run onto the mat under them knows that animals brighten our lives with their antics and personalities,” says PETA India Campaigns Coordinator Atharva Deshmukh. “Why not give an animal in need a home while ensuring that the ‘namaste’ with which you start your yoga session will always be followed by a woof or a purr?” 

PETA India notes that every time someone buys a “purebred” dog from a breeder, from a pet store, or online, a dog in need roaming the streets or waiting in an animal shelter loses a chance at finding a home. Stray animals often starve or are injured, abused, or hit by vehicles. Countless other animals are left to languish in animal shelters because there aren’t enough good homes for them. That’s why PETA India advocates for adoption and urges guardians to have their animal companions sterilised so that those who have already been born have the best chance at a good home and a good life. 

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animal are not ours to abuse in any way” – opposes speciesism, which is a human-supremacist worldview.   

For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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20 June 2023

Contact:

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org

Sanskriti Bansore; SanskritiB@petaindia.org

Panjim – In an effort to challenge speciesism (the bias in favour of one species over another), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has erected a billboard in Goa showing an animal with a pig’s body and a dog’s head asking Goans, “If You Wouldn’t Eat a Dog, Why Eat a Pig?”. The initiative invites the public to recognise that both dogs and pigs have the capacity to suffer and feel pain and want to live and encourages people to go vegan.

The billboard is located on Colva Beach Road, Seraulim, Goa 403708.

A copy of the billboard campaign is available upon request.

“Many Goans love dogs but eat pigs, even though pigs are sensitive, social, and playful like dogs,” says PETA India Manager of Vegan Projects Dr Kiran Ahuja. “PETA India’s billboard makes the simple point that anyone who would be enraged by the thought of eating dogs should question why they consider it acceptable to consume one animal’s flesh but not another’s and go vegan.”

Pigs are widely consumed in Goa, and the use of any animal for food causes suffering on a massive scale. Pigs are stabbed in the chest, and fish suffocate or are cut open on the decks of fishing boats. In the egg industry, chickens are kept in filthy cages so small they can’t spread a single wing and newborn male chicks are ground up, burned, or buried alive since they cannot lay eggs, along with other unwanted chicks. Male calves in the dairy industry are commonly abandoned, left to starve, or killed because they cannot produce milk.

In addition, eating meat and other animal-derived foods has been linked to heart disease, strokes, diabetes, cancer, and obesity, while rearing and killing animals for food has been linked to a multitude of zoonotic diseases including SARS, bird flu, swine flu, Ebola, HIV, and likely COVID-19. 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 – whose motto reads in, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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15 June 2023

Contact: 

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org  

Sanskriti Bansore; SanskritiB@petaindia.org 

Guwahati – Following public outrage over the Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court’s decision to allow the sale and consumption of dog meat in Nagaland, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is erecting billboards in cities starting in Guwahati, Delhi, and Mumbai calling out meat-eaters’ speciesism (a bias in favour of some species over others). The billboard shows a dog and a chicken and asks, “If You Wouldn’t Eat a Dog, Why Eat a Chicken?”, encouraging people to go vegan. The billboard campaign comes just in time for World Meat Free Day, observed on 15 June every year, and aims to remind meat-eaters appalled by the court order that both dogs and chickens have the capacity to suffer and feel pain and want to live. 

The billboard is located at Buildworth Complex, GS Road, Christian Basti, Guwahati. 

“Dogs don’t deserve to be rounded up and trucked to their deaths so that humans can eat them – but neither do chickens, goats, pigs, or any other animals,” says PETA India Manager of Vegan Projects Dr Kiran Ahuja. “PETA India’s billboard makes the simple point that people who are disgusted by eating dogs should question why they consider it acceptable to consume one animal’s flesh but not another’s and go vegan.” 

The use of animals for food causes suffering on a massive scale. Dogs are clubbed, fish suffocate or are cut open on the decks of fishing boats, and pigs are stabbed in the chest. In the egg industry, chickens are kept in filthy cages so small they can’t spread a single wing and newborn male chicks are ground up, burned, or buried alive since they cannot lay eggs, along with other unwanted chicks. Male calves in the dairy industry are commonly abandoned, left to starve, or killed since they cannot produce milk.  

In addition, eating meat and other animal-derived foods has been linked to heart disease, strokes, diabetes, cancer, and obesity, while rearing and killing animals for food has been linked to a multitude of zoonotic diseases including SARS, bird flu, swine flu, Ebola, HIV, and likely COVID-19. 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 – whose motto reads in, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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15 June 2023

Contact: 

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org  

Sanskriti Bansore; SanskritiB@petaindia.org 

New Delhi – Following public outrage over the Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court’s decision to allow the sale and consumption of dog meat in Nagaland, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is erecting billboards in cities starting in Delhi and Mumbai calling out meat-eaters’ speciesism (a bias in favour of some species over others). The billboard shows an animal with a dog’s body and a chicken’s head, and asks, “If You Wouldn’t Eat a Dog, Why Eat a Chicken?”, encouraging people to go vegan. The billboard campaign comes just in time for World Meat Free Day, observed on 15 June every year, and aims to remind meat-eaters appalled by the court order that both dogs and chickens have the capacity to suffer and feel pain and want to live. 

The billboard is located at 1 Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, Block E, Jhandewalan Extension, Jhandewalan, New Delhi, Delhi 110005. 

“Dogs don’t deserve to be rounded up and trucked to their deaths so that humans can eat them – but neither do chickens, goats, pigs, or any other animals,” says PETA India Manager of Vegan Projects Dr Kiran Ahuja. “PETA India’s billboard makes the simple point that people who are disgusted by eating dogs should question why they consider it acceptable to consume one animal’s flesh but not another’s and go vegan.” 

The use of animals for food causes suffering on a massive scale. Dogs are clubbed, fish suffocate or are cut open on the decks of fishing boats, and pigs are stabbed in the chest. In the egg industry, chickens are kept in filthy cages so small they can’t spread a single wing and newborn male chicks are ground up, burned, or buried alive since they cannot lay eggs, along with other unwanted chicks. Male calves in the dairy industry are commonly abandoned, left to starve, or killed since they cannot produce milk.  

In addition, eating meat and other animal-derived foods has been linked to heart disease, strokes, diabetes, cancer, and obesity, while rearing and killing animals for food has been linked to a multitude of zoonotic diseases including SARS, bird flu, swine flu, Ebola, HIV, and likely COVID-19. 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 – whose motto reads in, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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15 June 2023

Contact: 

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org  

Sanskriti Bansore; SanskritiB@petaindia.org 

Mumbai – Following public outrage over the Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court’s decision to allow the sale and consumption of dog meat in Nagaland, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is erecting billboards in cities starting in Delhi and Mumbai calling out meat-eaters’ speciesism (a bias in favour of some species over others). The billboard shows an animal with a dog’s body and a chicken’s head, and asks, “If You Wouldn’t Eat a Dog, Why Eat a Chicken?”, encouraging people to go vegan. The billboard campaign comes just in time for World Meat Free Day, observed on 15 June every year, and aims to remind meat-eaters appalled by the court order that both dogs and chickens have the capacity to suffer and feel pain and want to live. 

The billboard is located on Bazar Road near Jama Masjid, Bandra, Mumbai 400050. 

“Dogs don’t deserve to be rounded up and trucked to their deaths so that humans can eat them – but neither do chickens, goats, pigs, or any other animals,” says PETA India Manager of Vegan Projects Dr Kiran Ahuja. “PETA India’s billboard makes the simple point that people who are disgusted by eating dogs should question why they consider it acceptable to consume one animal’s flesh but not another’s and go vegan.” 

The use of animals for food causes suffering on a massive scale. Dogs are clubbed, fish suffocate or are cut open on the decks of fishing boats, and pigs are stabbed in the chest. In the egg industry, chickens are kept in filthy cages so small they can’t spread a single wing and newborn male chicks are ground up, burned, or buried alive since they cannot lay eggs, along with other unwanted chicks. Male calves in the dairy industry are commonly abandoned, left to starve, or killed since they cannot produce milk.  

In addition, eating meat and other animal-derived foods has been linked to heart disease, strokes, diabetes, cancer, and obesity, while rearing and killing animals for food has been linked to a multitude of zoonotic diseases including SARS, bird flu, swine flu, Ebola, HIV, and likely COVID-19. 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 – whose motto reads in, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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