Earth Day Prompts ‘Go Vegan or We All Die’ Warning From PETA India
In honour of Earth Day (22 April), PETA India is placing billboards in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, and Pune with a stark message about what scientists say is the single most effective thing individuals can do to save the planet: go vegan.
Mahatama Gandhi Road, Pallimukku, next to Yas Residency, Kochi
Chimanlal Girdharlal Road, Swastik Cross Road, next to ORRA jewellers, Ahmedabad
Fergusson College Road, Dnyaneshwar Paduka Chowk, above Harshu Veg, Pune
Maa Flyover, Topsia Crossing, near Barsana Boutique Hotel, Kolkatta
Pani Pech Circle, near Pani Pech Mall, Nehru Nagar, Jaipur
According to some estimates, animal agriculture (the industrial breeding, rearing, and slaughter of animals) is responsible for more climate catastrophe–causing greenhouse gas emissions than all the world’s transportation systems combined. Researchers at the University of Oxford found that cutting out meat and dairy can reduce an individual’s carbon footprint from food by up to 73%.
In addition to helping combat the climate catastrophe, vegan meals spare animals immense suffering. In today’s global meat, egg, and dairy industries, tens of billions of animals are raised in severe confinement every year. In India, chickens’ throats are cut while they’re still conscious, cows are forcibly separated from their beloved calves so that humans can steal the milk meant for them, piglets are castrated without painkillers, and fish are cut open while they’re still alive.
