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Sandip and Jesse Call for a Ban on ‘Joyrides’

World-renowned dancers and PETA’s longtime pals, Sandip Soparrkar and Jesse Randhawa have stepped forward to help horses who are forced to pull heavy carriages for “joy rides” in Mumbai. …

Celebrities Celebrate ‘Hug a Vegetarian’ Day

College students aren’t the only ones who are going gaga over our “Hug a Vegetarian” Day. Celebrities, too, are getting in on the embrace! “It’s a fun way to …

Will You Please Give Peas a Chance?

 “Non-violence begins at your dinner plate” – that was the message that PETA India’s Lettuce Lady gave to Pune’s residents on World Peace Day. Check out these awesome pictures …

Stamp Out Cruelty With a Vegetarian Stamp

How cool would it be to have a pro-vegetarian postage stamp in India, which, by the way, is considered to be the birthplace of vegetarianism? PETA India has sent …

Girl Power for Animals at Kaleidoscope

Downpours couldn’t rain on the enthusiastic welcome that PETA Youth received at the Kaleidoscope festival at Mumbai’s Sophia College. Petition pages calling for cruelty-to-animals laws to be strengthened filled up, …

Indian Oil, BP and HP Support Cruelty to Bulls

Don’t you just love our over-the-top ways of protesting cruelty to animals? Now, in keeping with that tradition, our latest tactic was a stage takeover at the India Oil …

Jiah Khan Shows Her ‘Wild’ Side

The actor and model urges people to steer clear of zoos and says that we should let wild animals live in their natural homes.

Keep Prisons a Meat-Free Zone

As soon as we found out that the Mumbai High Court has asked Maharashtra state to justify why it mainly serves only vegetarian food in prisons in response to …

Help Elephants Gain Freedom This Ganpati

It turns out that the happy reunion of the elephant Marriapan with his mom was just the beginning of the good news. After years of campaigning by PETA India …

Victory! UGC Recommends End to Animal Dissection in Universities

Following an extensive PETA India campaign, the University Grants Commission (UGC) accepted the recommendation of an expert committee to end animal dissection in university and college laboratories. This decision …