Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma is the latest celebrity to turn vegetarian and do her bit towards making this world devoid of animal-cruelty. The actress has joined the likes of other celebs like Lara Dutta, Sonu Sood, Shahid Kapoor, Esha Gupta, Madhavan and many other celebrities who have teamed up with PETA India to promote healthy, humane meat-free meals.
The actress took to her Twitter account to share the news with the message, "The only way forward for me is through a way in which I take care of the world around me and co-exist with my environment. This is the best decision I’ve made and I am content with the knowledge that I’ve made a little difference in the world in this way. @PetaIndia"
In the new PETA ad Anushka will be seen praising the benefits of meat-free meals. She says, "I Am Anushka Sharma, and I Am a Vegetarian. I have more energy, I feel healthier, and I'm so happy that no animals had to suffer for my meals."
As PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that "animals are not ours to eat" – reveals in its video exposé "Glass Walls", chickens killed for food are shackled upside-down and have their throats slit. Cows and buffaloes are crammed into vehicles in such large numbers that their bones break before they're dragged off to the slaughterhouse, and pigs are stabbed in the heart as they scream. On the decks of fishing boats, fish suffocate or are cut open while they're still alive.
The only way forward for me is through a way in which I take care of the world around me and co-exist with my environment. This is the best decision I’ve made and I am content with the knowledge that I’ve made a little difference in the world in this way. @PetaIndiapic.twitter.com/WG036cLiVh
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) July 23, 2018
A press release informs that Anushka Sharma has been a vegetarian for the last three and half years. She was named PETA India's Hottest Vegetarian Celebrity in 2015 and Person of the Year in 2017. Among other efforts to help animals, she had announced plans to open an animal shelter outside Mumbai on her 30th birthday, launched a campaign called PAWSITIVE to bring awareness about animals who suffer when people set off firecrackers during Diwali and demanded a ban on cruel carriage rides in Mumbai.
