Model-turned-actress Malaika Arora Khan is appealing for the boycott of animal
circuses in a new ad for Peoples for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) with
the tag line 'Wild Birds Don't Belong in the Circus.
"Robbing birds of
flight, forcing them to live in tiny, filthy cages and tormenting them into
performing silly tricks are acts of cruelty to animals. I ask all my fans to
boycott circuses which use animals," the actress was quoted as saying in a PETA
release.
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Celina Jaitley She is associated with PETA from quite a long time. In this ad Celina
is making a statement against keeping elephants in captivity. "In Mumbai and
other parts of India, I have seen so many elephants who are kept in such bad
conditions in captivity", says Celina.
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Jiah Khan Shot by ace photographer Farrokh Chothia, the ad release was timed
to coincide with the festival of Makar Sankranthi, during which kites are flown
using manja, glass coated string. When manja falls on trees and electric poles,
it cuts through the wings of birds who become entangled in it. Thousands of
birds are maimed and killed by glass-coated manja every year.
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Mahima Chaudhary: the Bollywood actress urges people to turn vegetarian.
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Sheetal Malhar: Sheetal Malhar did the ad when she came to know of the cruelty.
The ad was shot by ace photographer Ashok Salian.
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Sherlyn Chopra Animals in circuses live lives of chronic confinement, constant
physical abuse and psychological torment. "When I pose in chains, it's news.
When circus animals live their lives in chains, it's business as usual. Only a
sadist could desire pleasure in watching an animal perform unnatural acts all in
the name of entertainment," says Sherlyn Chopra.
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Why is Shilpa Shetty roaring mad about the circus? She believes that
while she is an entertainer by choice , circus animals are forced to perform out
of fear. "Circuses are no fun for wild animals who are caged, beaten and
deprived of all that is natural to them," says Shilpa.
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Actor Nargise Bagheri stripped down Lady Godiva-style in a stunning new ad for
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, to draw attention to
the plight of horses who are used to pull carts that bear heavy loads or people
seeking "joyrides".
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Wearing a spectacular full-length gown made of lettuce leaves and other vegetables, former Miss Universe and film star Lara Dutta looks deliciously vegetarian in an ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
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Raveena Tandon is all for vegetarianism.
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After redefining sexiness, actor Vidya Balan has now become the hottest vegetarian. Bollywood hottie Vidya and popular politician Shashi Tharoor have been voted hottest vegetarians by a recent online poll conducted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Talking about it, Vidya says, "Adopting a vegetarian diet may seem like a small choice, but it has an enormous impact on the world around us. The 'hottest vegetarian' recognition is an honour, but if you ask me, everyone who goes vegetarian is 'hot', since they each make the world a better place every day."
We list down 10 other hotties who too are sexy vegans!
