Pooja Bhatt, a director and an actress who received a Hero to Animals Award from PETA India on International Animal Rights Day and who’s additionally called Kiran Bhatt, stated: “I’m truly grateful to PETA for giving me this award. I thank my mother for inculcating in me the need to look at another creature with the same degree of empathy and love and compassion as I’d like others to treat me with. If only I could be that person that my dog really thinks I am. I try hard to be that person. I shall continue to speak up.”
The filmmaker-actress has supported PETA India’s marketing campaign to prohibit horse-drawn carriages in Mumbai, supported a call for the release of a captive elephant named Malti who was mercilessly crushed close to Jaipur and knowledgeable individuals on social media how easily ‘manja’ can injure and kill birds.
She additionally practices what she preaches by retaining meat off her plate, adopting animal partners from the road or even supporting to sterilise cats in her neighbourhood. “Animals have an unflagging defender in Pooja Bhatt,” stated Sachin Bangera, PETA India Director of Celebrity and Public Relations. Pooja obtained a trophy and a letter of appreciation.
Previous recipients of the award consist of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, for allocating budget for feeding network animals all through the lockdown, and Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain, for shielding the lives of people and animals by banning all forms of ‘manja’.
Others consist of singer Zubeen Garg for calling for an cease to an animal sacrifice in Assam, Gaurav Gera, Rohit Gujjar, Shilpa Shetty, Zareen Khan, Cyrus Broacha, Rani Mukerji, Asin, and Imran Khan.
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