PETA Wants India And The U.S. to Become Vegan To Save The World From Climate Change
Jantar Mantar, India: Two PETA supporters painted themselves in the colors of the Indian and United States flags and held placards that read, “Unite to Save the Planet: Try Vegan.”
They were there ahead of the 2015 Paris climate change talks and U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to India, to bring awareness to the detrimental impact meat and dairy production has on climate change.
PETA India campaigns strategist Nikunj Sharma wants everyone to be aware:
“As two of the top contributors to climate change, India and the US have to take the lead in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, encouraging vegan eating would be an extremely effective way to do that…”
“Cutting out meat and dairy products is the best and easiest way that individuals can help prevent further damage to human health, spare animals intense suffering and save the planet…”
President Obama will soon be in India to discuss climate change with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PETA wants to make sure meat and dairy production being the biggest contributors to green house gases is part of the discussion.
The United States and China are committed to reducing the output of gases house gases. India is the third largest producer of green house gases, but is more reluctant to reduce green house gases. The reluctance is based on the grounds the industries responsible for contributing green house gases are also the industries that are promoting economic growth to alleviate poverty.
