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People who are out to target PETA India are spreading fake news. Who are these people? They include those in the meat industry, those in the dairy factory-farming business, those who support the lifelong chaining of elephants<\/a> and the torture of bulls<\/a>, and others whose income or amusement depends on animal exploitation. So beware what you hear!<\/p>\n These fake-news spreaders are unable to attack the message, so they use the oldest trick in the book: attacking the messenger.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the real story: a look at PETA India\u2019s history confirms that the Hindu principle of ahimsa<\/em> \u2013 avoiding causing harm to any sentient being \u2013 drives all <\/em>of our campaigns. We target cruelty to animals wherever it appears, because our motto is \u201cAnimals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.\u201d PETA India welcomes people of all religions or none and appeals to all communities across religious lines to consider making kind choices.<\/p>\n Religion is not a target \u2013 the human-supremacist attitude is.<\/strong> PETA India\u2019s campaigns oppose speciesism<\/em>, the view that humans are superior to all other animals and can harm them for any reason instead of respecting them as being part of the great orchestra of life. PETA India appeals to compassionate people of all backgrounds to live vegan and consider helping animals every day \u2013 and many do, including on festival days, not only by showing animals kindness such as by feeding and garlanding them but also by committing to not exploiting or harming them in any way.<\/p>\n Dietary vegans are vegetarians who refrain from consuming any foods taken from animals, such as eggs and milk, because of modern common industry practices like the killing of male baby animals<\/a> they find unnecessary and cruel. As part of our opposition to speciesism and meat-eating, PETA India objects to animal sacrifice. Animal sacrifice is a practice not limited to Islam, but during Eid there is massive, visible slaughter, and PETA India opposes it including in ways described here<\/a>. By encouraging vegan living and the giving of alms that don\u2019t come from violence, we\u2019ve helped many Muslims celebrate a slaughter-free Eid.<\/p>\n