PETA urges citizens to go vegan

New Delhi: Clad in biohazard suits and holding signs reading, " Eating Meat Is Toxic: Go Vegan" and "Meat is Murder", members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India will hand out leaflets outside a meat industry conference organised by the National Meat and Poultry

Photo by - Deepak Malik

Processing Board. The protesters will also call on passers-by to save the planet by giving up meat.

"We've known for some time that meat consumption is linked to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer," says PETA's Arkaprava Bhar. "But now we also know that meat production is destroying the planet."

According to United Nations, The meat industry generates more greenhouse gasses tahn all cars, trucks, SUVs and planes in the world combined. Animal agriculture is one of the world's largest sources of carbon-dioxide emissions and is the single largest source of methane and nitrous-oxide emissions. It also produces many tonnes of manure and other waste products each year, polluting the air, water and soil.