Jacqueline Fernandez named 'Woman of the Year' by PETA India
Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez and former Supreme
Court judge Justice KS Panicker Radhakrishnan have been given PETA
India's People of the Year award for their contribution towards the
protection of animals.
The American animal rights organization named Fernandez as 'Woman of the Year' and Justice (Retd) KS Panicker Radhakrishnan as 'Man of the Year'.
"Justice (Retd) Radhakrishnan and Fernandez are role models who uphold this mandate for kindness to animals through the actions they take, as we all should," PETA UK Director Mimi Bekhechi, said.
PETA India, in a statement, said the actress was named for using her massive star power to advocate for the protection of all animals, from horses used to pull carriages known in India as Victorias to rabbits used in painful cosmetics tests.
Justice Radhakrishnan headed a bench that passed a landmark judgement in favour of PETA India and the Animal Welfare Board of India, clarifying that bulls must not be used in jallikattu, bull races, bullfights or any other type of performance and called for animals to be respected in many other ways, it said.
"Article 51a(g) of the Indian Constitution makes it a requirement of every Indian citizen to have compassion for living creatures," Bekhechi said.
The American animal rights organization named Fernandez as 'Woman of the Year' and Justice (Retd) KS Panicker Radhakrishnan as 'Man of the Year'.
"Justice (Retd) Radhakrishnan and Fernandez are role models who uphold this mandate for kindness to animals through the actions they take, as we all should," PETA UK Director Mimi Bekhechi, said.
PETA India, in a statement, said the actress was named for using her massive star power to advocate for the protection of all animals, from horses used to pull carriages known in India as Victorias to rabbits used in painful cosmetics tests.
Justice Radhakrishnan headed a bench that passed a landmark judgement in favour of PETA India and the Animal Welfare Board of India, clarifying that bulls must not be used in jallikattu, bull races, bullfights or any other type of performance and called for animals to be respected in many other ways, it said.
"Article 51a(g) of the Indian Constitution makes it a requirement of every Indian citizen to have compassion for living creatures," Bekhechi said.
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