Alia Bhatt named as PETA India - 2021 Person Of The Year
Highlights:
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has named Alia Bhatt as its Person of the Year for 2021.
- She is an animal lover who frequently posts pictures of her pets on social media.
- Alia Bhatt invested in Phool, the company that created Feather, a vegan leather made from discarded temple flowers, earlier this year.
- Ed-a-Mamma, her vegan children's clothing line, also won a PETA India fashion award in 2021 for fostering children's love of animals and nature.
- Alia also starred in a PETA India campaign promoting adoption to help cats and dogs. She has taken advantage of her position to advocate for stricter animal protection legislation.
- Former Supreme Court Justice KS Panicker Radhakrishnan, for the landmark judgment against the use of bulls in performances
- Dr. Shashi Tharoor, for supporting Compassionate Citizen, PETA India's humane education program for children, as well as other animal protection education;
- Cricketer Virat Kohli, for urging the release of an abused elephant and harsher penalties for animal abusers.
- Comedian Kapil Sharma, for encouraging people to adopt dogs
- John Abraham, Anushka Sharma, Sunny Leone, R Madhavan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Hema Malini, and Sonam Kapoor Ahuja for their various contributions to animal welfare.
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