Stand By Cattle, Stop Cruel Transport', will stop at India Gate to collect signatures on a petition urging the prime minister to enforce cattle transport laws. The circle between India Gate and the National Stadium Says Hynde, 'All across Europe and North America, people are scandalised by what is happening to India's cows, bullocks and buffalo. Cows were once held sacred in India, but PETA has found quite a different picture. Cows who collapse from injury or exhaustion have tobacco or chili peppers rubbed into their eyes and their tailbones deliberately broken in an effort to force them to stand and walk on. PETA has charged that the police regularly take bribes to look the other way as injured cattle are beaten and abused and points out that sorely needed amendments to the Act continue to languish on the prime minister's desk.
International appeals continue to pour into the Indian consulate from all over the world.
PETA's campaign to expose the horrific conditions that Indian cattle are kept in during transport has drawn the attention and support of other celebrities. Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has written to the Indian prime minister, asking for protection for these animals, as has Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and Asia's top box office star, Jackie Chan. Musician Crispian Mills of Kula Shakur also sent a letter to the prime minister saying, 'Without animal protection, the principle of dharma is in a state of collapse. None has received even the courtesy of a reply. Top PETA India, based in Mumbai, was launched in 1999.