They join Beatles singer Paul McCartney, action actor Jackie Chan and Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama, among other international celebrities, in condemning the abuse of animals by the meat and leather industry. Since it is illegal to slaughter cows in most Indian states, corrupt skin and flesh traders bribe to smuggle the animals across state borders at night. These animals are driven in packed trucks for days to slaughterhouses in violation of the Constitution. PETA has also found that many slaughterhouses fail to meet even minimum humane, legal standards for slaughtering of cattle. The organisation's investigators witnessed frightened buffaloes being slaughtered in view of other cattle, then shackled and hoisted upside down to be bled while still conscious.
Animal cruelty is no laughing matter.