Filmmaker-actress Pooja Bhatt bags PETA India’s ‘Hero to Animals’ Award
Filmmaker-actress Pooja Bhatt has been feted with a Hero to Animals Award from PETA India on International Animal Rights Day.
Pooja said, “I’m truly grateful to PETA for giving me this award. I thank my mother for inculcating in me the need to look at another creature with the same degree of empathy and love and compassion as I’d like others to treat me with. If only I could be that person that my dog really thinks I am. I try hard to be that person. I shall continue to speak up.”
The filmmaker-actress has upheld PETA India’s mission to ban horse-drawn carriages in Mumbai, supported a call for the release captive elephant named Malti who was brutally beaten near Jaipur, and informed individuals via social media how easily ‘manja’ can harm and kill birds.
“Animals have an unflagging defender in Pooja Bhatt,” said Sachin Bangera, PETA India Director of Celebrity and Public Relations.
Pooja received a trophy and a letter of appreciation.
Previous recipients of the award include Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, for allotting funds for taking care of community animals during the lockdown, and Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain, for ensuring the lives of people and animals by banning all types of ‘manja’.
Others include singer Zubeen Garg for calling an end to an animal sacrifice in Assamin Assam, Gaurav Gera, Rohit Gujjar, Shilpa Shetty, Zareen Khan, Cyrus Broacha, Rani Mukerji, Asin, and Imran Khan.
