Stop the Illegal Treatment of Indian Cows

Animals used by the leather industry are transported to states where they can legally be killed. Forced to walk through the heat and dust for days without food or water, many of the animals collapse. Handlers pull the cattle by ropes through their noses and twist their necks, horns and tails or rub chilli peppers in their eyes in order to keep them moving.

Cows, buffaloes, goats and sheep are crammed onto lorries to be taken for slaughter in conditions which are so crowded that many are gouged by the horns of others or suffer broken bones from being crushed. Many of them die en route – often from suffocation. Once at the abattoir, it is common for animals to be dragged inside and cut open with dull knives – often in full view of one another, which is illegal. Some animals are skinned and dismembered while still conscious.

Gulshan Grover, Raveen Tandon, Shamita Singha and Luke Kenny along with top designers such as Hemant Trevedi, Anita Dongre and Stella McCartney have stopped using leather. They join the growing list of international celebs who opt to use humane materials instead of leather.

You Can Help!
These cattle are counting on your help! Please write to the Prime Minister of India urging him to immediately enact humane practices and conditions for cattle transportation in India.

Please send polite correspondence to:

Dr Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister's Office
Room No 152
South Block
New Delhi 110001

You could also send a message to the Prime Minister's Office using the sample letter below.