PETA has written to the IIT-Bombay asking the institute to ban non-veg food on the campus.
PETA has written to the IIT-Bombay asking the institute to ban non-veg food on the campus.
In a letter written to the IIT Director, PETA’s policy head Nikunj Sharma said that the animal rights group would support the institute if it stops serving non-veg food to the students.
‘We read about IIT Bombay's seemingly apologetic clarification in the media that it has not banned non-vegetarian food. But we are writing to ask, why not? Everyone can eat vegan foods, and it doesn't hurt anyone to do so,’ the letter said.
And to back its case, PETA also gave a graphic narration of what exactly happens to the chicken, the most favourite non-vegetarian food.
‘Consider what chickens are currently made to endure. The beaks of female chicks to be used for eggs are painfully seared off with a hot blade while they're still just babies in order to prevent them from pecking each other in frustration when they're moved to cages so small that they can't even spread a wing before they're taken to slaughter. Male chicks – considered worthless by the egg industry – and other chicks who are weak or otherwise deemed "garbage" are typically killed shortly after birth in various horrific ways, such as being drowned, burned, suffocated, or ground up alive. Chickens deliberately bred to be unnaturally top-heavy for extra breast meat are typically crowded by the hundreds or thousands into sheds that reek of ammonia from the accumulated waste in which the animals are forced to stand,’ the letter said.
‘The nation needs esteemed institutions like yours to make decisions beneficial to society based on science, even if it generates debates and discussion and even if it would temporarily "offend" meat addicts,’ PETA said.
The letter comes after reports of how the IIT had sent a mail to students for using separate plates for non-veg food. The email, sent on January 12, requested non-vegetarian students to not use "main plates" in the hostel mess.
Several students took to social media to raise their concerns against the rule and are also holding a meeting today to discuss the matter.
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