People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, or better known as, PETA, is an animal right’s organization that is known less for its goodwill works and more for their rather eccentric ways of grabbing eyeballs to their campaigns. Most of us would read about their out of the box activities on tabloids and think of them as stories of faraway lands. But God knows we are mistaken. PETA has now made it a point to reach individuals with their propositions, very intimately. In fact, a little too intimately.
On the occasion of World Toilet Day, PETA somehow found a way to push their agenda of “Go Vegan” in nowhere but Kolkata. Yes, you read that right. PETA has stocked the public washrooms and restaurants with some custom-made toilet papers that have the message of “Wipe Cruelty from your Diet” printed on them.
The text on the paper goes further to elaborate how fishes in farms are kept in very unhygienic and poor conditions which encourage the growth of infections, bacteria, and diseases in the fishes.
⚡️Kolkata Washrooms Stocked With 'Wipe Cruelty From Your Diet' Toilet Papers & A Terrifying Claim pic.twitter.com/TuWAsgcQLn
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Apparently, some farms are also said to feed human excreta to the fishes. In fact, according to PETA, around 10,000 tonnes of fishes are sold in Kolkata every year which have been fed human waste and have been forced to swim in human excreta. As per the CEO of PETA India, Dr. Manilal Valliyate, these educational toilet papers are meant to serve the right of the people of Kolkata to know where their food came from and what they are putting inside their body.
Now, the intention is pretty transparent. But, even if PETA’s reputation as a non-reliable source of real-time data is kept aside, there are a few flaws in their planning that must be pointed out, for the sake of science of course. Firstly, who reads a toilet paper? The toilet roll is supposed to be that one piece of paper that we can freely disrespect without fearing the wrath of Maa Saraswati. Also, if people really wanted printing ink around their private parts, they could have just used the sell-out newspapers that are soaring in the market of this country.
Second of all, even if our fishes are contaminated, we have an array of other options to keep our non-veg loving stomach happy. Chicken, mutton, pork, and beef are a few examples. Third of all, if suddenly the whole of Kolkata decides to go vegan tomorrow, who is going to set up shops that supply all vegan food items in the city and pay for the expensive cost that a vegan diet comes at? This city going vegan is quite a rare possibility until these doubts are wiped clean.
