Going green
Updated On: 25 September, 2015 07:49 AM IST | | Suprita Mitter
Michael Webermann, executive director, Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), one of the biggest and most successful animal advocacy organisations in the USA, was in the city before heading to a conference in Chennai. We chatted with him about his views on animal rights and veganism

Caption Michael Webermann, Executive Director, Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)
India has a large vegetarian population. Where does it stand with regards to protection of animals?
We are inspired India has a large vegetarian population. What we have noticed is that younger people in India are moving away for vegetarianism and following what they think is cool, modern and a Western thing to do by eating meat. However, in the West things are changing and more and more people are turning vegetarian and vegan. Our attempt is to tell the younger generation in India to not make the same mistakes that the West made in the last decade. It is modern and cool to be able to understand how animals are being treated and that consuming more animal products is just putting them more in danger and also affecting us in terms of climate change.
Caption Michael Webermann, Executive Director, Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)


