New Delhi: As part of an ad campaign for PETA, Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna has urged his fans to stay away from cockfighting, a blood sport in which roosters are placed in a ring and forced to fight to death.
<img title="Rohan Bopanna" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/jul/20Rohan-Bopanna-1.jpg" alt="Rohan Bopanna" /> Rohan Bopanna
Bopanna, who will be representing India in men's and mixed doubles at the upcoming Rio Olympic Games, starred in a brand new campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India.
Posing with rescued rooster Smack, he appears next to the words 'Tennis Is a Sport Cockfighting Is Not'. The visual for the campaign was shot by ace photographer Sam Mohan. In December 2014, Bopanna had caged himself holding a sign that proclaims 'Try to Relate to Their Fate. Say No to Cockfighting', as part of a similar ad campaign.
In the same year, the Supreme Court had ruled in favour of PETA India against the use of animals in certain so-called sports.

As part of an ad campaign for PETA, Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna has urged his fans to stay away from cockfighting, a blood sport in which roosters are placed in a ring and forced to fight to death

Rohan Bopanna urges fans to stop cockfighting

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As part of an ad campaign for PETA, Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna has urged his fans to stay away from cockfighting, a blood sport in which roosters are placed in a ring and forced to fight to death

Rohan Bopanna urges fans to stop cockfighting

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