Hema Malini campaigns for being vegetarian

Politician and long-time animal defender Hema Malini, who has campaigned for a ban on horse carriages from the streets of Mumbai, stars in a brand-new ad for her friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India.
Smiling beautifully into the camera next to the words "I Am Hema Malini, and I Am Vegetarian", she says, "Being vegetarian is the best road to good health."
Malini, who has appeared in more than 150 films in a stellar career spanning four decades, says "Knowing that my food choices are helping the planet and animals, too, makes me happy," according to a PETA release here today.

In 2009, she had written on PETA's behalf to the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner urging him to ban cruel and dangerous horse carriages from the city's busy streets.
Also, following Malini's plea to the government to end the cruel sport of 'jallikattu', the Ministry of Environment and Forests issued a notification that bulls can no longer be used as "performing animals".
Malini was named PETA's Person of the Year in 2011 for her animal-protection work.