This Article is From Jun 20, 2013

Indian Ocean members get chained for a cause

Indian Ocean members get chained for a cause

The band members have shot for PETA to oppose abuse of animals in circuses.

Highlights

  • Members of Indie-pop band Indian Ocean have shot an advertisement to oppose abuse of animals in circuses.
  • Band members Rahul Ram, Tuheen Chakravarty, Amit Kilam, Himanshu Joshi and Susmit Sen, who has now quit the band, are seen chained with heavy metal chains in the latest People for the Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) advertisement.
  • "We are performers and enjoy entertaining our fans, but chaining and beating freedom-loving animals into performing is not entertainment. It's abuse. We're asking all good people of conscience to stay away from any circus that enslaves and harms animals," the band members said in a statement.
  • The new ad's slogan is "Try to Relate to Their Fate. Boycott Animal Circuses".
New Delhi: Members of Indie-pop band Indian Ocean have shot an advertisement to oppose abuse of animals in circuses.

Band members Rahul Ram, Tuheen Chakravarty, Amit Kilam, Himanshu Joshi and Susmit Sen, who has now quit the band, are seen chained with heavy metal chains in the latest People for the Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) advertisement.

"We are performers and enjoy entertaining our fans, but chaining and beating freedom-loving animals into performing is not entertainment. It's abuse. We're asking all good people of conscience to stay away from any circus that enslaves and harms animals," the band members said in a statement.

The new ad's slogan is "Try to Relate to Their Fate. Boycott Animal Circuses".
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