Tibetan Volunteers for Animals
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Tibetan Volunteers for Animals or TVA is an environmental group in parts of India
and Tibet
which aim to improve the quality and treatment of wild animals such as the yak
in Tibet by encouraging local people to become vegetarian or to restrict their intake of meat
.
The group has been involved in various information campaigns since 2000.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
which aim to improve the quality and treatment of wild animals such as the yak
Yak
The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...
in Tibet by encouraging local people to become vegetarian or to restrict their intake of meat
Meat
Meat is animal flesh that is used as food. Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but it may also describe other edible tissues such as organs and offal...
.
The group has been involved in various information campaigns since 2000.