Kavita Radheshyam Animal Movement

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Kavita Radheshyam Animal Movement
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Founded August 2011
Founder Kavita Radheshyam
Focus Animal rights
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Website http://www.kavitaradheshyam.in

The Kavita Radheshyam Animal Movement (KRAM) is an internet-based animal rights movement started by Bollywood actress and animal activist Kavita Radheshyam. [1] Radheshyam held a naked photo shoot to spotlight cruelty against animals in India, and became the brand ambassador for the International Organization for the Protection of Animals (OIPA), an Italian-based animal rights group. [2] Unsatisfied with the way the organization worked, Kavita left and started KRAM. [3]

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