PFCI honors Vishal and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
At the first Annual Meet of People for Cattle In India (PFCI) held on 5th June, 2016 at Westin Hotels, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Governor DR. K. Rosaiah as Chief Guest and presented the awards to Vishal and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar for their extraordinary work in the sphere of animal protection.
The event was held as a part of celebrating 3 years of Animal Welfare by PFCI and it marks the first ever annual celebration for Animal Welfare in Southern India. The invite only event had animal loving participants from various walks of life. The Award Ceremony was followed by a crash course on Animal Laws and a Workshop on Animal Welfare. These programmes were handled by experienced and leading animal advocates who trained the participants in animal welfare laws and on handling animal cruelty issues especially in coordinating with law enforcement officials.
While Vishal Krishna was presented with Face of Animal Activism – 2015 award for his active endorsement of animal causes and for taking up some serious animal welfare issues, Varalakshmi Sarathkumar was honored with Best Celebrity Campaigner – 2015 for leading and trending the ‘Waterbowl Challenge’ campaign in social media which helped provide water to scores of thirsty birds.
