PETA Leader Poorva Joshipura Honored Among Influential Indian-Americans

Poorva Joshipura, who leads PETA International and PETA India, has been named one of the most influential Indian-Americans.

She started her career with PETA in 1999 and has since worked hard to protect animals.

She has achieved many important victories, like banning animal testing for cosmetics in India and stopping the use of horse-drawn carriages in places like Mumbai.

She also convinced a big car company, Mercedes-Benz, to offer car interiors without leather.

Poorva has written books about why treating animals well is important for people too.

She plans to use technology, like robotic animals, to teach younger people about animal rights.