{"id":8510,"date":"2016-06-26T15:48:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T15:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=8507&amp;preview_id=8507"},"modified":"2016-06-26T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T15:48:06","slug":"leonardo-dicaprio-joins-hands-with-hindu-nationalist-group-to-ban-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=8510","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo DiCaprio joins hands with Hindu nationalist group to ban beef &#8211; The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[pullquote]A vegan himsel\u00adf, DiCapr\u00adio is an influe\u00adntial figure in raisin\u00adg awaren\u00adess about climat\u00ade change and animal rights\u00ad[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"story-image\">\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Leonardo Di Caprio\u2019s star power is being used by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the Hindu nationalist group to ban beef.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Chief of RSS, Mohan Bhagwat is all set to take the campaign to an\u00a0international platform by\u00a0organising a massive rally in the UK with more than ten thousand Hindus attending, and the\u00a0<em>Wolf of Wall Street<\/em> star is in full support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.tribune.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/leo2.gif\" alt=\"Vegan, Leonardo DiCaprio\" width=\"450\" height=\"346\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leo giving a speech at the United Nations against carbon emissions. PHOTO: DAILYMAIL<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While the RSS\u2019 step toward\u00a0banning beef in India is driven by religious factors, DiCaprio\u2019s concern is towards animal rights and the environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <em>Great Gatsby<\/em> star has become an influential figure in raising awareness about the climate change crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Leo being vegan, has also produced a new cut of <em>Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret<\/em>, which features how animal agriculture is a\u00a0fundamental cause of environmental damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin group and David Attenbourough, a naturalist are also joining hands with the RSS and will be attending the anti-beef movement alongside Leo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The rally will take place at the golden jubilee event on\u00a0<strong>July 31<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/1130516\/leonardo-dicaprio-joins-hands-hindu-nationalist-group-ban-beef\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leonardo joins hands with Hindu nationalist group to ban beef \u2013 The Express Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[pullquote]A vegan himsel\u00adf, DiCapr\u00adio is an influe\u00adntial figure in raisin\u00adg awaren\u00adess about climat\u00ade change and animal rights\u00ad[\/pullquote] Leonardo Di Caprio\u2019s star power is being used by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the Hindu nationalist group to ban beef. The Chief of RSS, Mohan Bhagwat is all set to take the campaign to an\u00a0international platform by\u00a0organising a massive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1153,17],"tags":[1291,1717,1152,1718,1719,273,739],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}