Nivetha Thomas Faces Criticism For Her Instagram video

Actress Nivetha Thomas is facing the flak of animal rights activists for one of her recent Instagram posts, where she was seen milking a chained cow. The activists remarked that her act comes under animal cruelty and called her irresponsible.

In the video, we can see Nivetha milking a cow at a farm and eventually, made coffee with that milk. “Joy!” she captioned the video.

However, her actions didn’t go well with some of the animal activists and animal lovers, who raised their voices against her in the comments section.

According to the Times of India, 16-year-old climate and animal activist Deepsi Peela, who is a part of the Fridays for Future movement, said, “Given that Nivetha is a feminist, I thought she would speak up for these chained animals instead of milking them! Being a woman, exploiting another female, even if it’s of another species, is just heinous. We have no right to profit off the body of another being, especially after it has gone through sexual exploitation to keep getting impregnated just to provide humans with milk.”

The news daily reported that another animal activist Teja said, “Dairy and beef industry are the leading causes of climate change and animal exploitation. And let’s not forget how unhealthy it is for human consumption. Supporting such an industry on such a huge platform is irresponsible. Just like some films glamourise problematic, misogynistic tropes, Nivetha is glamourising the meat and dairy industry with such a video. Milking a chained-up cow and making a cup of coffee is not the desi accomplishment she seems to think it is.”

Nivetha is yet to respond to this criticism.