Tibetan Volunteers for Animals
- Tibetan Volunteers for Animals
Tibetan Volunteers for Animals or TVA is an environmental group in parts of India and Tibet which aim to improve the quality and treatment of wild animals such as the yak in Tibet by encouraging local people to become vegetarian or to restrict their intake of meat.
External links
* [http://www.semchen.org/ Tibetal Volunteers for Animals]
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