navi mumbai theres an air of good woof and cheer in the house of animal rights activist anand siva who is busy making final arrangements for the wedding of his daughter shasvathi which is on november 29 everything at the celebratory life event will be animalfriendly even the invitation card has been sent out to the guests by their four rescued pets calvin hobbes sienna and simba whose grinning photos are seen on the card this is how the wedding invitation reads woof woof dear aunty and uncle you may not know us but surely know our parents anand siva or vidya we are their pet dogs and the undisputed masters of the siva household we are super happy that shasvathi is getting married to karthik the happygolucky activist siva explained that he and his family members decided to organize a fully vegan wedding which is why he thought it fit for his own pet dogs to invite the guests on their behalf we are encouraging the guests to bring their own pets at the wedding as the animals will be freely mingling with the human guests and their pets at the celebration to take place at a resort in khalapur he said that his pets have urged everyone not to get gifts for the couple all cash and vouchers received will be donated to the cause of animals there will be delicious vegan food served at the venue the guests have been told not to wear silk sarees or kurtas and definitely no pearls we want to tell people that it is not cool to use any products that hurt animals while the grooms family does not follow a vegan lifestyle they have agreed to get a taste of this vegan wedding hence no silk no milk no leather and no wastage siva who was earlier doing animal welfare work from kharghar in navi mumbai has recently shifted to chembur where he continues to serve for the cause of all animals people sometimes ask us how we maintain such a strict lifestyle it is easy to do it once you think of how our dairy animals are made to produce milk just think about the cruelty involved another mumbaibased couple shikha lopes and rahul pramanick who are getting married on saturday have pledged to donate all their wedding gifts and cash to the ngo animals matter to me amtm because of their love for the furry beings the very fact the we humans are now sharing our big family events like weddings with animals and for animal causes gives me a lot of encouragement and joy it shows that there is still hope and love around us said activist ganesh nayak of amtm another activist said such developments certainly give a new twist to the old adage that marriages are made in heaven and celebrated for all good causes on earth