mumbai animal rights activists from mumbai carried out a food distribution drive on sunday which covered about fifty families living in a village in boisar an industrial suburb located to the north of mumbai metropolitan region two weeks worth of staple food including 5 kgs wheat flour along with 35 kgs of vegetables was distributed in ambat para village to more than 40 families at ganesh nagar the volunteers distributed the food to about ten families belonging to the transgender community said a press release issued by animal save movement india part of worldwide network of groups promoting veganism along with the ration distribution they also educated them about the health benefits of consuming plantbased food it addedboisar being an industrial town it supplies upto 80 of its labour force to nearby factories with the covid19 lockdown many residents lost their livelihood and struggled to make the ends meet as businesses are starting to reopen but drop in demand is also leading to mass laying off and closures this has majorly affected local communities who contribute a great part of its labour force to these industries with lost livelihood many are still struggling and unable to overcome this instability said the release the food distribution drive was dedicated to regan russell a longtime animal rights activist who died last month when participating in a peaceful vigil outside a slaughterhouse in ontario canada russell was run over and killed outside a pig slaughterhouse the animal save movement is comprised of groups around the world who bear witness to pigs cows chickens and other farmed animals en route to slaughter it was started in december 2010 with the inception of toronto pig save today there are over 1000 chapters in 71 countries in india there are around 22 active chapters the release said