After famous actresses like Shilpa Shetty and Yana Gupta, it is now the turn of Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant to join a PETA campaign against cruelty to animals.

Sawant appeared in the make up of a tigress in a cage to spread the message of stopping cruelty on animals at circuses.

She was campaigning for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the largest animal rights organization in the world.

"The governments should pay attention towards the misery of animals as well and do more to protect their rights. The atrocities committed upon them should be refrained. I have come here to support the Animals' Protection Act of PETA and their cause towards something good," said Sawant.

Rakhi apparently shot to fame after the success of her hit item numbers like ‘Mirchi' and ‘Pardesia'.

She also hit the news circuit after the infamous Mika kissing her episode and then her appearance in the Indian version of the hit European series Big Boss.