Some sects of Hinduism for example Vaishnavism Stick to the purest type of vegetarianism as a great while Shaktism and Tantric sects freely eat rooster, mutton (goat and sheep meat), fish and eggs. The reasons said by Jains and Vaishnavas are: the basic principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals;[181] https://www.cureayu.com/blogs/lifestyle/knock-knees