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Success as Animal Sacrifice Banned at Gadhimai Festival (Nepal)
Compassion in World Farming – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Aug 2015
It’s estimated that more than 500,000 buffalo, goats, chickens and other animals were decapitated at Gadhimai in 2009. In a statement released 28 Jul 2015, the Gadhimai Temple Trust stated: “The Gadhimai Temple Trust hereby declares our formal decision to end animal sacrifice. With your help, we can ensure Gadhimai 2019 is free from bloodshed. Moreover, we can ensure Gadhimai 2019 is a momentous celebration of life. “
→ read full articleNepal’s Gadhimai Animal Slaughter Festival: Never Again
Compassion in World Farming – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Dec 2014
Please note that this picture story contains graphic images of animal slaughter that may cause distress.
→ read full articleDemand from the Nepalese Government That the Terrible Gadhimai Animal Slaughter Festival Must Never Happen Again
Compassion in World Farming – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Dec 2014
‘The scale of the suffering is vast – before me lie the bodies of thousands of buffalo, staining the earth, and the soles of the slaughtermen’s feet, red. What I’ve seen can only be described as a massacre. These animals have suffered great pain at the hands of an army of unskilled men and this is just the start….thousands of chickens, goats and other animals are next up in this 48 hour frenzy of killing [500.000 this year].
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