Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they claimed thousands of animals were killed as part of a festival held every five ...

Every five years around November and December, hundreds of thousands to millions of Hindus flock to a temple in southeastern Nepal, next to the country’s border with India, in a tradition that has ...

A temple in southern Nepal went ahead with the world’s largest mass sacrificial slaughter of animals this week, despite an outcry from animal rights activists and a Supreme Court ruling seeking to end ...

The decision, announced by the Nepal Gadhimai temple trust, comes after rigorous negotiations and campaigning by Animal Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN) and Humane Society International/India A Nepalese ...

KATHMANDU, July 28 (Reuters) - A temple in southern Nepal known for the mass slaughter of animals at a festival there every five years has indefinitely banned animal sacrifice, India's Humane Society ...

Nepali activists rallied in Kathmandu on Friday calling for an end to religious animal sacrifices, months ahead of a festival that in the past has seen tens of thousands of animals slaughtered. Some ...

Hindu devotees hold knives as religious mantras are being sung ahead of the start of sacrificial offerings to Hindu goddess Gadhimai during the Gadhimai Festival in Bariyarpur, Nepal, south of the ...