Animals are also sacrificed to celebrate the birth of sons. In 2016 Nepal’s supreme court ordered a gradual phasing out of the practice of animal sacrifice that once saw as many as half a ...

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 ...

In Nepal, a centuries-old ritual of mass animal sacrifice is expected to draw tens of thousands of devotees this week as the Gadhimai festival takes place, despite decades of fierce opposition and ...

This year, Nepal’s vice president even led the inauguration of the festival, which advocates had requested he not take part in. “Gadhimai is infamous for animal cruelty and human exploitation ...

Despite a 2019 Supreme Court verdict deeming animal sacrifice inappropriate, a temple in southern Nepal is set to witness the largest event amid widespread protests from rights groups both in Nepal ...