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Gadhimai Festival

Help End Animal Sacrifice

The Gadhimai festival takes place every five years in Nepal, just over the border of India, where hundreds of thousands of animals have been killed as part of a religious sacrifice.

Animal Equality India’s investigations of the festival have consistently revealed scenes of extreme cruelty. Despite international condemnation, massive animal sacrifices at the Gadhimai Temple continue.

Footage from our investigations shows animals hacked to death with machetes by festival attendees, animals left to die in extreme pain over long periods of time, and terrified animals chased by groups of people wielding other weapons.

We, the undersigned, urge the Nepalese government to act now to stop this mass slaughter of animals and introduce a law banning animal sacrifice in Nepal.

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GADHIMAI FESTIVAL 2020 Investigation

In January 2020, animals once again were forced to travel hours—sometimes days—without food or water, only to be brutally slaughtered once the arrived at the Gadhamai Temple.
Pigeons also experienced the terrible cruelty of the Gadhimai festival: After their wings were clipped, these gentle birds were thrown on the rooftop of the temple to be later slaughtered for their meat.
The festival attendees had no experience slaughtering animals and our investigative team filmed these executioners mercilessly hacking animals to death, often times taking dozens of strikes to complete the slaughter.
In the end, our investigation revealed that thousands of buffaloes, goats and pigeons were mutilated and violently killed during the Gadhimai festival’s latest event.

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