Activists and government officials have raised concerns about the ritualistic slaughter of thousands of animals at the temple ...

Thousands of rats, pigeons, chickens and buffaloes are sacrificed at Nepal’s Gadhimai Festival, earning it the title of being ...

Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they ...

The mass animal sacrifice at the Gadhimai festival in Nepal kept India’s border guarding force, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), ...

Mumbai: As the Gadhimai Festival comes to an end, animal activists save over 700 animals from being slaughtered at the ...

Hundreds of butchers with their blunt metal swords were soon cutting the necks of the agitated, crying animals – from rats ...

Ahead of the Gadhimai festival, animal protection organizations Humane Society International/India and People For Animals are urging devotees not to bring animals for sacrifice.

Activists estimate as many as 500,000 animals will be sacrificed at Nepal’s Gadhimai Temple this week to honour the Hindu ...

The Gadhimai festival, a Hindu religious festival celebrated once every five years in southeastern Nepal close to the Indian ...

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 ...