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

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

As Nepal's Gadhimai festival witnesses a mass animal sacrifice, over 700 buffaloes, goats, and pigeons are saved thanks to ...

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

Blood oozed across the dry, dusty earth as the high priest of Gadhimai raised his traditional khukuri knife and beheaded the ...

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 ...

The activists called the sacrifices at Gadhimai temple in Bara district an "appalling bloodbath" as thousands of animals — ...

The other rescued creatures included 328 pigeons which were “released back into the wild, and two chickens were adopted ...

On Sunday, the ceremony will formally start with Panchbali, the sacrifice of five animals and birds - a mouse, a buffalo, a ...

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.