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), ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

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