{"id":50552,"date":"2014-12-01T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=50552"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:27:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:27:14","slug":"great-number-of-animals-killed-in-hindu-festival-in-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/12\/great-number-of-animals-killed-in-hindu-festival-in-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Number of Animals Killed in Hindu Festival in Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A butcher raises his blade over a buffalo calf before severing its head during a mass slaughter of buffaloes for the Gadhimai festival inside a walled enclosure in Nepal\u2019s village of Bariyapur, near the Indian border, on November 28, 2014.<\/p><\/div>\n

A great number of birds and other animals are killed during a Hindu festival in Nepal, where worshippers believe the act brings them good luck.<\/em><\/p>\n

Starting on Friday [28 Nov 2014], tens of thousands of animals are expected to be slaughtered during a two-day festival near the Gadhimai temple in the Nepalese jungles of Bara district, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of the capital city of Kathmandu.<\/p>\n

The event, held near the border with India, involves the world\u2019s largest sacrificial slaughter of animals including water buffaloes, goats, rats, pigs and birds.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands of participants are expected to attend, with most worshippers hailing from the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.<\/p>\n

By attending the festival in Nepal, people evade the ban on animal sacrifice in their own states.<\/p>\n

Devotees believe slaughtering animals in the name of the Hindu goddess, Gadhimai, will end evil and grant their wishes.<\/p>\n

In 2009, an estimated five million people visited the Gadhimai festival where more than 200,000 animals were killed.<\/p>\n

The event is held every five years, though critics decry it as barbaric.<\/p>\n

Numerous animal rights groups have made several attempts to stop the centuries-old ritual, including urging the Nepalese government to stop the killings.<\/p>\n

The men involved in the slaughter of the animals are oftentimes largely unskilled, which leads to concerns that the animals are suffering needlessly, and dying slow and painful deaths.<\/p>\n

After the festival, the meat, bones and hides of the animals are put up for sale to companies in India.<\/p>\n

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