Ad Thousands of buffaloes, goats and birds killed at Gadhimai festival, Bariyarpur, as act of gratitude to Hindu goddess Millions of devotees attended a mass animal sacrifice in Nepal on Friday, despite efforts by animal rights activists to end the practice. The organisers of the Gadhimai festival, which is held in Bariyarpur, near the border with India, claimed about five million worshippers came to sacrifice tens of thousands of animals, including buffaloes, goats and birds, as an act of gratitude to the Hindu goddess. However, in a sign that the campaign to end the practice may have had some impact, the number of buffaloes killed dropped to about 5,000, half the number slaughtered when the festival was last held five years ago. “The numbers went down because the Indian court banned the ferrying of animals from India to Nepal,” said Ram Chandra Shah, chair of the Gadhimai temple management committee. “The animal rights activism has had some effect.” However, h...
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