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HOORAY! VICTORY! ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ALL OVER THE WORLD FEEL JUBILANT (28.07.2015). NO MORE ANIMAL SACRIFICE IN THE NAME OF GODDESS OR RELIGIOUS RITUALS AT GADHIMAI TEMPLE, BARIYARPUR, NEPAL! FINALLY THIS RUTHLESS AND BLOODY MASS ANIMAL SACRIFICE IS BANNED IN NEPAL AFTER SOME 265-YEAR-0LD TRADITION. THE WORLD'S LARGEST ANIMALS SACRIFICE FOR GADHIMAI FESTIVAL, HAS BEEN BANNED BY THE GADHIMAI TEMPLE TRUST! MILLIONS OF ANIMALS ARE SAVED FROM GRUESOME SACRIFICE. THIS IS A VERY LONG OVERDUE VICTORY FOR ANIMALS. WE APPLAUD THE GADHIMAI TEMPLE COMMITEE BUT A HUGE TASK LIES AHEAD IN EDUCATING THE GADHIMAI 'DEVOTEES' (IN MILLIONS) TO RELINQUISH THIS INHUMANE TRADITION OR BARBARIC RITUAL. OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL AND ANIMAL WELFARE NETWORK NEPAL. Nepal's Gadhimai Festival, which is the world's largest animal sacrifice and claims the lives of hundreds of thousands of buffalo, goats and birds, will no longer see any blood being shed. The Gadhimai Temple Trust has agreed to cancel the mass sacrificial killing following a campaign from Humane Society International (HSI) and Animal Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN). Slaughter at the festival, which has a 265-year-old history and takes place every five years, been cancelled indefinitely, it was announced on Tuesday (28.07.2015). The chairman of the Gadhimai Temple Management and Development Committee, Mr. Ram Chandra Shah, said, “The Gadhimai Temple Trust hereby declares our formal decision to end animal sacrifice. With your help, we can ensure Gadhimai 2019 is free from bloodshed. Moreover, we can ensure Gadhimai 2019 is a momentous celebration of life. The time has come to replace killing and violence with peaceful worship and celebration." Until now, every five years, the town of Bariyarpur of Bara District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal played host to the world’s largest animal sacrifice. Hundreds of thousands of animals, including chickens, goats and buffalo, were rounded up and marched to their deaths at the site of the temple of the Hindu goddess Gadhimai. After the traditional beheading of up to 10,000 buffalo at the start of the “holy” festival, hundreds of men hacked away at more defenceless animals with dull blades – a painful and terrifying way to die. HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATION (HSI) INDIA. Humane Society International (HSI) India is one of the largest non-profit animal protection organizations in the world working to protect all animals—including animals in laboratories, farm animals, companion animals, and wildlife—and our record of achievement demonstrates our dedication and effectiveness. Our organization has a strong record of program achievements and serves a critical and expanding role in global efforts to reduce animal suffering. Through fieldwork, policy formation, humane education and direct care and services, our organization has helped advance the cause of animal welfare in dozens of nations worldwide by protecting street dogs, responding to disasters, saving wild animals from abuse, protecting marine mammals, fighting factory farming, and striving to end toxicity testing on animals. We are the leading animal advocacy organization, seeking a humane world for all animals, including people. Our motto is Celebrating Animals, Confronting Cruelty. Animal rights is the idea that some, or all, non-human animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives and that their most basic interests—such as the need to avoid suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights http://www.peta.org/action/activism-guide/ https://www.facebook.com/animalrightsactivists

• published: 09 Aug 2015
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