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 500,000 animals to be sacrificed in Nepal starting Nov 24Written by AAA Created Tuesday, 03 November 2009 500,000 animals to be sacrificed in Nepal starting November 24thPlease help us to stop this!Please distribute widely!
Can you picture 7,000 young buffaloes being rounded up and killed by a thousand drunk men carrying large knives? A festival where 500,000 animals are planned to be killed to please a goddess? This is exactly what -if nothing is done- will happen from November 24 onwards in Nepal. The Gadhimai Festival in Bariyarpur, Bara District, is held each five years. The mass sacrifice turns the entire area into a marshy land of blood.
Some 70% of the devotees come from Bihar , India. We have formed a coalition with Indian animals rights groups to end this bloody, cruel practice.
Go to www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-gadimai.html to sign a petition addressed to the Ministers of Tourism, Agriculture, Peace and Law and Justice.
For more information about the festival go to www.animalnepal.org/campaigns_wwc.htm
For an example letter and contact addresses and phone numbers you can click on the attached links:
You could also send a letter to the Nepal ambassador in Australia. The address is: Embassy of Nepal Suite 2.02, 24 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra City ACT 2601 GPO Box No. 2889 Tel: (02) 6162 1554, 6162 1556 Fax: (02) 6162 1557 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
A number of religious groups in Nepal are opposing the mass sacrifice. Palden Dorje or Buddha Boy, a young religious leader, plans to bless the devotees ahead of the event with the aim to stop animal sacrifice: www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-331005
For those who can stomach, a documentary can be watched here: http://www.flixya.com/video/2192757/Gadhi_Mai_Mela_Part_1 http://www.flixya.com/video/2192758/Gadhi_Mai_Mela_Part_2
Please spread the message!
Stop Animal Sacrifice Alliance Animal Welfare Network Nepal |