Gadhimai 2019
WHAT WE FOUND
In exclusive footage, Animal Equality’s 2019 investigation shows animals brutally massacred by festival attendees using machetes and other weapons at the Gadhimai festival in Southern Nepal.
UNIMAGINABLE VIOLENCE: Our investigative team documented many atrocities, including:
sexual abuse of some of the animals at the temple
animals transported to the temple in unsafe and unhygienic conditions
animals hanging upside down on bicycles
starving animals without enough food or water
calves, waiting to be slaughtered, who died due to cold temperatures
devotees cutting the ears off goats and buffaloes, leaving them to bleed
THOUSANDS KILLED: Many animals were slaughtered at the festival. For example, aerial footage of the buffalo enclosure taken by our drones showed approximately 3,203 animals killed this year. That number could have been far worse, as the temple committee planned to sacrifice about 15,000 buffaloes. Thanks to our collaborative campaign, many animals were spared a gruesome fate.
WHAT WE DID TO HELP: Aside from our work on the ground during the Gadhimai festival, we actively campaigned to stop the killing at the festival for several months, gathering over 100,000 international signatures urging the Nepalese government to ban the slaughter of animals. We also collaborated with the Red Cross Society of Nepal to organize a blood donation camp, where devotees could give their blood to honor the deity instead of sacrificing animal blood.
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