Mass slaughter of buffaloes, sheep and goats in name of Hindu goddess Gadhimai to take place in Bariryapur
November 2009, Bariyapur: a Nepalese Hindu devotee slaughters a buffalo as an offering to the goddess Gadhimai. Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
Animal rights protesters in Nepal are making last-ditch efforts to disrupt the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of animals including buffaloes, sheep and goats in the name of a Hindu goddess on Friday.