Animal rights protesters in Nepal seek to stop Gadhimai festival sacrifice

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

Jon Boone in Islamabad-Wednesday 26 November 2014

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.

Animal Rights Protesters in Nepal Seek to Stop Gadhimai Festival Sacrifice by Thavam Ratna