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Gadhi Mai 2019: more animals killed than in 2014, but fewer people watched

December 7, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

But drone videos show––again––that the body count was vastly lower than is often claimed BARIYARPUR,  Nepal––More animals were slain at the 2019 Gadhi Mai sacrificial massacre in Bariyarpur,  Nepal,  than in 2014––a deeply disappointing discovery,  after 15 years of international efforts to stop the every-five-years bloodbath held in honor of a local goddess. Drone video […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Buddhism, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Gadhi Mai, Kitty Block, Manoj Gautam, Merritt Clifton, Uttam G.P. Dahal

Supreme Court of Nepal orders end to Gadhi Mai massacre

August 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Government directed to “halt the inhuman act of slaughtering animals at Gadhi Mai” KATHMANDU,  Nepal––Supreme Court of Nepal Justices Ishwori Prasad Khatiwada and Anil Kumar Sinha on August 4,  2016 ordered the government of Nepal “to form a special committee and take appropriate measures through it to halt the inhuman act of slaughtering animals at Gadhi […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Arjun Kumar Aryal, Gadhi Mai, Merritt Clifton, Uttam Dahal

Did the Gadhi Mai Temple Trust renege on deal to quit animal sacrifice?

July 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Were leading animal charities scammed?          KATHMANDU, Nepal––Could the Humane Society of the U.S., Humane Society International, and leading Indian and Nepalese animal charities all have been scammed by the July 28, 2015 alleged agreement of the Gadhi Mai Temple Trust to discontinue animal sacrifice?          Was there some misunderstanding about the nature of the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Food, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Gadhi Mai, Gadhimai, HSUS, Humane Society International, Merritt Clifton, Republica

Gadhi Mai sacrifices stopped

July 28, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

HSUS & HSI victory claims omit mention of those who won the fight          KATHMANDU, Nepal––Under pressure of a Supreme Court of Nepal injunction won on November 24, 2014 by the Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center,   “We have decided to completely stop the practice of animal sacrifice,” Gadhi Mai Temple Trust secretary Motilal Prasad […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Organizations, Other spectacles, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Slaughter, Spectacles, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Bariyarpur, Beauty Without Cruelty-India, Gadhi Mai, Gadhimai, King Gyanendra, Uttam Dahal, Wayne Pacelle

Beauty Without Cruelty-India exposes Gadhi Mai scam

February 3, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Multi-year investigation PUNE, India––Gullible opponents of the Gadhi Mai mass sacrifice in Nepal have inadvertently helped the priests behind it to scam some of the poorest people in the world, a multi-year investigation by Beauty Without Cruelty India has discovered. Held approximately every five years in Bariyarpur, Nepal, 26 kilometers from the border with Bihar […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Right, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: BWC-India, Compassionate Friend, Gadhi Mai, Rajeev Sethi

Gadhi Mai is a state of mind

December 19, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

by Jim Myers Animal Aid Charitable Trust, Udaipur, Rajasthan www.animalaidunlimited.com After spending days and nights traveling in the remote district of Bihar adjacent to Nepal to help intercept the animal traffic to the 2014 Gadhi Mai sacrificial festival,  two conditions became apparent that are worth noting and hopefully sharing with the relevant authorities in Bihar […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Right, Food, Food & agriculture, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Gadhi Mai, Jim Myers

The toll from Gadhi Mai 2014: 750 buffalo sacrificed, 1,000 devotees in attendance

November 29, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

  Drone photo permits body count Debate about the numbers of buffalo sacrificed at the November 27,  2014 Gadhi Mai sacrificial festival at Bariyarpur,  Nepal and the numbers of human participants and sacrificial devotees present should be ended by this drone photo of the corrals where the sacrifices were conducted:  the toll was significantly lower […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cultural, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Gadhi Mai, Merritt Clifton

Ignoring Thanksgiving massacre, HSUS president Wayne Pacelle denounces animal sacrifice in Nepal

November 27, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Any cruelty to animals is worthy of denunciation. The larger and more conspicuous the cruelty, the more urgent the denunciation is. Denouncing one of the largest animal sacrifices in the world at Thanksgiving 2014 would have been thoroughly appropriate for Humane Society of the U.S. and Humane Society International president Wayne Pacelle––if only he had […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Hinduism, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Opinions & Letters, Organizations, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Turkeys, USA Tagged With: Dasain, Gadhi Mai, Merritt Clifton, Thanksgiving, Wayne Pacelle

Supreme Court of India ruling covers tracks on Gadhi Mai sacrifice

October 24, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Face-saving way to declare victory DELHI––Did a two-justice bench from the Supreme Court of India on October 17,  2014 strike a mighty blow against animal sacrifices at the Gadhi Mai festival, to be held in the village of Bariyarpur, Nepal, on November 28-29, 2014? Or did the Supreme Court justices just hand the government of […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Gadhi Mai, Merritt Clifton, sacrifice, Supreme Court of India

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