Right now I am so angry I needed somewhere to vent. I expect many of you have heard of the animal sacrifices that took place this week in Nepal for the Gadhamai Jatra Festival. I have signed various petitions and written letters, along with thousands of others, but to no avail, . The Nepal government refused to stop the barbaric tradition. I am not sure of the exact number of animals hacked to death, but it was somewhere between 300,000 – 500,000
All week it has been playing on my mind, but only today I saw the photos and I feel so sick and angry. I won’t publish the pictures here, as they are grotesque, but they show people randomly hacking at buffalo, goats and other animals. One photo showed a buffalo trying to run away after surviving his first attack, only to be grabbed by the tail and pulled back to be hacked at again. Many animals die very slowly, as they are maimed by unqualified butchers. Other animals huddle together or try to run away as their companions are slaughtered.
Part of the tradition is that these animals cannot be consumed, so this is the epitome of cruelty and waste. These animals are sentient beings who do not deserve to be transported from India, only to suffer hideous death.
The streets run with blood and bodies and heads are strewn everywhere. All this for the “Goddess” of Power Gadhimai. These idiots think their wishes will be granted by sacrificing as many animals as possible in 2 days. WTF?! What kind of sick Disneyland do they live in, where wishes come true in a trade off with death?
We should all be getting angry about this. People shouldn’t be allowed to do whatever they want in the name of tradition or religion.
Nepal – Please Stop the Animal Sacrifices!
