Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they ...

Every five years around November and December, hundreds of thousands to millions of Hindus flock to a temple in ... the sheer number of animals slaughtered and offered as sacrifice.

Blood oozed across the dry, dusty earth as the high priest of Gadhimai raised his traditional khukuri knife and beheaded the ...

“This temple is recognised as the largest animal sacrifice site in the world… [and] I am the eleventh generation continuing the tradition,” Shiva Chaudhari, the high priest, told the Telegraph.