news A mass animal sacrifice festival is underway in Nepal. Activists say it needs to stop

[GraceRandolph]

CNN — 

Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they've called "an appalling bloodbath" after they claimed thousands of animals were killed as part of a festival held every five years that traditionally ends with a mass sacrifice.

At least 4,200 buffaloes and thousands of goats and pigeons were killed during a mass sacrifice held as part of the Gadhimai festival, in Bariyarpur village near the Nepal- India border, according to Humane Society International India (HSI).
Participants believe that sacrificing animals in the Gadhimai temple pleases the Goddess Gadhimai, who will then grant them wishes or good fortune. Animals are also sacrificed to celebrate the birth of sons.

In 2016 Nepal's supreme court ordered a gradual phasing out of the practice of animal sacrifice that once saw as many as half a million animals killed, but activists say not enough is being done to end it.

Shyam Prasad Yadav, the mayor of Gadhimai, told CNN that that was "not true" and that government officials had been working with temple authorities to gradually end the practice.

"That's why the sacrifice this year was limited," he added.

 

Full article: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/09/asia/nepal-animal-slaughter-festival-hnk-intl/index.html

[50thStateofMind]

I don't like the idea of animal sacrifice of ANY KIND, but who are we to impose our values on their culture?

[l3disko]

6 minutes ago, 50thStateofMind said:

I don't like the idea of animal sacrifice of ANY KIND, but who are we to impose our values on their culture?

Some cultures and traditions don't deserve respect and shouldn't exist.

 

Killing living beings goes beyond just 'different values'.

 

Edited December 11 by l3disko

[Heirloom]

It's their culture, stop projecting your values onto them 

[aotearoa]

9 minutes ago, l3disko said:

Some cultures and traditions don't deserve respect and shouldn't exist.

 

that's very european

[Mordecai]

15 minutes ago, 50thStateofMind said:

I don't like the idea of animal sacrifice of ANY KIND, but who are we to impose our values on their culture?

By this same logic homophobes are immune from criticism because who are we to tell them their religious beliefs are wrong?

 

Cultural values aren't immune from criticism because of their very nature, you can respect a culture's right to practice its customs but you can also acknowledge how they may be 'wrong' from your own perspective

Edited December 11 by Mordecai

[HASHTAGPOW]

Basically just another normal day in our slaughter industry 

[LegaMyth]

I can't say s***. Every Thanksgiving, turkeys are killed. That could actually be considered a ritual. 

[Pheromosa]

Ok, go stop it

[Trent W]

animals lives>>>>> their stupid culture 

 

 

 

 

[Raver]

Their culture 

[GentleEarthquake]

idc if it's tradition or part of their culture, it's just dumb

Edited December 11 by GentleEarthquake

[Headlock]

31 minutes ago, l3disko said:

Some cultures and traditions don't deserve respect and shouldn't exist.

Damn you really just come on here to post the worst takes ever, like the SK thread

 

[l3disko]

Just now, Headlock said:

Damn you really just come on here to post the worst takes ever, like the SK thread

 

So I guess you shouldn't complain about Female Genital Mutilation, Feet Binding, the Taiji Dophin Drive hunt, and practically every vile tradition.

 

jUsT CuLtUrE 

[Leppie]

If you're outraged over a few thousand animals being killed for this, you should also be outraged at the hundreds of millions of animals who die *every day* for consumption.

[HeavyMetalAura]

anyone defending this is legitimately terrifying  like what is wrong with yall omg 

[50thStateofMind]

1 minute ago, HeavyMetalAura said:

anyone defending this is legitimately terrifying  like what is wrong with yall omg 

literally not one person in this thread defended it?

[50thStateofMind]

33 minutes ago, Mordecai said:

By this same logic homophobes are immune from criticism because who are we to tell them their religious beliefs are wrong?

 

Cultural values aren't immune from criticism because of their very nature, you can respect a culture's right to practice its customs but you can also acknowledge how they may be 'wrong' from your own perspective

you're right...Thanksgiving is a MASSIVE sacrifice festival and needs to stop.

[Sabrina Carpenter]

barbaric 

[Sabrina Carpenter]

2 minutes ago, 50thStateofMind said:

you're right...Thanksgiving is a MASSIVE sacrifice festival and needs to stop.

at least the animals killed during Thanksgiving have the purpose of being consumed

 

this one is just killing animals for fun 

[GraceRandolph]

4 minutes ago, 50thStateofMind said:

you're right...Thanksgiving is a MASSIVE sacrifice festival and needs to stop.

Yes

[l3disko]

3 minutes ago, 50thStateofMind said:

you're right...Thanksgiving is a MASSIVE sacrifice festival and needs to stop.

That would be correct. 

 

**** America's mass turkey slaughter.

 

 

 

 

[50thStateofMind]

3 minutes ago, Sabrina Carpenter said:

at least the animals killed during Thanksgiving have the purpose of being consumed

 

this one is just killing animals for fun 

how ignorant  

 

how is it just "for fun" for them? This ritual probably means way more to them than Thanksgiving does to MOST people.

 

[Kummercell]

Cultural practices and traditions are much more important than the lives of some goats and buffaloes that were most likely eaten after being killed anyway. 

 

Also, it's buffaloes and goats. There's billions of those, it's not like they're on the verge of extinction. 

[Kummercell]

6 minutes ago, Sabrina Carpenter said:

at least the animals killed during Thanksgiving have the purpose of being consumed

 

this one is just killing animals for fun 

This is racist btw