Festival where 500,000 animals are decapitated 'to please goddess' is called off [Warning: Graphic Content]
A horrifying festival where 500,000 innocent animals were decapitated by Hindu worshippers has been cancelled – and will never take place again. Half a million animals were killed – many decapitated – at the Gadhimai festival in Nepal in 2009, and 250,000 in 2014. Buffalo, goats and chickens were killed by worshippers to appease a Hindu goddess, in the world’s largest display of animal sacrifice.
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