Nepalese army personnel prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the occasion of Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Xinhua Nepalese army personnel prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the occasion of Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Xinhua
Nepalese army personnel prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the occasion of Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Xinhua
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Animal rights activists want Nepal's sacrifice festival stopped

Hundreds of thousands of livestock were killed in the last Gadhimai festival in Nepal, which rights campaigners dubbed a bloodbath

Bibek Bhandari

Updated: 9:02pm, 27 Oct, 2014

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Nepalese army personnel prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the occasion of Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Xinhua Nepalese army personnel prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the occasion of Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Xinhua
Nepalese army personnel prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the occasion of Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Xinhua
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