Mass animal 'sacrifice' festival begins in Nepal

[ginge51]

KATMANDU, Nepal (Map, News) -
Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.

Protests have occurred in recent weeks in towns near the Gadhimai temple and in the capital Katmandu by animals rights activists and other religious groups. However, Hindu organizers refused to halt the slaughter saying it was a centuries-old tradition.

More than 200,000 buffaloes, goats, chickens and pigeons will be killed Tuesday and Wednesday at the temple in the jungles of Bara district, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Katmandu, to honor the Hindu goddess Gadhimai.

Chief government administrator in the area Taranath Gautam said hundreds of thousands of people began lining up in the early hours of Tuesday, and the animal sacrifice rituals had started. Critics say the killings - carried out by slitting the animals' throats with swords - are barbaric and conducted in a cruel manner.

"We were unable to stop the animal sacrifices this year but we will continue our campaign to stop killings during this festival," said Pramada Shah of the Animals Nepal group.

Government minister Saroj Yadav said he believed the festival was the biggest animal sacrifice in the world. "We haven't heard a bigger number ... We are certain this is the largest one," Yadav said. The slaughtered animals are taken back by devotees to their villages and eaten during a feast. The meat is considered blessed and consuming it protects them from evil.

Full Story:
http://www.examiner.com/a-2337482~Ma..._in_Nepal.html

Disgusting.
How on earth can anyone or any religion come to these depths?
What will killing 200.000 innocent poor helpless animals do for anyone?
Proves how backwards religions are.
Shocking.

[Kamos]

Yes because no one else mass slaughters animals.

[Bovril]

So the objection to this is that they involve spirituality in their meat eating. These are people who consume far, far less meat than westerners, but the fact they make a big deal over a part of their meat consumption is apparantly evil. Rrrright...

[Captain Jin]

If they eat the aminals who cares?

Also, buffalo is absolutely delicious. Very tender if properly made.

[Rapax]

Millions of animals are slaughtered each year for our consumption, why exactly should we care about this?

[Surgeon]

When I first read the title I imagined countless endangered animals being brought before a temple and killed, their hearts ripped out and the bodies discarded.

Then I read that it's just a bunch of common meat animals and that they're eaten afterward anyhow, and all of a sudden I don't care anymore.

[Yosemite]

I too thought that it was bashing a bunch of animals to death, gathered in a badly lit room with strange rituals going on

but in fact they just gonna kill the animals properly and eat that meat

so what

[PrimeChaosVC]

Sounds like a meat festival one shouldn't be missing.

[Yosemite]

humongous grillades

[motiv-8]

The pig farms in my state slaughter 32,000 pigs a day for yummy bacon and BBQ. So HA, you Nepal, according to ginge51 we're even more evil!

[s.rwitt]

Disgusting.
How on earth can anyone or any religion come to these depths?
What will killing 200.000 innocent poor helpless animals do for anyone?
Proves how backwards religions are.
Shocking.

I'm eating a double cheeseburger as I type this. Are you:

A.)Shocked
B.)Disgusted
C.)Angry
D.)All of the above

[Jaketh]

who cares their just animals, millions are killed a day for good tasty food

[Ahlerich]

I'm eating a double cheeseburger as I type this. Are you:

A.)Shocked
B.)Disgusted
C.)Angry
D.)All of the above

dont know. are you hindu?

[blackwatersix]

I'm eating a double cheeseburger as I type this. Are you:

A.)Shocked
B.)Disgusted
C.)Angry
D.)All of the above

I'm....... craving for a cheeseburger as well. -_____-

[ShADoW]

Oh boy, this guy isn't gonna like the upcoming Eid...

[Exarch]

Full Story:
http://www.examiner.com/a-2337482~Ma..._in_Nepal.html

Disgusting.
How on earth can anyone or any religion come to these depths?
What will killing 200.000 innocent poor helpless animals do for anyone?
Proves how backwards religions are.
Shocking.

damn man
i like a good barbecue
someone should've notified me weeks in advance

[Ænema]

If they animals are bred to be slaughtered for their meat or what have you, then it's perfectly fine, unless you're PETA.

[s.rwitt]

The funny thing about this thread is that I'm pretty sure the OP expected everyone to agree...

[Exarch]

heh, PETA
that's People for the Eating of Tasty Animals, right?

[s.rwitt]

I actually got in trouble in high school because I was assigned by some hippie teacher to do a report on PETA for a government class and instead of doing it on the actual PETA, I did it on the People Eating Tasty Animals website just to spite her.