KATMANDU, Nepal – A festival believed to be the largest animal sacrifice ritual in the world began Friday in southern Nepal, where devotees believe the sacrifices bring good luck and a Hindu goddess ...

The survey will be conducted in four national parks in Nepal's forested southern plains, covering more than 8,000 square ...

The last two known dancing bears in Nepal were snatched from their owners in a dramatic overnight rescue earlier this week, World Animal Protection announced on Friday. The Jane Goodall Institute ...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A festival believed to be the largest animal sacrifice ritual in the world began Friday in southern Nepal, where devotees believe the sacrifices bring good luck and a Hindu ...

Some 500,000 animals in India and Nepal just had their death sentence commuted. Leaders of the Gadhimai Temple in Nepal have announced they will not permit the slaughter of any animals at the Gadhimai ...

The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved ...

Nepal is still reeling from the April 25 earthquake that left at least 7,000 people dead, with thousands more still missing. At a distance, it’s easy to make a distinction between the human lives ...

Butchers kill buffalo during a mass slaughter of the animals for the Gadhimai festival in Nepal. Getty Images A temple in southern Nepal known for the mass slaughter of animals at a festival there ...

With officials cracking down, the number of animals slaughtered during the Gadhimai festival has dropped sharply over the years. By Bhadra Sharma BARIYARPUR, Nepal — The animals were bused to southern ...