Tag: #animal rights
Articles tagged with #animal rights
Nepal needs to enact and enforce animal law
Legislation to address neglect, cruelty and abuse of street dogs, wildlife, as well as animals used for food, work, and sacrifice
Making festivals elephant-friendly in Nepal
Reinventing Chitwan's Elephant Festival to be enjoyed by both humans and pachyderms
Gadimai Again
Every five years, the mass animal sacrifice in a tiny village in Nepal pits activists against devotees
Be kind to buffaloes
Nepal cracks down on cruelty to livestock during transportation, but more compassion is needed
Saving Chari
This photo of a community dog with an image of Prime Minister Oli went viral on social media. She was dragged around town by the All Nepal Free…
Set the elephants free
Safari elephants on the streets of Sauraha. Photo: ISAZHumans and elephants have shared environments for thousands of years, but what might…
Speaking for elephants
Photo: BIKRAM RAILisa Choegyal’s column ‘The Elephant Dilemma’, 4 October 2020 elicited many comments from readers, some of which are excerpted…
Killing field
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4YTxDqg2lA&feature=youtu.beDespite national and international outrage and a Supreme Court ruling against the…
Sharpening the knives
All photos: MANISH PAUDELGadimai mela is going ahead on Tuesday as scheduled in the village of Bariyapur in Bara district of Nepal.Monday night…
Night before the slaughter
Photos: SNEHA SHRESTHAThe village of Bariyapur in Nepal’s plains is getting ready for the Gadimai Mela despite national and international…
Goodbye Jan and Christine
Jan Salter, 82The artist and animal welfare crusader Jan Salter made famous for her book of portraits, Faces of Nepal, and who had made…