By MALLIKA ARYAL

In the early 2000s, locals in areas where vultures nested started noticing increased numbers of rats and dogs. Carcasses of dead animals by the riverbeds were left untouched for days and vulture nests in the forests started disappearing.

Images: Krishna Mani Baral

Conservationists confirmed that the vulture numbers had indeed dropped alarmingly - in 15 years 95 per cent of vultures had vanished from south Asia. Studies of dead vultures revealed that an anti-inflammatory drug called Diclofenac, used on livestock, was causing kidney failure in vultures that fed on their carcasses. Read more »

A monkey and a parent carry their children to the destination. Animal also feel happy and sorrow like we human being. Love animal, save ecosystem, save future.
Images: Krishna Mani Baral

By Animal Rights Nepal
Pokhara: On the occasion of International Animal Rights Day (December 10th), Animal Rights Nepal launched an awareness campaign on Thursday in Pokhara, Nepal. The program with a slogan, save animal, save ecosystem and secure future, was lunched from Mother Land Higher Secondary School Masbar Pokhara. Read more »

Happy International Animal Rights Day 2009. Save animal, Save save ecosystem, save future.
Image: Krishna Mani Baral

By Animal Rights Nepal

Pokhara: On the occasion of 11th International Animal Rights Day, Animal Rights Nepal is launching an awareness program on 10th of December. The program with a slogan, save animal, save ecosystem and secure future, will be commenced from resort town Pokhara and will be stretched all over the Nepal  to mark throughout the year with numbers of events.

The campaign will be focused on schools and it is targeted to aware school children about the importance of animals, animal rights and measures of conservation, informed Animal Rights Nepal Founder Krishna Mani Baral.

The campaign aims to aware whole the society through guardians who will first be taught by their school children about animal rights and the importance of conservation of animals for the balanced ecosystem. The animal rights clubs will be formed to ensure the success whole the campaign.

Rare one-horned rhinos, tigers including dozens of other animal species are on the verge of extinction due to their illegal poaching. The ritual of slaughter in the shrines shows the crisis of humanism and violates the assumption of Hinduism which always calls for the existence of all the creatures.

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By Krishna Mani Baral

World animal rights activists upset after seeing and knowing the sacrifice of thousands of animals in Gadhimai festival in Gadhimai temple, Bara Nepal. Animal Rights Nepal team also is feeling same for the killing of those animals in the name of god in Gadhimai.

Image : AFP

I could not see such inhuman behavior towards innocent animals so I am not able to go Gadhimai festival. Killing and playing with hundred thousand of animals’ blood in name of god is inhuman behavior. So, it should be stopped. Read more »

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Animal Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN) and Anti Animal Sacrifice Alliance (AASA) have sent an emotional last minute appeal to the organizers of Gadhimai Festival to halt the mass sacrifice of animals on Tuesday and Wednesday. They also sent appeals to Gadhimai visitors to give the animals a new lease of life.
In a letter to head priest Mangal Chaudhary and organizing committee chairman Shiva Chandra Kushwaha, the campaigners have written: “We beg to you on our knees to consider our plea. You, as the main two responsible persons for the world´s largest animal sacrifice, have the ability to show wisdom, compassion and courage by doing everything in your power to abolish the killing of innocent creatures in the name of the God. If you do so, the world will always remember you as the key decision-makers in stopping the killings.” Read more »

By Rup Narayan Dhakal
Pokhara: Animalrightsnepal.org has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, urging to take initiation against the mass slaughtering of animals in Gadhimai in Bara district, on Friday.

Krishna Mani Baral, founder of this site, submitted this memorandum via deputy Chief District Officer of Kaski district Devraj Dhakal. The human rights activists, journalists, tourists, tourism entrepreneurs and students were present during that moment. Deputy CDO Dhakal expressed his commitment that he will send this memorandum to PM Nepal as fast as he can. It is demanded to stop the mass slaughtering of Gadhimai in submitted memorandum which also reminds the negative effect of animal slaughtering that affects the public health and violates the right to live of animal. Read more »

By Animal Rights Nepal
With slogan “Save Vulture, Save Environment” two days Vulture photo exhibition is begin on Friday at Tanhun Chamber of commerce hall in Damauli.
This vulture’s photo exhibition is carrying out by Krishna Mani Baral, who is the photo journalist of Nepal’s national English daily The Himalayan Times and Nepali daily Annapurna Post. He is also a founder of animalrightsnepal.org wants to create an awareness in the preservation of vultures among the people through this exhibition. Lawmaker Parbati Thapa (Urmali) inaugurated the exhibition.

The exhibition is supported by Tanahun Chamber of commerce and National Pabson. Exhibition is organised by Animal Rights Nepal.
Opening day 10 thousand people observes vulture photo. 28 school 7 thousand student also observe photo exhibition.  As Vultures feed on carrion, they are considered to be of great importance to the environment Opining program Lawmaker Parbati Thapa said.

AKANSHYA SHAH
KATHMANDU, Nov 2: The animal rights lobby, which has gained momentum in the country due to the upcoming Gadhimai festival in Bara where some 500,000 animals are expected to be sacrificed, has decided to urge the CA committees concerned to help control the animal carnage.
The activists plan to write to the CA Committee on Natural Resources, Economic Rights and Revenue Sharing, Committee on Cultural and Social Solidarity, and Committee on Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles in this regard. Read more »