Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they claimed thousands of animals were killed as part of a festival held every five ...

Nepali activists rallied in Kathmandu on Friday calling for an end to religious animal sacrifices, months ahead of a festival that in the past has seen tens of thousands of animals slaughtered. Some ...

A temple in southern Nepal went ahead with the world’s largest mass sacrificial slaughter of animals this week, despite an outcry from animal rights activists and a Supreme Court ruling seeking to end ...

KATHMANDU, NepalKATHMANDU, Nepal — At the stroke of 10 every morning at the only zoo in Nepal, a 41-year-old pelican arrives at the entrance of the animal kitchen, waiting patiently for program ...

Rising temperatures across the Himalayas are squeezing Nepal’s yak populations from two directions at once. Wild yaks, already fragmented into small groups in remote alpine zones, face habitat loss as ...