The total number of animals sacrificed in Nepal is estimated to be millions per year; most villages offer 250-1000 animals during Dasain festival alone. In the Kathmandu Valley animals are killed in goddess temples and public spaces on a daily basis.

Contrary to what people tend to belief, sacrifice causes great distress and suffering to the animals involved.

Apart from known sacrifice methods like throat slitting and beheading, extreme forms of blood sacrifices take place including the burning, skinning and the removal of hearts from live animals. During some festivals animals are chased and randomly attacked by young men. Generally animals witness the killing of fellow beings.

The government supports blood sacrifices by offering support in cash or kind (live animals) to various sacrifice rituals across the country.

IMPORTANT: Please, visit this site and consider donation. Thank you for your time and care about the animals.

http://web.me.com/studiosphoenix/stopanimalsacrifice/About_us.html

NOTE: There are total six different e-mail targets: Nepali Congress Central Office, Communist Party of Nepal (CPN ML), Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Tarai Madhesh Loktantrik Party, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Communist Party of Nepal (Unified). I had to name them all as "Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal"; otherwise I could not name this petition as it is named. This does not affect the letter or recipients of the letter.