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2024 in photos: 10 moments that shaped history for animals

Animal Equality

These images are here to tell the story: At Nepal’s 2024 Gadhimai Festival—the world’s largest animal sacrifice—investigators revealed what walls, smog, and police bans tried to hide. Across these eight countries, Animal Equality’s advocacy brought the world closer to compassion last year.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

People and organizations in Nepal, Zambia, and South Africa have sought to change cultural attitudes, having the most success with school children. Wolf Lichen is rich in toxic vulpinic acid and in the old days was boiled up with meat and used to poison wolves. They are also hunted.

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2024 Gadhimai Festival: the world’s largest animal sacrifice

AnimalEquality.net

Animal Equality has released footage from the 2024 Gadhimai Festival in Southern Nepal, where thousands of animals were slaughtered in early December. As the world’s largest animal sacrifice, this event continues every five years despite widespread international outcry.

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