Activism

Campaigns

animalNEPAL is committed to the education of the Nepalese people in the areas of animal welfare-activism here and abroad. Below are just a few of the campaigns started by our group or done in collaboration with others. Please feel free to join the efforts of any or all these campaigns for the betterment of Nepal's less-fortunate. Here is the current list of campaigns sponsored by animalNEPAL:

• Stop Monkey Business
• Animal Welfare Legislation
• Worship Without Cruelty
• Save the Nepali Donkey!
• Adopt a Nepali Dog - For Free

Stop Monkey Business

In February 2009, this campaign saw a major breakthrough when the parliament ordered the Minister of Forestry to halt the breeding and export of monkeys for US labs. Sadly, despite our protests, over 300 monkeys kept at a breeding center were released randomly in jungle areas inside Kathmandu Valley.

Researchers from the Animal Welfare Network Nepal learned that over 30 monkeys died. During this 7-year campaign, Animal Nepal collected some 4000 signatures from 21 countries to appeal to the Nepalese government to stop the export of rhesus monkeys.

To read the campaign report on this issue, check out this PDF.

Animal Welfare Legislation

Nepal is one of the few Asian countries without an effective and proper animal welfare legislation, without which long-term improvement to the animal welfare situation is more difficult. Animal Nepal has been actively involved the 'Legal protection for animals' campaign. We worked on a new Animal Welfare Act draft (linked below) which is presently being promoted among stakeholders and politicians. The main features are basic principles based on the five freedoms, ethical committees for animal welfare and scientific use of animals and fines for abusers. Below is the act in both English and Nepali.

Worship Without Cruelty

This campaign aims at raising awareness regarding cruelty to animals conducted in the name of culture. The campaign focuses on mass slaughter and extreme animal cruelty at Gadimai, Sasarimaiko and Khokana festivals and raises awareness regarding animal sacrifice in general.

Can you imagine a live goat being thrown in a pond and torn apart by young men? Can you picture 7,000 young buffaloes being rounded up and killed by a thousand drunk men carrying khukuri knives? A festival where 200,000 animals are killed to please a goddess? Public beheading of countless young buffaloes and goats carried out by government and army? |Read more...

 

 

 

 

Save the Nepali Donkey!

What would it be like to pull loads of bricks all day and night - with little food and water - and no medical treatment for open and infected wounds? Ask any Nepali donkey working the brick pits, and you will find out!|Read more...

Adopt a Nepali Dog - For Free

Nepali mixed breeds are sturdy and easy to maintain as pets. An adoption website has been established by Lucia to place rescued dogs and pups with responsible owners. |Read more...

If you would like to help this campaign out by distributing an informational poster, download this poster and distribute. Thx!