Street Dogs of Nepal

Documentary 'Sacrifice' Launched on Youtube

UK filmmaker Tassia Kobylinska from Roving Eye Film producedthe  documentary 'Sacrifice' which deals with the mass animal sacrificesthat took place at Gadhimai festival in Nepal in November 2009. The AnimalWelfare Network Nepal will be using the documentary as a tool in its 5-yearcampaign against sacrifice and cruel sports in Nepal. 

Kobylinska made the film freely available to support thecampaign. Please add the link to your website and/or download it to show toyour connections:

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkbSRXHhPA

Kobylinska also prepared a slightly longer version which requireda warning message as it includes images of animals being slaughered. Thisdocumentary is more suitable for audiences that are yet unconvinced that animalsacrifice involves cruelty:

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtjC26CQUeU

Filmmaker's statement: 

As a documentary filmmaker based inNepal, I find the incredible visuals and fascinating stories behindthe many festivals here make wonderful subjects for films.  But theGadhimai festival, with its mass sacrifice of animals,  I found utterlydepressing, upsetting and pointlessly brutal.  Bibi Fuyal and I, as partof Roving Eye Film, had great difficulties taking the footage and editing thefilm as it is painful to witness such suffering. We are keen to contributeto the campaign against cruelty conducted in the name of religion, and hope'Sacrifice' will help to stop the senseless killings of innocent beings. 

Links:

http://www.rovingeyefilm.co.uk/

www.stopanimalsacrifice.org

www.stopgadimai.blogspot.com

Animal Welfare Network Nepal

www.awnnepal.blogspot.com

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