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  2. Animal slaughter - Wikipedia

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    Animal slaughter is the killing of animals, usually referring to killing domestic livestock. It is estimated that each year, 80 billion land animals are slaughtered for food. [ 4 ] Most animals are slaughtered for food ; however, they may also be slaughtered for other reasons such as for harvesting of pelts , being diseased and unsuitable for ...

  3. Animal sacrifice in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Animal sacrifice is practiced by Shaktism tradition where ritual offering is made to a Devi. [4] In Southern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, it is most notably performed in front of local deities or clan deities. In Karnataka, the goddess receiving the sacrifice tends to be Renuka. The animal is either a male buffalo ...

  4. Killing of animals - Wikipedia

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    The smallest animal that can kill a human is the Naegleria fowleri amoeba. N. fowleri does this by crawling up the target's nose and eating the targets' brain. Most attacks happen in moist areas like ponds or lakes. [27] [28] In the middle is the blowfish (fugu) that can kill animals with its toxic organs that contain tetrodotoxin. [29]

  5. Cattle slaughter in India - Wikipedia

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    A goat being slaughtered at Kali Puja, painting by an Indian artist.Dated between 1800 and 1899. Inscription on verso: "A Hindoo sacrifice" According to Nanditha Krishna the cow veneration in ancient India during the Vedic era, the religious texts written during this period called for non-violence towards all bipeds and quadrupeds, and often equated killing of a cow with the killing of a human ...

  6. Wild animal suffering - Wikipedia

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    Wild animals can experience injury from a variety of causes such as predation; intraspecific competition; accidents, which can cause fractures, crushing injuries, eye injuries and wing tears; self-amputation; molting, a common source of injury for arthropods; extreme weather conditions, such as storms, extreme heat or cold weather; and natural disasters.

  7. Shishupala Vadha - Wikipedia

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    The 34th stanza is the 33rd stanza written backwards, with a different meaning. Finally, the 27th stanza is an example of what has been called "the most complex and exquisite type of palindrome ever invented". [20] It may also be thought of as a syllabic Sator Square.

  8. Garuda Upanishad - Wikipedia

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    The text emphasizes that poison from any source can be cured by these charms. [11] The last part of the Upanishad is by tradition the "fruit" of the text, which tells the advantages of the text. One who listens to the Garuda Upanishad on an amavashya (new moon night) is said to immune a person from snake bite for 12 years. One who hears the ...

  9. Animal welfare and rights in India - Wikipedia

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    In Hinduism, killing an animal is regarded as a violation of ahimsa and causes bad karma, leading many Hindus to practice vegetarianism. Hindu teachings do not require vegetarianism, however, and allow animal sacrifice in rare religious ceremonies. [3] [4] Jainism was founded in India in the 7th-5th century BCE, [5] and ahimsa is its central ...