Sacrifice halted
NZPA New York The police and agents of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals burst into a flat in the Bronx and found 62 animals about to be slaughtered during a ritual sacrifice. New York police said that two horses, two sheep, pigeons, hens and guinea fowl found in the flat were destined to be butchered by followers of the Santera cult, a [cult of African origin which developed in Cuba and is
now spreading in the United States.
Those taking part in the ritual sacrifice were to slaughter or behead the animals around midnight to drink their blood or spill it on small statues representing various gods. Occupants of the flat were fined for illegal detention of animals in town.
The police indicated that such ritual sacrifices are held frequently in parts of the Bronx which is home to many of the city’s underprivileged.
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