Save Animals and Value the Environment (SAVE) Nepal
Founding Director - SAVE Nepal
Julie Palais, PhD
Animal Welfare Advocate
and Climate Scientist
SAVE Nepal wants to collaborate with the government of Nepal, academic institutions, and NGOs to educate and empower the next generation of Nepalese lawyers in animal law, while working together to strengthen legal protections for people, animals, and the environment in Nepal.
Contribution to Law Education-Students Research Papers
Barking for Justice: Legal Frameworks for Welfare and Protection of Street Dogs by Sweekriti Sharma
Beyond Burden: Legal Perspectives on the Overuse and Exploitation of Elephants in the Tourism Industry
Beyond Burden: Legal Perspectives on the Overuse and Exploitation of Elephants in the Tourism Industry
StStreet animals, particularly stray dogs, remain a major concern in Nepal, where legal protections and welfare measures are still limited and insufficiently enforced. This research examines Nepal’s existing legal framework on animal welfare and analyzes the challenges faced in protecting stray animals. The study explores issues such as i
StStreet animals, particularly stray dogs, remain a major concern in Nepal, where legal protections and welfare measures are still limited and insufficiently enforced. This research examines Nepal’s existing legal framework on animal welfare and analyzes the challenges faced in protecting stray animals. The study explores issues such as inadequate legislation, weak enforcement mechanisms, and limited public awareness, while also comparing Nepal’s laws with international animal welfare standards and practices. Based on these findings, the research proposes recommendations for stronger legal protections, improved policy implementation, humane population management, and greater public responsibility to ensure the welfare and protection of street animals in Nepal.
Beyond Burden: Legal Perspectives on the Overuse and Exploitation of Elephants in the Tourism Industry
Beyond Burden: Legal Perspectives on the Overuse and Exploitation of Elephants in the Tourism Industry
Beyond Burden: Legal Perspectives on the Overuse and Exploitation of Elephants in the Tourism Industry
Throughout history, animals have played significant roles in transportation, entertainment, and cultural and religious traditions. However, they have often been exploited for human benefit and commercial gain. With the growth of global tourism, the use of animals such as elephants has become a major source of income in many Asian countrie
Throughout history, animals have played significant roles in transportation, entertainment, and cultural and religious traditions. However, they have often been exploited for human benefit and commercial gain. With the growth of global tourism, the use of animals such as elephants has become a major source of income in many Asian countries, including Nepal. As tourism expands, these animals continue to face increasing levels of exploitation for entertainment and profit.
Poaching of Animals: And It's Impact on Biodiversity
Beyond Burden: Legal Perspectives on the Overuse and Exploitation of Elephants in the Tourism Industry
Animal Sacrifice in Nepal: Analyzing the Balance Between Cultural Practices and Laws on Animal Welfare and Banning Cruelty
Nepal is known for its rich biodiversity, but faces serious threats from wildlife poaching and trafficking. This research explores the impact of illegal hunting on endangered species, ecosystems, and local communities. Through interviews with national park officials and people living near forests and protected areas, the study examines th
Nepal is known for its rich biodiversity, but faces serious threats from wildlife poaching and trafficking. This research explores the impact of illegal hunting on endangered species, ecosystems, and local communities. Through interviews with national park officials and people living near forests and protected areas, the study examines the main causes and consequences of poaching, evaluates current conservation efforts, and offers recommendations to strengthen wildlife protection and biodiversity conservation in Nepal.
Animal Sacrifice in Nepal: Analyzing the Balance Between Cultural Practices and Laws on Animal Welfare and Banning Cruelty
Animal Sacrifice in Nepal: Analyzing the Balance Between Cultural Practices and Laws on Animal Welfare and Banning Cruelty
Animal Sacrifice in Nepal: Analyzing the Balance Between Cultural Practices and Laws on Animal Welfare and Banning Cruelty
Animal sacrifice has long been a part of Nepal’s cultural and religious traditions, but it continues to raise serious ethical and animal welfare concerns. This research examines the historical, religious, and legal aspects of animal sacrifice in Nepal, including its impact on public health, the environment, and society. The study explores
Animal sacrifice has long been a part of Nepal’s cultural and religious traditions, but it continues to raise serious ethical and animal welfare concerns. This research examines the historical, religious, and legal aspects of animal sacrifice in Nepal, including its impact on public health, the environment, and society. The study explores existing legal protections, the debate surrounding the Gadhimai festival, and comparisons with neighboring countries such as India and Bhutan. It also highlights alternative religious practices and recommends stronger enforcement of animal welfare laws, greater public awareness, and non-violent alternatives that respect both cultural heritage and modern ethical standards.
The Right to Life and Stray Animals: A Constitutional Interpretation of Co-existence
Animal Sacrifice in Nepal: Analyzing the Balance Between Cultural Practices and Laws on Animal Welfare and Banning Cruelty
The Effectiveness of Animal Welfare Laws in Nepal: Challenges in Enforcement and Public Awareness
Humans and stray animals have coexisted for centuries, especially in South Asian countries like Nepal, where cultural and religious traditions encourage compassion toward living beings. Despite this long history, stray animals remain largely unprotected under Nepal’s constitutional framework. This research examines the legal, ethical, and
Humans and stray animals have coexisted for centuries, especially in South Asian countries like Nepal, where cultural and religious traditions encourage compassion toward living beings. Despite this long history, stray animals remain largely unprotected under Nepal’s constitutional framework. This research examines the legal, ethical, and social challenges affecting stray animals and explores how constitutional values such as dignity, compassion, and environmental responsibility can support stronger protections for them. By analyzing laws, judicial decisions, and public policy, the study advocates for humane management practices and shared public responsibility to promote respectful and sustainable coexistence between humans and stray animals in Nepal.
The Effectiveness of Animal Welfare Laws in Nepal: Challenges in Enforcement and Public Awareness
Animal Sacrifice in Nepal: Analyzing the Balance Between Cultural Practices and Laws on Animal Welfare and Banning Cruelty
The Effectiveness of Animal Welfare Laws in Nepal: Challenges in Enforcement and Public Awareness
Animal cruelty remains a serious and largely overlooked issue in Nepal, where animal welfare laws are weak, fragmented, and poorly enforced. Street animals, particularly dogs and cattle, continue to suffer from neglect, abuse, starvation, and inhumane treatment. This research examines the effectiveness of Nepal’s animal welfare framework
Animal cruelty remains a serious and largely overlooked issue in Nepal, where animal welfare laws are weak, fragmented, and poorly enforced. Street animals, particularly dogs and cattle, continue to suffer from neglect, abuse, starvation, and inhumane treatment. This research examines the effectiveness of Nepal’s animal welfare framework through legal analysis, surveys, interviews, NGO reports, and comparisons with other South Asian countries. The study highlights the need for stronger legislation, better enforcement, institutional accountability, and greater public awareness. It also emphasizes the importance of humane education and recommends the adoption of a comprehensive Animal Welfare Act to improve legal protections for animals in Nepal.
Outreach to the Legal Academy and the Public
Visits to Law Schools in Nepal
CALS Alumni Team Up to Bring Animal Law to Nepalese Law Schools
In this blog, Julie Palais (’23, MSL, USA) and Varnika Singh (’23, LLM, India) share their deep passion and collaboration to advance animal protection in Nepal.
Developing Animal Law in Nepal
Developing Animal Law in Nepal
CALS Ambassadors, Varnika Singh (Animal Law LLM, ’23) and Julie Palais (Animal Law MSL, ’23), share their Global Ambassador Project to support the emergence of animal law in Nepal.
Nepal needs to enact and enforce animal law
Nepal needs to enact and enforce animal law
Legislation to address neglect, cruelty and abuse of street dogs, wildlife, as well as animals used for food, work, and sacrifice
Interview with LawCater
An Interview with Lawcater about the importance of teaching animal law in the law schools in Nepal
Varnika Singh is an advocate in India with 14 years of experience in the field of law and Julie Palais is an American citizen who has chosen animal welfare as her second career after giving over 26 years as a scientist to the National Science
An Interview with Lawcater about the importance of teaching animal law in the law schools in Nepal
Varnika Singh is an advocate in India with 14 years of experience in the field of law and Julie Palais is an American citizen who has chosen animal welfare as her second career after giving over 26 years as a scientist to the National Science Foundation, in the USA. Julie is the Founding Director of SAVE Nepal.They sat down with Lawcater to discuss animal welfare and animal protection in Nepal and the importance of bringing the field of animal law into the law schools in Nepal.
CALS Ambassadors: Global ImpacT for Animals
Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) (Lewis and Clark Law School) Webinar on Global Ambassador Project in Nepal
In this webinar, the 2024-25 CALS Ambassadors discuss their impactful Global Ambassador Program (GAP) projects to advance animal protection and animal law around the world. The Nepal portion starts at 25:45 minutes in the webina
Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) (Lewis and Clark Law School) Webinar on Global Ambassador Project in Nepal
In this webinar, the 2024-25 CALS Ambassadors discuss their impactful Global Ambassador Program (GAP) projects to advance animal protection and animal law around the world. The Nepal portion starts at 25:45 minutes in the webinar. To learn more about their GAP Projects, visit the link below. https://law.lclark.edu/live/news/54661-announcing-the-2024-25-cals-ambassadors
First Animal Law Seminar in Nepal at Kathmandu University School of Law
Kathmandu University School of Law Seminar on Animal Law.
These short talks represent the culmination of research experiences undertaken by four second-year law students enrolled in a course on legal research methods. Each student selected a topic of interest and then wrote a paper about it. In addition to writing the research papers and
Kathmandu University School of Law Seminar on Animal Law.
These short talks represent the culmination of research experiences undertaken by four second-year law students enrolled in a course on legal research methods. Each student selected a topic of interest and then wrote a paper about it. In addition to writing the research papers and giving these talks, the students will also write an article for an online news website to be published in later in the year. The article was published in the Nepali Times on Oct. 22, 2025
Many NGOs-INGOS ARE Working in Nepal to Protect Animals
Animal Nepal
A Voice for the Voiceless -Helping to create a society where all animals can live a life free from pain, suffering and human cruelty.
Animal Alliance Asia
Our mission is to build and mobilize a community of local animal justice and vegan advocates across Asia to create waves of impactful actions for a better world for farmed animals.
Center for One Health Research and Promotion
“Working towards preserving the health of the public, animals, and the environment in Nepal. Disease control, health policy assessment, zoonosis, animal welfare, and public engagement are some of our working areas.“
Community Dog Welfare Center
Because EVERY DOG’S LIFE MATTERS, the overall aim is to give EVERY DOG A CHANCE FOR A BETTER LIFE. We care for vulnerable dogs, and promote dog welfare by encouraging local people to care for their dogs, in order to develop a healthier, safer community environment.
Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC)
The vision of GARC is a world free of canine rabies. GARC's mission is to prevent human deaths from dog-mediated rabies and relieve the burden of rabies in other animal populations, especially dogs.
Himalayan Animal REscue Trust (HART)
Making life better for animals in Nepal. HART exists to try to redress some of the suffering endured by animals that are without power to control their lives. Neglect, cruelty and ignorance combine to make the world a hostile place for many creatures.
Help Animals India
Help Animals India is a US-based non-profit organizations dedicated to improving the lives and welfare of animals in India. We accomplish our mission by raising money for dedicated Indian animal protection groups and advising them on how to improve their capacity to help the animals.
Himalayan Environment and Life Protection-(Help)
Non-for-profit organization working to protect the environment, mitigate and adapt the climate change.
Institute of Animal Law of Asia
Institute of Animal Law of Asia
Institute of Animal Law of Asia
The Institute of Animal Law of Asia (IALA) focuses on raising awareness of animal law issues in the countries of Asia. Legal education on animal welfare is accomplished through conducting a comparative analysis between certain countries, where animal protection is strongly enforced and supported by legal sources.
KAT Centre
Institute of Animal Law of Asia
Institute of Animal Law of Asia
KAT Centre is a non-profit organization established to promote animal welfare in Nepal. KAT rescues and treats sick and injured animals living on the streets of Kathmandu, works to lower the street dog (and cat) population by spaying and neutering, and to reduce the incidence of rabies and other viruses through vaccination and education,
KAT Centre is a non-profit organization established to promote animal welfare in Nepal. KAT rescues and treats sick and injured animals living on the streets of Kathmandu, works to lower the street dog (and cat) population by spaying and neutering, and to reduce the incidence of rabies and other viruses through vaccination and education, and to promote animal welfare in the widest sense of the term.
Magic Marble Foundation
Institute of Animal Law of Asia
Magic Marble Foundation
Magic Marble Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization aimed at alleviating the suffering of underprivileged human and non-human animal populations by providing them with food, housing, medical treatment, education, and the financial assistance required to procure these basic needs.
Mongabay
Institute of Animal Law of Asia
Magic Marble Foundation
Mongabay is a nonprofit environmental science and conservation news platform that produces original reporting in English, Indonesian, Spanish, French, Hindi, and Brazilian Portuguese by leveraging over 800 correspondents in some 70 countries. We are dedicated to evidence-driven objective journalism.
Nepal Animal Welfare and Research Center
We aim to build a responsible community with harmoneous environment for all living beings. Animals in Nepal are traditionally treated as a commodity. Animals are sentient being and have equal rights as human being to live, have safe place for living, good food and proper care. Major animal cruelty rooted in Nepalese community are originat
We aim to build a responsible community with harmoneous environment for all living beings. Animals in Nepal are traditionally treated as a commodity. Animals are sentient being and have equal rights as human being to live, have safe place for living, good food and proper care. Major animal cruelty rooted in Nepalese community are originated due to irresponsible ownership of animals. Pets animals, domesticated animals, farm animals and other non-human beings are regarded as means or commodity.
Soltis' Hope Street Animal Rescue
Soltis Hope is registered in the USA as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improve the lives of the forgotten, neglected, and abused, street animals in rural Far Western Nepal, Gulariya, Bardiya.As the only rescue, shelter, medical and hope these animals have, we offer basic care such as deworm, flea / tick treatment, street
Soltis Hope is registered in the USA as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improve the lives of the forgotten, neglected, and abused, street animals in rural Far Western Nepal, Gulariya, Bardiya.As the only rescue, shelter, medical and hope these animals have, we offer basic care such as deworm, flea / tick treatment, street medical treatments, vaccines, feeding, and reducing the stray dog population through our animal birth control clinic.
Stand Up 4 Elephants
Stand Up 4 Elephants is an NGO working in Chitwan, NEPAL for the welfare of captive asian elephants, their mahouts and the community in which we all live.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and for your continued support. Together, we can make a real difference in the lives of these majestics creatures.
World Wildlife Fund Nepal
WWF Nepal aims to create a sustainable environment for all life on earth by expanding its work from indicator megafauna, to also focus on other small mammals such as the pangolin and red panda, freshwater species such as the gharial, otter and river dolphin, as well medicinal and aromatic plant species along with focusing on climate change and it’s impacts on all living species.