Nepal's capital suffers festival goat shortage - Yahoo! News

"Kathmandu is suffering a severe shortage of goats for ritual sacrifice, the government said Tuesday."

"They will be sold for slaughter to mark the main Hindu festival of Dashain. "Kathmandu city faces a shortage of goats during the festival, which always brings a high demand for goat meat," Bijaya Thapa, deputy general manager at the Nepal Food Corporation, told AFP. "We are bringing goats in to ease the supply and to control dramatic price hikes." Goats and other animals are traditionally slaughtered during the 15-day festival, which begins on September 19, to appease the Hindu goddess of power, Durga."

And, of course, to co-ordinate with Talk Like a Pirate Day. Those Hindu Pirates were some of the fiercest, and yet also the most polite. "Thank ye, come again, ye swabs."