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title: "Does cannibalism still exist today?"  
description: "A short explanation about cannibalism and how they still exist today."  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2776/does-cannibalism-still-exist-today  
category: "science and history"  
tags: ["cannibalism", "crimes", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Does cannibalism still exist today?

![Does cannibalism still exist today](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bd52b6fc-ba01-4831-b163-9acdf51b3596/images/5475133c-ebdd-426e-b4c0-6615489a1c54.jpeg) ![Does cannibalism still exist today](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bd52b6fc-ba01-4831-b163-9acdf51b3596/images/55f137b6-91ca-4945-b6ae-662e763b162b.jpeg) Cannibalism is no longer common, although it does exist. ![Does cannibalism still exist today](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bd52b6fc-ba01-4831-b163-9acdf51b3596/images/24e79408-902c-4978-a939-cb792ce5d8c2.jpeg) It practised by a few isolated tribes throughout the world for cultural or ritualistic reasons. ![Does cannibalism still exist today](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bd52b6fc-ba01-4831-b163-9acdf51b3596/images/00eb6232-8d12-4ffe-997f-302d9ff48f23.jpeg) There have been a few cases of serial killers cannibalising their victims, for example Jeffrey Dahmer and Albert Fish. ![Does cannibalism still exist today](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bd52b6fc-ba01-4831-b163-9acdf51b3596/images/f680b9c7-2042-4875-9011-2751a938665c.jpeg) In 2022, two women were allegedly killed in a human sacrifice ritual in Kerala, with police investigating if the accused consumed body parts. ![Does cannibalism still exist today](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bd52b6fc-ba01-4831-b163-9acdf51b3596/images/d5b0de90-e5f1-4b13-ba11-d9abb9e0aedc.jpeg) In 2022, two men were arrested for reportedly eating half-burned human bones at a funeral in Odisha, possibly related to a cremated woman.

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