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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 27]
jugupsitam dharma-kṛte 'nuśāsataḥ sva-bhāva-raktasya mahān vyatikramaḥ yad-vākyato dharma itītaraḥ sthito na manyate tasya nivāraṇam janaḥ
“The people in general are naturally inclined to enjoy, and you have encouraged them in that way in the name of religion. This is verily condemned and is quite unreasonable. Because they are guided under your instructions, they will accept such activities in the name of religion and will hardly care for prohibitions.” ( Bhāg.  1.5.15)
Śrīla Nārada Muni chastised Vyāsadeva for compiling so many Vedic supplementary scriptures, which are all intended for guiding the people in general. Nārada Muni condemned these scriptures because they do not mention direct devotional service. Under Nārada’s instructions, direct worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as described in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , was set forth by Vyāsadeva. The conclusion is that neither the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu nor His devotee ever sanctions animal killing in the name of religion. Indeed, Kṛṣṇa incarnated Himself as Lord Buddha to put an end to animal killing in the name of religion. Animal sacrifice under the name of religion is conducted by the influence of  tamo-guṇa  (the mode of ignorance), as indicated in the Eighteenth Chapter of  Bhagavad-gītā .
yayā dharmam adharmam ca kāryam cākāryam eva ca ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
adharmam dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā sarvārthān viparītāmś ca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
“And that understanding which cannot distinguish between the religious way of life and the irreligious, between action that should be done and action that should not be done—that imperfect understanding, O son of Pṛthā, is in the mode of passion. That understanding which considers irreligion to be religion and religion to be irreligion, under the spell of illusion and darkness, and strives always in the wrong direction, O Pārtha, is in the mode of ignorance.” (Bg. 18.31-32)