2015 The Brutal Slaughter Continues of Whales at Faroe Islands

[Rae 86]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3173617/Fishermen-chase-250-whales-beach-Faroe-Islands-locals-leap-water-glee-stab-death-slaughter-turns-sea-red-blood.html 

"Their bodies lie beached on the dark shore, large slash marks penetrate the neck and sides of the whale as the blood mixes with the cold water.

Known as the grindadráp, the brutal slaughtering of pilots whales in the Danish owned Faroe Islands took place yesterday. As many as 250 whales were reportedly massacred on two beaches in Bøur and Tórshavn as locals used harpoons and knifes to hack the all of the pilot whales to death.

The horrific scenes were filmed by activists from Sea Shepherd, a non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organisation.

As the innocent whales are forced to swim towards the beaches, the locals begin to run down from the jetty towards the sea.

Realising they are unable to escape, the whales slow down as the fishermen in their power boats and dinghies begin to close in on the large school of whales.  

The locals, many of whom are dressed in full wetsuits and bobble hats, wade into the water and begin to violently drag the distressed animals up the beach.

Each year, this horrendous event is carried out across the archipelago of the Faroes Island. Five activists from Sea Shepherd were arrested after attempting to disrupt the hunt. "

 

http://www.seashepherd.org.uk/news-and-media/2015/07/21/united-states-and-german-nationals-face-up-to-two-years-imprisonment-1679

"Susan Larsen of San Francisco, United States, and Tom Strerath of Bremen, Germany, could face up to two years imprisonment if they are found guilty of breaching the Faroese Pilot Whaling Act.

The Sea Shepherd volunteers were arrested on Monday morning following an attempted grindadráp – the infamous drive hunt of cetaceans in the Faroe Islands – just north of Klaksvík in the northeast of the island archipelago."

"Speaking about the incident, Larsen stated, “While I am frustrated by our arrests and the seizure of the Farley, I hope that this incident will bring attention to what is  happening to pilot whales and other cetaceans in the Faroe Islands. I was dismayed that our arrests were made with the assistance of the Danish Navy. This is a clear indication that Denmark, an anti-whaling nation, is not only complicit in the slaughter of whales - but is deeply invested in seeing that grinds are successfully carried out.”"

[Paco 3,040]

Can't wait for the Demi Lovato jokes

[Didymus 34,380]

Christ, not this again This same thing resurfaces every single year and it's always posted/spread/written by people who didn't care to read up and are blinded by the visual and out-in-the-open aspect of a completely ordinary hunting process. A simple read on Wikipedia is sure to cast a different light on the topic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_the_Faroe_Islands

The slaughter doesn't qualify as brutal since the killing is absolutely instant (the redness of the water is actually a consequence of the immediate cutting of the main arteries, resulting in the least amount of suffering for the animal), last year the killing dropped dramatically and the cultural/nutritive importance of these catches definitely make it far less cruel than the typical Western way of breeding and killing animals for seriously unnecessary food intake. The caught whales are by no means endangered species either. So yeah, sorry for my dramatic reaction, and I don't support mass consumption of meat whatsoever, but the context is so important in topics like this. Condemnations like this are misleading and remove our attention from the cruelty that's happening in our midst with our own seal on it.

[Rae 86]

Christ, not this again This same thing resurfaces every single year and it's always posted/spread/written by people who didn't care to read up and are blinded by the visual and out-in-the-open aspect of a completely ordinary hunting process. A simple read on Wikipedia is sure to cast a different light on the topic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_the_Faroe_Islands

The slaughter doesn't qualify as brutal since the killing is absolutely instant (the redness of the water is actually a consequence of the immediate cutting of the main arteries, resulting in the least amount of suffering for the animal), last year the killing dropped dramatically and the cultural/nutritive importance of these catches definitely make it far less cruel than the typical Western way of breeding and killing animals for seriously unnecessary food intake. The caught whales are by no means endangered species either. So yeah, sorry for my dramatic reaction, and I don't support mass consumption of meat whatsoever, but the context is so important in topics like this. Condemnations like this are misleading and remove our attention from the cruelty that's happening in our midst with our own seal on it.

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Known as the grindadráp, the brutal slaughtering of pilots whales in the Danish owned Faroe Islands took place yesterday. As many as 250 whales were reportedly massacred on two beaches in Bøur and Tórshavn as locals used harpoons and knifes to hack the all of the pilot whales to death.

 

This is brutal. Just because they are not a endanger species does not mean the hundreds of whales should be brutally slaughtered. These humans at Faeroe Islands are savages.

 

 

 

[Melech 9,900]

quote from article

Known as the grindadráp, the brutal slaughtering of pilots whales in the Danish owned Faroe Islands took place yesterday. As many as 250 whales were reportedly massacred on two beaches in Bøur and Tórshavn as locals used harpoons and knifes to hack the all of the pilot whales to death.

 

This is brutal. Just because they are not a endanger species does not mean the hundreds of whales should be brutally slaughtered. These humans at Faeroe Islands are savages.

 

 

 

then look in what conditions cows,chickens are held and killed. Nothin better, really. It sucks

 

[Pierre 10,480]

Can't wait for the Demi Lovato jokes

 

[uo111 5,282]

quote from article

Known as the grindadráp, the brutal slaughtering of pilots whales in the Danish owned Faroe Islands took place yesterday. As many as 250 whales were reportedly massacred on two beaches in Bøur and Tórshavn as locals used harpoons and knifes to hack the all of the pilot whales to death.

 

This is brutal. Just because they are not a endanger species does not mean the hundreds of whales should be brutally slaughtered. These humans at Faeroe Islands are savages.

 

 

 

O please, if they are savages then so is every nonvegan person on the planet.

I would perfer they didn't, but hypocrisy is worse.

[HANZ 4,380]

at least one of those men should've died in this, just saying

[thatfoxyfeeling 13,401]

What is the purpose of this? It just sounds like fox hunting, bloodsport.

[Goosey 3,017]

Bye  are they really coming after Faroese? They've been eating those whales for many centuries. Get out, Sea Shepherd. Someone should get a cannon and fill that bloody ship full of holes.

[TiphEret 1,320]

What is the purpose of this? It just sounds like fox hunting, bloodsport.

it's actually for food.