Slaughter of more than 1,400 dolphins in the Faroe Islands sparks condemnation worldwide
By Joanna Thompson about 13 hours ago
Warning: This article contains graphic images.
Hunters in the Faroe Islands riding speed boats and jet skis ambushed and slaughtered a super-pod of more than 1,400 white-sided dolphins on Sunday (Sept. 12), leading to outcry from conservationists and even some supporters of the archipelago's centuries-old tradition of killing the marine animals for food. The dolphins' bloody, lacerated corpses have been left lined up on the beach following the killings.
The scale of the slaughter drew outrage from conservationists, Faroese natives and pro-hunting parties alike. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society described the killings as a "massacre."
Dolphin hunting is an ancient tradition in the Faroe Islands — an autonomous territory of Denmark located between Norway, Scotland and Iceland — that dates back to Viking times. Known as a Grindadráp, or just "the grind," the controversial custom involves driving pilot whales or other large dolphin species into the islands' fjords in order to kill them with a specialized lance. It is the only Indigenous whaling practice still undertaken in Western Europe.
Ordinarily, the butchered dolphin meat is portioned out to help feed the community. But some worry that this year's haul will be far too much for the archipelago's roughly 53,000 residents, according to Faroese locals interviewed by the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.
"For such a hunt to take place in 2021 in a very wealthy European island community just 230 miles [370 kilometers] from the UK with no need or use for such a vast quantity of contaminated meat is outrageous," Rob Read, chief operating officer of Sea Shepherd U.K., said in a statement.
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I'm sickened & furious!!
Dolphins' brains are so advanced & complicated that neuroscientists came to the conclusion that they should be classified as an advanced species not too long ago.
Folks, google: "Proof That Dolphins Have Human-Like Intelligence and Their Own ‘Language.' "
This was based on research done by scientists at Emory University, where MRI scanners mapped the brains of dolphins.
http://themindunleashed.org/2014/07/this-is-a-proof-that-dolphins-have-human-like-intelligence-and-their-own-language.html
If anyone else would like to join me in reaching out to the Faroe Islands gov't to voice strong condemnation of this massacre,
the gov email given is: info@tinganes.fo
Bárður á Steig Nielsen is the Prime Minister. He should stop this!
I just sent the Sea Shepherd a sizable donation! Wish I could send & do more. I'm practically..
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