Horrifying Massacre of Whales and Dolphins Turns the Sea Red, Sparks Global Outrage
(Anti Media) Each year in the summer months on a group of islands between Norway and Iceland, nearly 1,000 whales and dolphins are slaughtered in a tradition that turns the sea blood red. Now, images of the locals doing the deed are making their way onto social media, and outrage over the practice is gaining steam.
Earlier this week, The Independent detailed how the ritual, dating back to 1584 and known to local Faroe Islanders as the grindadrap, is carried out:
“As long-finned and short-finned pilot whales swim close to the shore during migration, fishermen surround the mammals in boats and dinghies, herding them towards the beach.
“The entire pods of whales become stranded, are dragged up the beach and slaughtered on the sand or in the shallow water.”
As grisly as that sounds, it’s not nearly as graphic as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is in its description. In launching a petition to stop the practice, the organization detailed the actual killing itself:
“Metal hooks are driven into the stranded mammals’ blowholes before their spines are cut. The animals slowly bleed to death. Whole families are slaughtered, and some whales swim around in their family members’ blood for hours.”
Continuing, PETA writes that these mammals are “highly intelligent creatures” that “feel pain and fear every bit as much as we do.”
Commercial whaling is banned in most parts of the world, but regional laws allow the practice because the meat is distributed in the community. In a statement defending his people’s tradition, Faroe Island spokesperson Pall Nolsoe said last year that the grindadrap is really no big deal:
“Whaling is a natural part of Faroese life and pilot whale meat and blubber are a cherished supplement to households across the islands. Whaling in the Faroe Islands is conducted in accordance with international law and globally recognised principles of sustainable development.”
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They dont vote me up. Slaughter them all! Mahahaha...
What a disgusting practice, just because you have done something for years it doesnt make it right, it just means you have done a bad thing for a long time, the suffering of these animals must be indescribable. What hope for humanity for trying to normalise a barbaric practice like this.
Just curious @wisbeech, are you a vegetarian?
whales and dolphins provide a far more significant roles in maintaining spiritual balance on earth that almost anyone has realised.. killing them is near the top of barbaric acts that we can do. i'm not sure how to stop it other than through proving what i just said.
This is heartbreaking.
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We need to move forward from this archaic tradition into the 21st century! If the UK can legislate to ban fox hunting after a longer period then the Faroese can do the same for this barbarism?
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Most people who are crying about this would stand by and watch a million humans be slaughtered, pay their taxes to contribute to the deaths and think it's a good thing.
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