The Faroes cruel whale slaughter
Every year around 2,000 whales are driven ashore and cruelly slaughtered in the Faroe Islands, mid-way between the Shetland Islands and Iceland. For centuries the Faroe Islanders have hunted pilot whales, driving entire schools into killing bays, where they are speared or gaffed from boats, dragged ashore and butchered with knives. Although the Islands are a protectorate of Denmark, they have their own Government and regulations governing the pilot whale hunt or "grind" as it is known.
The Faroese pilot whale hunt has origins dating back some 400 years, the meat and blubber provided a valuable source of animal protein in the Faroese diet and the whale-oil became a significant export as well as being used for cooking and lighting. Even the offal and skeleton was utilised for animal feed and fertiliser. However, the hunt no longer provides essential protein for the Islanders, who enjoy a high standard of living, derived from fisheries exports to Europe and the USA. The Faroes economy is over 90% dependent on fisheries.
Recently the Islanders have indicated they want to kill whales commercially and it can be no coincidence that Denmark, which also defends ‘subsistence’ hunting of endangered whales in its other dependency of Greenland, is backing the resumption of commercial whaling. In 2006, Denmark alone backed a pro-commercial whaling declaration tabled by whalers at the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) annual meeting in St Kitts.
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http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/uk_faroe_whales
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