Graphic and Disturbing
Recording of the stranding of pilot whales in a whalehunt.
Torshavn, Faroe Islands 23/7-2010
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Faroe Islands
Main article: Whaling in the Faroe Islands
Around 950 long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melaena, actually a species of dolphin) are caught annually, mainly during the summer. Occasionally, other species are hunted as well, such as the northern bottlenose whale and Atlantic white-sided dolphin. The hunt is known as the Grindadráp.
Faroese whaling is regulated by Faroese authorities but not by the IWC, which does not regulate the catching of small cetaceans.
Most Faroese consider the hunt an important part of their culture and history and arguments about the topic raise strong emotions. Animal-rights groups criticize the hunt as being cruel and unnecessary. Hunters claim that most journalists lack knowledge of the catch methods used to capture and kill the whales or of the hunt's economic significance.
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HybridSorry, but that's fucking barbaric.
NorsuelefanttiYea that's just not right, is it?
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ponceleonThose assholes... don't they know it was really chicken and cow?
csnel3says...This is disturbing. I guess I'll be thankfull for Fred Meyers, Winco, and 7-11's. Unless I devolve into a herbivore, I can't condem these people. I eat meat, but you won't find me stabbin cows in the small end of the corral. Does thAt make me bad?
Can we agree that there is a difference between domestic animals that are our food sources (cows, chickens, ect.) and wild life (whales, eagles , elepahnts, etc.)and other animals that are not our food (dogs, Horses and kittens)?
westy>> ^csnel3:
This is disturbing. I guess I'll be thankfull for Fred Meyers, Winco, and 7-11's. Unless I devolve into a herbivore, I can't condem these people. I eat meat, but you won't find me stabbin cows in the small end of the corral. Does thAt make me bad?
Can we agree that there is a difference between domestic animals that are our food sources (cows, chickens, ect.) and wild life (whales, eagles , elepahnts, etc.)and other animals that are not our food (dogs, Horses and kittens)?
I would argue its actualy far better to hunt wild animals so long as u can do it without deplating the suply.
wild animals wil have a far higher quality of life and depnding on how u hunt them you end up hunting the weeker animals.
obvously issues arise if u over hunt and thats where the benofits of farming animales come in. but purely on a ethical level i think hunting wild animales is actualy more ethical than the current mass farming used.
The best thing to do would be to breed thicker animals and then look after them well , people reering animales themslefs and then eating them would be so much better as people would respect and value the meat .
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