What is called a "cultural tradition" is nothing more than a for-profit aquatic slaughterhouse. The residents of the Faroe Islands contend that hunting pilot whales is a traditional community activity with no commercial component.
The amount of meat gained from a single hunt is enough to allow every single man, woman and child on the island of Sandoy to eat a 7 ounce whale steak every day for a year.
Whats more, police are breaking the law by sanctioning the hunt's illegal practices like tying the whales to boats. And according to reports, the meat was being sold on the open market, which has always been denied by the Faroe people.
On July 9th 2010 a pod of 193 pilot whales was herded by boats onto the beach of the town of Husavik on the island of Sandoy. This town has only a population of 126 people (a large percent of elderly citizens) and there were not enough hands available to kill the whole pod at once. As a result, the whales were killed over the course of two days.
The whales to be slaughtered on the second day were tied by their tails to boats, a violation of Faroe law. The whales "thrashed about in panic" all night trying to get to their family. After spending their night panicked, tied by their tails in blood red water, the remaining whales were killed the next day.
We ask the Danish Government to stop this annual hunt of pilot whales on Faroe Islands. It is inhumane, illegal, unsustainable and outdated causing prolonged suffering for commercial profit under the guise of "cultural tradition". It's brutal and a violation of Faroe law.
Source:
http://www1.albawaba.com/news/animal-rights-activists-uncover-scandalous-whaling-practices-faroe-islands
Danish Prime Minister
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Nordic Council
Ved Stranden 18
1061 Copenhagen K, Denmark
45 33 96 04 00, nordisk-rad@norden.org
Nordic Council of Ministers
Ved Stranden 18
1061 Copenhagen K, Denmark
45 33 96 02 00, nmr@norden.org
