Tell Giant Eagle/Market District grocery store chain to STOP selling Faroe Islands salmon!

  • by: Maura Kelley
  • recipient: Laura Karet, CEO Giant Eagle grocery chain

Giant Eagle / Market District, a large grocery store chain serving the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Maryland, buys and sells Faroe Islands salmon. Buying and selling Faroese salmon supports their economy and, indirectly, the mass slaughtering of over 1,600 whales and dolphins annually in the Faroe Islands.

Faroe Islands salmon are raised in the same fjords that contain the blood of tortured and barbarically slain whales and dolphins in 'the Grind'.

Whales and dolphins are highly intelligent, sensitive and social creatures, highly attached and loyal to their family members – these marine mammals will not leave an injured family member; they are known to physically bring the injured or dying to the surface in order to breathe.

During these mass slaughters, pilot whales and dolphins are forced to swim in the sea of blood of their murdered family members until they themselves are gaffed and violently dragged and then stabbed to death.

Chief medical officers and scientists have declared pilot whale meat unsafe for human consumption due to mercury and other toxins.

The Faroe Islands are a territory of Denmark, a region that holds one of the highest standards of living in Europe, and while there is a ban on whaling in these waters per international law (IWC), Denmark protects the Grind through a small loophole.

Ask Giant Eagle/Market District to stand up for the humane treatment of animals by stopping their sales of Faroese salmon until the hideous pain-filled cetacean massacres end in the Faroe Islands.  Other major food companies have already taken this stance, so Giant Eagle/Market District should, too.

Update #44 years ago
Giant Eagle Inc. has indicated IT WILL CONTINUE to support the Faroe Islands and their WHALE MASSACRES by selling their salmon, grown in the blood of HUNDREDS of HORRIFICALLY, BRUTALLY SLAUGHTERED WHALE FAMILIES. USE YOUR VOICE! Contact CEO Laura Karet! CALL: (412) 963-6200, WRITE to her at: Laura Karet, P.O. Box 11591, Pittsburg, PA 15238, TWEET to @GiantEagle, Facebook POST comments at: @gianteagleinc
Update #35 years ago
TIME FOR PRESSURE from YOU! Just a quick email -
Mr. Rick Clark at corporate office needs YOUR email NOW!
Please politely insist to Mr. Clark that they dump Faroe Islands salmon immediately! PLEASE EMAIL: RichardH.2214@gmail.com
This is a HUGE corporation covering 5 U.S. states! THANK YOU.
WE HAVE 53,426 SIGNATURES on this petition:
Update #25 years ago
PLEASE HELP, it’s time to make a phone call to Rick (corporate office) phone# 1-412-967-4772 and tell him these MASS MURDERS need to end and THEY CAN HELP STOP IT.
Update #15 years ago
On 8/31/18 a detailed snail-mail letter with scientific information was sent to Laura Karet's mailing address that was provided by Giant Eagle. There has been NO response regarding the letter & information provided to her. Giant Eagle is NOT WILLING to provide her email address. I urge signers to keep gathering signatures. You can TWEET @GiantEagle, and comment on Facebook @gianteagleinc. Thank you so much. For the whales ~
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