The residents of Faroe Island, a providence of Denmark, slaughter hundreds of pilot whales every year in what they call their cultural tradition in a practice called grindadrap.
The pilot whales aren't actually whales, despite the name, they are dolphins. The intelligent creatures are crowded into a bay and killed by cutting the dorsal area through to the spinal cord. In the process, their main arteries get cut. It can take several minutes for the animals to die in this cruel, barbaric slaughter.
Pilot whales have been a central part of their diet for more than 1,000 years, making this inhumane ritual a cultural tradition. But due to the recent rise in mercury found in ocean animals, more than 5000 people have died from mercury poisoning from eating the whale, and mentally retarded children are being born at an alarming rate.
This annual tradition is neither good for the pilot whales, nor for human beings. Stop the Faroe Island pilot whale slaughter.
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September 15, 2021
I have been reading through the new studies about mercury toxicity and it really makes me wonder how long people can ignore such clear health risks while calling this a tradition. Spending way too much time staring at these reports in the dark because fixing this whole situation just feels so urgent and honestly kind of heavy.
September 15, 2021
I really thought this might just float by unnoticed but seeing this much energy behind the message is honestly overwhelming. It feels like the tide is finally turning on how people view these rituals because we are all seeing the cold hard facts about the mercury levels now.
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if that’s what you consider a timeless tradition—get a new tradition! That’s unforgivably horrifying!
Please the people of the Faroe Islands stop your barbaric, cruel, inhumane, and senseless violent acts of murder against the oceans most intelligent gentle creatures the pilot whale and dolphins. You are depleting the oceans wildlife because you say it's tradition, its not tradition its a evil act and a horrific crime. Get into the modern time and teach your young generation conservation, you shame your country and the world is demanding you stop the killings now.
Stop now !!
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The residents of Faroe Island, a providence of Denmark, slaughter hundreds of pilot whales every year in what they call their cultural tradition in a practice called grindadrap.
The pilot whales aren't actually whales, despite the name, they are dolphins. The intelligent creatures are crowded into a bay and killed by cutting the dorsal area through to the spinal cord. In the process, their main arteries get cut. It can take several minutes for the animals to die in this cruel, barbaric slaughter.
Pilot whales have been a central part of their diet for more than 1,000 years, making this inhumane ritual a cultural tradition. But due to the recent rise in mercury found in ocean animals, more than 5000 people have died from mercury poisoning from eating the whale, and mentally retarded children are being born at an alarming rate.
This annual tradition is neither good for the pilot whales, nor for human beings. Stop the Faroe Island pilot whale slaughter.
Updates
September 15, 2021
I have been reading through the new studies about mercury toxicity and it really makes me wonder how long people can ignore such clear health risks while calling this a tradition. Spending way too much time staring at these reports in the dark because fixing this whole situation just feels so urgent and honestly kind of heavy.
September 15, 2021
I really thought this might just float by unnoticed but seeing this much energy behind the message is honestly overwhelming. It feels like the tide is finally turning on how people view these rituals because we are all seeing the cold hard facts about the mercury levels now.
4 Comments
It’s about time the Faroe Islands stopped this outdated and barbaric practice in the name of tradition. This practice is so distressing and destructive to wildlife every year. Enough. Time it stopped.
if that’s what you consider a timeless tradition—get a new tradition! That’s unforgivably horrifying!
Please the people of the Faroe Islands stop your barbaric, cruel, inhumane, and senseless violent acts of murder against the oceans most intelligent gentle creatures the pilot whale and dolphins. You are depleting the oceans wildlife because you say it's tradition, its not tradition its a evil act and a horrific crime. Get into the modern time and teach your young generation conservation, you shame your country and the world is demanding you stop the killings now.
Stop now !!
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It’s about time the Faroe Islands stopped this outdated and barbaric practice in the name of tradition. This practice is so distressing and destructive to wildlife every year. Enough. Time it stopped.