Dolphin killing Custom in Denmark... SHOCKING

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A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose! Dr. Choc

dolphins are pure evil, they are best known to rape and murder.

I dont know if they have heart ?!#^!$#*!#)

B A R B A R , UNCIVILISED (what else?)

couldn't care less WHERE its happening... its WHAT is happening that causes concern...

The practice is wasteful, the meat is poisoned, the animals are near extinction, there is no economic incentive... but if you want to keep justifying it... go right ahead...

come on

comparing savage killing of animals for fun, like this case and brutal sports like bull fighting to slaughtering animals for food is no comparison at all

hardline vegetarians are no differnt than those in the pictures

yes, let's kill this Faeroe b**stards, how can they do such a despicable things???

Veri, check this:

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/775370

And this:

"This is very misleading propagandist stuff. First of all, Denmark has little if anything to do with any of this. The images of the groups of whales being slaughtered on the beaches are from the Faroe Islands, which is an autonomous region of the Danish kingdom with significant home rule. Second of all, the Faroese method of whaling is actually very sustainable and practical. There are about 10-ish hunts like these carried out each year resulting in a total catch of less than 1,000 whales. The hunts are community activities, strictly controlled by law, and the meat is distributed free to the members of the community. It is an important and traditional part of their livelihood and the hunters bear great respect for their prey."

http://digg.com/environment/Dolphin_Whale_Massacre_Denmark_Iceland_Norway_Graphic

There is always two side of the story, isn't it?

But, from were this sudden concern regarding this small island?

It is obvious that these animals are not being killed with the sole intention of feeding the community.

If that was the case, a small team of experts would be hunting them using modern sphisticated equipment that would instantly and more humanly kill them.

Instead every idiot in the village is out there hacking the poor creatures to death slowly cutting all the way around their neck for a traumatic painfull death.

This type of ritual was first done when humans were less developed, less well informed did not know any better. There is absolutely no excuse for this in the modern era and similarly other barbaric practices still used in the modern world. There comes a time when you need to let go of the past mistakes and make your apologies for the wrongs you have done.

A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose! Dr. Choc

you have no clue what you are talking about...

You say that they are not dolphins... that they are whales... so its okay to kill whales and not okay to kill dolphins?

And actually... these ARE dolphins... they may be called pilot whales but they belong to the dolphin family...

"The pilot whale is either of two species of cetacean in the genus Globicephala. The genus is part of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae) although their behaviour is closer to that of the larger whales."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_whales

So you are wrong both logically and factually!!

As for your comment that they are all eaten... where did you get that from?

Firstly, the meat is not safely edible...

"the Faroese Ministry of Health, which warns of excessive consumption of pilot whale meat, since it has been shown to contain high levels of mercury, PCBs and environmental poisons."

From the same link I sent you earlier...

Secondly, most of it IS wasted

"Not surprisingly, demand for the meat has dropped and tragically much of it is dumped and left to rot."

http://www.animalcampaigns.com/index.php/Marine-Conservation/care-for-the-wild-faroe-island-pilot-whale-slaughter.html

Now lastly, in terms of your comparison to the other rituals that you have compared it to...

They may be ritualistic but the meat is for human consumption, it is not wasted

the animals that are killed are poultry/cattle, not wild exotic animals that are on the verge of extinction

I wouldn't say no to slaughtering animals but it needs to be in a way as humane as possible and herding them in their thousands swimming in their own blood and hearing their own wailing as they are put to death is not the ideal way to kill them

In summary for all the self righteous tirade that you set out on... tsk tsk tsk...

Right Winn

http://skadian-lifeinqatar.blogspot.com/

What about denouncing the cruel practises of the leather and fur industries?

How do you think the animals died to make your shoes? And what about the cruelty of the veal industry, should that also be condemned?

People just find this disturbing because there are photos, and because 'we' don't do it.

Way, I see it, if you are a non-vegetarian, you are a part of similar cruelty against some animal or the other.

Ever seen videos of slaughterhouses from where your chicken/beef comes ? Its nothing lesser than this.

Its another matter though, if they are doing this just for the fun of it than the meat.

I went there with my Parents a few months ago, and I was astonished! I felt like buying all of the birds, fishes and all the mamels, and then shoot all the vendors standing there, but there is most likely a weird law against that

- I took the blue pill and found myself alive in Qatar - wish I had taken the red and stayed in Europe

Well said...the way the poor little animals are treated at souq wagif is so sad.....

off course not - unfortunately it's just so easy to bash away as I just did myself - I just hate hypocrisy and love my Beef

- I took the blue pill and found myself alive in Qatar - wish I had taken the red and stayed in Europe

Vasquez.. very well said. I hope that the practice in Faroes Island will stop soon. But the other practices that you mentioned above will never stop?

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i thought they killed whales.....dolphins?? :-/

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor

I'm horrified about the hypocrites here - yes it's still going on and so what? It's not flipper dolphins but whales, and they actually eat all of them, yes it's brutal but go to a modern butchery in the west or east and look at animal cruelty or go to Souq Waqif and look at the poor animals there.

In the Faroes it's not a religious thing but a cultural thing founded over 100's of years due to starvation etc - and yes they should stop it.

Other countries does things that are even verse or similar

http://www.seashepherd.org/seals/seal-hunt-facts.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/14/dolphin-slaughter-hunting-japan-taiji

Factory farming - that's another eye-opener

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_farming

But what about the religious slaughtering of animals?

I've just seen pictures of the ritual killings in Nepal

Hindu ritual killing:

http://news.aol.com/article/200000-animals-to-be-slaughtered-in/776582

Google that and you will be horrified

HALAL slaughtering as a practise -

http://www.humanreligions.info/animal_slaughter.html

Well think about that all you out there with the big naive eyes before you gorge over another burger... choke on it

- I took the blue pill and found myself alive in Qatar - wish I had taken the red and stayed in Europe

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Stop-This-LEGAL-Whale-and-Dolphin-Slaughter-In-The-European-Union

I guess this was posted previously.

anywys,, unlucky whales :D

~noms~

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unfortunatly there are some sick people out there in the world

Is this still going on..

Can anyone from those parts let me know..

http://skadian-lifeinqatar.blogspot.com/

I blame the whales...

Whale killers are to blame too..

"The Faroe Islands are a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland.

The Faroe Islands have been an autonomous province of Denmark since 1948. Over the years, the Faroese have been granted control of most matters. Some areas still remain the responsibility of Denmark, such as military defence, foreign affairs and law.

Faroe Island participate in the paralympics as part of Denmark..."

For all those who have jumped in defence of Denmark... no one is bashing Denmark... this is a gruesome practice and it has to stop, where it happens is irrelevant... it doesn't have an economic incentive that could justify it and that is shocking, even if it did have an economic incentive, push a species on the verge of extinction is just not worth it... the dolphins killed cannot be fully consumed and their carcasses are left to rot on the beaches...

And to those that claim that these photographs are 20 years old... these photographs are not 20 years old and even if they are... so what? the practice is still going on even as late as 2008, so what does it matter that the photos are old??

LOL, and you can blame the Qataris for whatever any teen does.

I blame the Danes.

shocks!!!

...listen to the sound of silence....

Boston, I agree.

world has somthing fast

I also blame the human race for killing humans in the most disgusting ways.

got this mail couple of years back. they're still doing this til now???????

MORBID:-(

I blame all Japanese.

Yeah, and they do the same in Japan with tuna.

Source:

- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

then why all eu countries against islam and muslim peoples?????? just a question....

Proud To Be A PAKISTANI

.~*AnteecA*~.

It's a massacre just like in south of Philippines...

MO RIN...YUN LANG!!!

You can't blame the Danes for this. This is from the Faroe Islands which is Self Governed (it is under the Danish Queen though). You would not find any killing like this in Denmark so please stop Bashing them, I agree with people that it is a Barbaric act, but they are not Danes.

Remember, It's not in Qatar... It's in Europe, so it can't be barbaric. :P

1. the Faroe islands are self governing and not a member of the EU....

2. These photos are about 20 years old

If it is true that the purpose of this event is to show entering into adulthood - then it is a sad reflection on what they are teaching their children and yound adults.

Why teach and celebrate that as an adult you can find a helpless, friendly creature, trick it into allowing you to catch it, overpower it with many people ganging up on it, hold it still while someone cowardly cuts its neck while it cannot even defend itself. All involved should feel ashamed regardless of it being a long standing tradition.

How is this any more barbaric than the way bulls are killed in spain?

This sort of thing happens in all sorts of cultures.

You may not like it, but you should respect peoples cultures and traditions. At least that's what we always get told on QL when anyone comments about anything that is different from what they are used to.

It reminds me of a market place in Pakistan after the bombing.

is also the way in which these animals are being killed... having them swimming in water tainted with their own blood... dolphin fishing is a bloody business I guess but the killing if it at all necessary should be more humane...

the age of the photographs doesn't make the practice any less unacceptable...

it's horrible.. :(

very much disappointed at Denmark absurd custom/ritual whatever they call it!!!

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Where is EU commission???

I got them in an email at least 1-2 years ago.

Here's what Snopes has to say about the pictures:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/hunting/dolphinhunt.asp

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