Community | July 20, 2009 | 41 comments

Why Dolphins

source: http://www.clipser.com/watch_video/1337081&mvpageno=1

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Denmark / Faroe Islands is not a third world country, why do they continue to fish for Dolphin and Whale! I don't see this as an humane way to fish.
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  • dan899
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      dan899  

    • Why cows? Why chickens why pigs? exactly, why anything. Why not advocate the rights of all animals as equal as any another?
      If this is their tradition then it is outdated. They probably export these animals bodies, I doubt they need them to survive, It's barbaric, it's disgusting. All they need is the money it brings in, but the sanctity of life, ALL life, is more important than economies. These are intelligent creatures that have families, social structures, feelings and they do feel pain.
      I say traditions like this are wrong. The technology people have now is unfair compared to what how their ancestors hunted. Also, new technology allows a greater amount of animals to be slaughtered at once, so the species are being driven into extinction. This is not intelligent behaviour on our part, it is driving the planet's life into unsustainable areas.
      These same fishermen will be scratching their heads if they fish to extinction, wondering what happened.

      Treating animals like this will come back to humans in one way or anoher, badly.

    • 2 years ago
  • julesrs007
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      julesrs007  

    • Heartbreaking, barbaric and disgraceful.

      I can not even begin to comprehend the dark place that some humans can live... I am thankful for that.

    • 2 years ago
  • ogopa
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      ogopa  

    • If you eat beef, chicken, and any other type of sentient animal then you are no better than these people. If you want to make a change become a vegetarian!

    • 2 years ago
  • travism1337
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      travism1337  
    • ogopa:

      Eh, I like my meat, and we are by definition an omnivore, and everyone becoming vegetarian, while it is very healthy, will just make a bunch of people go out of business, cows to roam free and be eaten by the first predator that eats them, and the population of animals to go through the roof. Better me having a nice steak than a large predator to rip it apart and leave it out to rot. While I do realize that vegetarianism is healthy, and not a bad choice, it does not mean that all beef providers slaughter their cows in inhumane ways, and that we are accomplices to animal murder. To these people this whale slaughter is a tradition, and they eat the meat. I don't personally agree with the way they conduct the killings, they should just shoot them or something, but it is their culture that is different from our own, So who are we to judge? Its not animal murder, they are eating the whale, and it is not the same as us eating beef I am sorry. Do not try and put people into categories and say cutting a whale open while its still alive is the same as eating a hamburger...

    • 2 years ago
  • CHANLEEPENG
  • Aktaeon
  • Thargor19
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      Thargor19  
    • Aktaeon:

      i know part of it if not all came from the super nintendo donkey kong. but i thought the music was eerily appropriate, almost sounded like whale calls with some depressingly strange sounds.

    • 2 years ago
  • JanforGore
  • nursediesel
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      nursediesel  

    • That's disgusting and I didn't watch the 'film'.It, also looks like it would be very dangerous for the people participating. There has to be a better way or something.
      Aren't these things supposed to be really intelligent? You'd think the survivors would leave the area. Somehow move away over the years of this recurring.

    • 2 years ago
  • g543993
  • g543993
  • Thargor19
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      Thargor19  

    • i will never think of the donkey kong soundtrack the same way, ever again. this makes me want to slaughter all those people involved, kill their babys in front of their dying mothers and see how it suites them. probably not at all i'd imagine.

    • 2 years ago
  • joaarias
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      joaarias  

    • I can understand "tradition", but the level of brutality in seeing how they do this seems kinda unnecessary to me.

      If this has been such a tradition for them for so long, I would assume there would have to be have been some sort of mastery in doing this...otherwise it just looks like they're out for the kill in a literal pool of blood..with the kids watching no less..aahh tradition

    • 2 years ago
  • jefftego
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      jefftego  

    • BTW, Japan does the same thing to dolphins and dolphin meat is just as toxic. They sell the meat in school lunch programs. They "spare" some of the younger dolphins and sell them to aquariums and dolphin swim programs around the world, although over 50% of those die within 90 days.

      http://www.bluevoice.org

    • 2 years ago
  • travism1337
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      travism1337  

    • Hmmm... I dont really know what to say to this because while I dont have a problem with killing whales for food, as long as it will not kill the species, this is a bit barbaric, and is not very ethical, as far as our views are upon hunting and fishing... but it is another culture, so Its hard to understand the reasoning, as long as they are eating the meat I suppose. Although I don't see why they don't just use a gun to shoot the whales, It would be much easier, cleaner, and ethical... Who knows, it might be part of their culture, or something to kill them in this fashion.

    • 2 years ago
  • jefftego
  • joaarias
  • jefftego
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      jefftego  

    • This is haunting to watch. First, they shouldn't be eating these for health reasons. Dolphin and whale meat is highly contaminated with mercury, pcb's, dioxins... Second, the slaughter methods are just a lack of respect for life. It really brings up the same issues as factory farming.

    • 2 years ago
  • Digital_Cake
  • metalcookiesxy70
  • jefftego
  • seanalyn
  • metalcookiesxy70
  • jefftego
  • seanalyn
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      seanalyn  
    • metalcookiesxy70:

      not sure about cows since they are so domesticated (although I do believe in nature they stay in herds), but chickens, ducks, deer and rabbits all stay in families and packs...yet they are commonly slaughtered for food.

    • 2 years ago
  • jefftego
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      jefftego  
    • metalcookiesxy70:

      I can't really speak from an informed perspective on the other animals you mentioned. I do know that dolphins have complex social and family bonds and are largely dependent on these for their survival.

    • 2 years ago
  • leahl
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      leahl  
    • Image

    • More info: Whaling in the Faroe Islands has been practiced since at least the tenth century.[1] It is regulated by Faroese authorities but not by the International Whaling Commission as there are disagreements about the Commission's competency for small cetaceans[2][3]. Around 950 Long-finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melaena) are killed annually, mainly during the summer. The hunts, called "grindadráp" in Faroese, are non-commercial and are organized on a community level; anyone can participate. The hunters first surround the pilot whales with a wide semicircle of boats. The boats then drive the pilot whales slowly into a bay or to the bottom of a fjord.

      Most Faroese consider the hunt an important part of their culture and history. Animal-rights groups criticize the hunt as being cruel and unnecessary,[4][5] while the hunters claim in return that most journalists do not exhibit sufficient knowledge of the catch methods or its economic significance.[6] As of the end of November 2008 the chief medical officers of the Faroe Islands have recommended that pilot whales no longer be considered fit for human consumption because of the levels of toxins in the whales.[7]

    • 2 years ago
  • metalcookiesxy70
  • leahl
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      leahl  

    • I just got this info from yahoo answers:
      "omething like this does happen on the Faroe Islands, which belong to Denmark, yes. But the Danish government or the Danes themselves have nothing to do with it or agree with it.

      The people on the Faroe Islands don't consider themselves Danes, they consider themselves Faroes and have their own government.

      Blaming this on Danes is not only incredibly stupid, it's also insensitive.

      Please, please, please, people, do research before you start blaming people. The link to oceansentry keep mentioning Denmark, Denmark, Denmark like we really have any influence on what goes on on the Faroe Islands.

      But to answer your question: The tradition is real. They eat the ones they kill and they consider it basically the same as fishing. Also, it's not dolphins. They are whales."

      Does anyone have any more info on this?

    • 2 years ago
  • leahl
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      leahl  

    • I'm not saying it's right: but i can say that it is easier for me to feel more akin to dolphins because of the way they relate to people and demonstrate a complex communication and family systems. It's like killing my dog or my cat. I feel closer to them because of the way they relate to people.

      And I agree with you seanalyn, all life should be considered equal.

    • 2 years ago
  • retro_Syl
  • seanalyn
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      seanalyn  

    • Why cows? Why deer? Why salmon? Why rabbit?

      Im not preaching veganism or anything, I just never understand why killing one animal is deemed so horrific compared to others.

    • 2 years ago
  • Sydney89
  • TheForeteller
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      TheForeteller  

    • You say it's not necessary for survival....... but it seems to be their livelihood.

      Who are you to judge.

      If! any of you guys eat any meat, you should be quite.

      Is it brutal? ........ yes.

      It is probably their tradition as well.

    • 2 years ago
  • Herbal_Minded
  • wmorrison13
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      wmorrison13  

    • The entire sea is red today. Sounds like an over exaggerated metaphore. Someone has to stop this.

      Did you sea the unborn dolphin getting ripped out its mothers belly.....horrible

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
  • Sumbodyswatchin
  • mycall306
  • systememetrique
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      systememetrique  
    • mycall306:

      After the internationnal pressure over the very graphic hunt, we don't kill baby seal anymore in Canada.

      Hunters kill seals with a swift blow to the brain with an inuit designed tool called an hagapik, basically a club with a nail. It's efficient and pretty gruesome with all this blood on the icepack, plus the seal generally have life-like spasms after death making even more troubling. Maybe guns would more acceptable for mainstream america?

      But I'm reliefed to see that a lot of posters on current are taking into account that killing a cute animal in a gorry manner shouldn't be worst than the exact same treatment of ugly animals! And I'm also pleased to see that peoples are aware of the implications of traditions and different contexts!

    • 2 years ago
  • davesarush
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