Community | August 22, 2010 | 10 comments

Sea Shepherd Deploys Acoustical Warning System for Whales in the Faeroe Islands

source: http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100820-1.html

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Over the last few weeks, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has maintained a presence in the Danish Protectorate of the Faeroe Islands.

Sea Shepherd is partnered with the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in our opposition to the brutal and barbaric slaughter of pilot whales by Faeroese citizens.

It is a slaughter more horrific than the killing of the dolphins in Taiji, Japan, and it is taking place in Europe in violation of the Berne Convention, to which Denmark is a signatory.

From our ship the Golfo Azzurro, Sea Shepherd and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation have been gathering evidence on the slaughter of the whales and deploying experimental acoustical devices in the water to ward migrating pilot whales away from the island.

We have kept this idea quiet until now, but today the Faeroese media reported that a pod of pilot whales had escaped because of sounds being broadcasted under the water.

Well, they caught us. We have been doing just that, and it appears that the devices work, and if they work we will be returning next year with more of them to deploy.

The Faeroese slaughter entire pods, including pregnant females and young calves. Not a single whale survives once the Faeroese pull out their long knives and clubs. They perish in an agonizing bloody orgy as drunken fishermen hack, stab, club, and slash the defenseless animals to death, filling the bay with blood.

The Faeroese call it “The Grind” and say it is a tradition and a gift from God. We call it a sadistic blood sport and a crime, a violation of the rules of the European Community, of which the Faeroes receives full benefits.

The acoustical devices can be left in the sea and will operate for weeks on batteries. They may be the key to saving the lives of many of these gentle whales, deterring them away from the violently cruel reception that the Faeroese would otherwise give them.
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10 comments // Sea Shepherd Deploys Acoustical Warning System for Whales in the Faeroe Islands

  • diode
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      diode  

    • i'm sorry but when i ever am unfortunate enough to watch that show i root for the other side, the sea douchebags are just too...bad. i'm waiting for the day, praying and hoping for when the japanese just blow up their ship in international waters

    • 1 year ago
  • Prettynpink6
  • Fourfingaz
  • thetrimsmith
  • Yam_Soup
  • EccentricSage
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      EccentricSage  

    • First... are they killing the whales for food? Or blood sport? Ether way it is illegal, and i do not support it, but don't paint it as sport if it is for food.

      Second, why is this tactic not being used to stop the Japanese whalers and Dolphin slaughters?

      *edit* On the first point, I read further on the website that most of the killing is for sport. I didn't even think it imaginable. I can't imagine how it is even sport, as the animals are completely helpless. Fuck the Danish for protecting these degenerates and their 'customs'.

    • 1 year ago
  • jefftego
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      jefftego  
    • EccentricSage:

      "They do eat some whale meat but the flesh is so contaminated with mercury that Faeroese children have higher levels of mercury in their bodies than any other people on the planet. But the majority of the whales are killed and dumped at sea, and Sea Shepherd was able to secure evidence of this waste."

    • 1 year ago
  • toyotabedzrock
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