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Please, if you can, tell the Faroe Islands to STOP the slaughter of these sentient beings! (Original Post) MoonRiver Aug 2013 OP
I remember when Paul Watson tried a couple of years ago. Suich Aug 2013 #1
It's revolting, but it's been going on for over a thousand years. I truly think the only thing that msanthrope Aug 2013 #2
The government has passed a law requiring permits to kill these beings. MoonRiver Aug 2013 #3

Suich

(10,642 posts)
1. I remember when Paul Watson tried a couple of years ago.
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 06:42 PM
Aug 2013

He ran into a brick wall. It seemed to be a well-protected tradition.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
2. It's revolting, but it's been going on for over a thousand years. I truly think the only thing that
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 06:49 PM
Aug 2013

will cut down on the slaughter is the eventual poisoning of the islanders by the whales themselves (they are full of toxins.)

http://www.chef-project.dk/marinecontaminants.html

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
3. The government has passed a law requiring permits to kill these beings.
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 06:58 PM
Aug 2013

The Faroe Health Dept. knows eating these creatures is toxic and is trying to stop the barbarism, not out of concern for the whales, but for the idiots who kill and eat them.

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