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Friday, July 26, 2013

FAROES FISHERMEN TURN SEA RED WITH WHALE BLOOD EACH YEAR

A tradition?  A sport?  A primitive and gory spectacle?

Faroe Island fishermen murder hundreds of pilot whales every year.  They say it's tradition.
 
The Faroe Islands, located between Norway and Island, are a sovereign country but within the  Denmark's realm.  Their population is only 50,000.
 
Haunting images of local residents slashing whales, turning the water red with blood, have fueled protests from environmental activists who say the hunt is cruel.

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Warned by their own Faroes Chief Medical officer:  Whale meat is not fit for human consumption.

On 26 November 2008, the Chief Medical Officer in the Faroes, Dr Høgni Debes Joensen, together with Dr Pál Weihe of the Department of Public and Occupational Health, issued a joint press statement with a recommendation that the meat and blubber of pilot whales was no longer fit for human consumption because of the  high levels of mercury and other toxins that accumulate in the meat and organs of the whales and a comparatively high incidence of Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and other serious health issues in the Faroes linked to these contaminants.

Read more - http://www.campaign-whale.org/campaigns/the-faroes-cruel-whale-slaughter

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If whale meat is not good for human consumption, then the killing orgy takes place for the fun of torturing and murdering animals that don't do any harm to anyone.

FAROE FISHERMEN KILL WHALES FOR FUN (disturbing images)
http://inserbia.info/news/2013/04/faroe-islands-locals-kill-dolphins-for-fun-disturbing-images/


RELATED:

Read more and see pictures -

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-faroe-island-whale-hunt-2013-7

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1189161/Pictured-The-brutal-slaughter-pilot-whales-annual-Faroe-Island-tradition.html

Faroe Islands - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands

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