For more than four centuries, the dwellers of the remote Faroe Islands located 200 miles off the coast of Scotland have been killing pilot whales for blubber and meat - BUT MOST OF ALL, FOR THE FUN OF IT.
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.
DAILY MAIL - Recently, the gory tradition has piqued the interest of an American photographer with ties to the region who travelled to the archipelago to capture the horror and grotesque beauty of the annual whale hunt.
Benjamin Rasmussen, of Denver, visited Faroe Islands, a protectorate of Denmark, to shed light on the startling practice in which entire villages go out in boats, herd pods of pilot whales close to shore and then cut their necks, turning the waters red with blood.
For years, animal rights activists around the world, including the non-profit organization Campaign Whale, have been railing against the practice of killing whales, calling it inhumane, barbaric and completely unnecessary.
Read more - Warning: disturbing pictures -
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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.
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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/
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