They have done that for many decades where they depended on the sparse food supplies. Their existence sources was from the sea and sheep on the cliffs, where they also produced the salted dried cod fish, nothing new!!!
Have you ever visit a slaughter house, nothing different???
Am about 90% sure that the cows get their throats slit, they are disemboweled while still alive.
I would never go vegan, but I don't think torturing an animal for fun is a good thing.
This is 2010 we aren't living in the Dark Ages. If they want whale meat, fine, but don't torture the damn things.
I question this "activist's" account. These whales were already dead by the time they were placed on the docks........Like all other fish, if you want to kill them to keep them from flopping around in the boat you have to sever the spinal cord at the base of the head or smack them in the head with a hammer. These fish are too big for a hammer.....
As to how they were actually caught, the article doesn't say.......But I doubt is was by rod and reel.