78 whales slaughtered in front of cruise passengers in Faroe Islands

Washington Post ^ | July 14th, 2023 | Andrea Sachs

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Part of life annually in the Faroe Islands.

It’s a food source

[dfwgator]

It’s The Circle Of Life.

[21twelve]

“...where a traditional hunt had turned the sea red. Hunters used motorboats and a helicopter to corral the whales....”

They have been doing hunts just like this for hundreds of years.

[Third Person]

and It’s Stupid.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Should have charged the cruise ship passengers extra for the authentic native event.

[Karliner]

Cool, I want videos.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Jack London’s Sea Wolf was one of my favorite books.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I’m impressed that they have managed to keep motor boats and helicopters secret for that long

[CaptainPhilFan]

If the savages have helicopters and motorboats to coral these animals it seems this is just unfair bloodsport, not food.

[AlaskaErik]

They shouldn’t have apologized, they should have charged extra.

[Reno89519]

This should be stopped! It’s one thing if aborigines want to go out in a rowboat and chase down a whale, entirely different when it’s organized with helicopters and motor boats to mass slaughter whales.

Besides, how much of this was sold, as opposed to personal use?

[lee martell]

Bad timing on the cruise’s part.

[Third Person]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaqHNwJc5gk&pp=ygUSd2hhbGUgIGh1bnQgZmFyb2Ug

[Angelino97]

I’m sure lots of women raced to upload videos of the whale hunt onto Tik Tok, hoping to go viral by being the first to virtue signal their disgust.

[ClearCase_guy]

Let’s pay a lot of money to travel to exotic locations where people live lives different from our own. Then we can express disgust at how they live and be outraged that they are not like us. We can stomp our feet and demand an apology.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Do you believe only righteous people such as yourself should be allowed technological advances?

[JohnBovenmyer]

Do the same complainers make the same big deal when mass slaughter of land mammals is brought to their own towns every Eid? Come to think of it, I wonder if whale meet is halal or haram?

[dfwgator]

How many of those women have had abortions?

[Reno89519]

Turns out they killed over 1000 whales, and may be nearly as many dolphins each year for the trade. These aren’t for personal consumption. That should be stopped. Just the same as Japan has nearly stopped its whale hunting.