Posted on 07/16/2023 4:32:03 PM PDT by Third Person
A British cruise line has apologized to passengers who witnessed the slaughter of nearly 80 pilot whales in the Faroe Islands on Sunday. Ambassador Cruise Line guests arrived at the port in the capital of Torshavn, where a traditional hunt had turned the sea red. Hunters used motorboats and a helicopter to corral the whales in a beach nearby before dragging them with hooks and butchering them with knives.
The British cruise line quickly issued an apology to guests who were blindsided by the graphic nature of the hunt, or Grindadráp in Faroese.
"We were incredibly disappointed that this hunt occurred, particularly at a time when our ship was in port, and have offered our sincere apologies to all those onboard who may have witnessed this distressing occurrence," the company said in a statement.
Though the carnage caught the cruise line by surprise when it pulled into Torshavn, the company had been aware of the annual event. In a 2021 letter to Faroe's prime minister, chief executive Christian Verhounig expressed his dismay over a dolphin hunt that had occurred in September. That same year, the company teamed up with ORCA, a marine conservation group based in the United Kingdom, on an anti-whaling and dolphin hunt campaign.
Before the July sailing, the ORCA and Ambassador had tried to raise the issue with the Faroese government and Visit Faroe Islands, the tourism office. Their attempts failed. The cruise line also urges its guests and crew members to spurn the industry by not buying or eating whale or dolphin meat.
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I wonder if the same people are discussed with abortions?
like you
Better stop them before the Orcas groom them to attack boats.
A personal hunt for personal consumption is one thing. But large scale hunting for commercial trade is entirely different. And understand, I grew up hunting and fishing, it’s family tradition, but we also learned about conservation, respecting the environment, cleaning up after ourselves. Commercial scale hunting of whales I thought ended. So yes I am surprised to see it occurring in Denmark. One does not need to be a member of Green Peace to have that view.
Food? Sounds like the Brits really are going back to whale oil for lights what with their electricity shortages, and all?
Glad I watched the video so I don't have to actually go there myself. Rocks, grass, sheep and a small village and you've seen it all.......
Whale meet is actually quite tasty!
Kind of like beef, not at all fishy. Very red, the most red of all the meats. Has a little liver taste.
Highly recommended!
meet the whales, then kill the whales
What are you apologizing for? Did the cruise lines kill the whales?
No, so what are you apologizing for?
yes
I guess not everyone is concerned with your feelings. You should have learned that long ago.
Yum, blubber venison!
big man, you are
Pilot whales are one of the few whales species that are not endangered and, from what I gather, are a rather unique flavor that few people enjoy. Those that do harvest their own, like the Japanese just to name one. So not a big global commercial demand but Faroes catch is locally consumed.
They used to hunted off cape cod by Americans but that has died off.
The signs wrong!
It’s “Nuke the Gay Whales!”.
FUN FACT about the FAROE ISLANDS
all the Mitochondrial DNA is Celtic. All the Y chromosomes are Viking. The place was settled by Vikings and their Irish slave wives.
South Park has a way of telling a story!
There was a whaling station in Richmond, CA, built by Del Monte. It was right next to the Richmond San Rafael Bridge . On some trips across the bridge , you would see the dead whales along side the pier, large pools of blood.
That was the last whaling station operating in the US.
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