Brutality of "HUMANS"

I've just received this email from some of my students and friends - which highlighted this issue of dolphin killings in Faroe Islands. After going through it I was wondering whether is this email just another of those jokes or silly chain letter thingies.


Then I searched the net and I found out that....unfortunately, it is true. Oh so very brutally and startlingly true!! If you Google up images of Faroe Island, you just cannot believe such a calm, beautiful place can have things like this going on. How can people kill those dolphins?? They have done no harm except by if being curious is a crime - but still it doesn't warrant being murdered in cold blood! Gross! And here humans sometimes think animals are brainless and we are (supposedly) right at the TOP of the chain. When we think of it, sometimes animals act more humane compared to us humans - which where the word 'humane' originates. Haha....what a joke, huh?!

** Pictures are just borrowed to make my point. Please don't sue me!

Anyway, I've found that this Faroe Islands is not actually part of the Kingdom of Denmark, for they have their own parliament and flag. Though not part of the EU, they definitely are part of the European continent and its a shame that I have always thought them to be civilised people, a developed nation. If killing something so innocent is a tradition of entering adulthood, then isn't it better NOT entering adulthood?? And even if its really is controlled and only done by highly trained and certified men, does it really have to be done in such massive numbers? Can't it just be enough to take 4-5? I mean, whales are HUGE if you didn't notice and by killing so many of them, it will definitely harm the population and the gene pool of their species (whales and dolphins).

Since their 2nd largest industry is tourism, (Faroe Islands Tourist Guide) maybe what we can do as our show of not condoning their barbaric practices is NOT go for holidays there. I know its on the passive side, however if everyone takes note of this - they might get the hint. Or we can sign the petition to stop this horrible act - END WHALE & DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER IN FAROE ISLANDS! I've done my part - now it's your turn. Though I know that the Faroese have their own traditions and culture that they adhere to, I still think its not wise to kill in such huge numbers. Killing once a year to enjoy the meat (of pilotwhales) may be okay in their opinion....but in the numbers these people are doing is just so frightening and heart wrenching - not to mention it is illegal. And to think that young children are allowed to watch the 'show'. What will that teach them? That killing is okay - as long as the victims are not human?? Is that the kind of values that is to be instilled in the younger generation?

This issue really does make one think through things, be it other people's culture, tradition, our own, the future of the young ones....even our own future & of our planet. Can the ecosystem really survive this abuse? And if it can.....how long can it survive? Do we even WANT our planet to just survive? Wouldn't it be better if it thrived?!!! And I'll leave off on that note...


There is a video of the slaughtering of the whales and dolphins. This is in someone else's blog. If you can't stand the sight of blood or violence - please do not watch. (How Sad to See This - Through Sky's Eyes)