Whaling in the Faroe Islands (not for the quesy)
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Stumble ThisThis is how the Faroe Islands, who are technically under Danish jurisdiction, hunt Pilot Whales (grind).
They scare the whales up to a beach with boats, then run out in the water and drive meat hooks in them, so they don't swim away. When they are secured, they cut into the back of their necks and sever the spine and bleed them.
Starts out with a few still photos and then live cam. The second half shows whaling in Iceland.
Gruesome, indeed.
They scare the whales up to a beach with boats, then run out in the water and drive meat hooks in them, so they don't swim away. When they are secured, they cut into the back of their necks and sever the spine and bleed them.
Starts out with a few still photos and then live cam. The second half shows whaling in Iceland.
Gruesome, indeed.
Plus there is the whole "a whale is a thinking animal" argument.
I read about a wasp today that performs brain surgery on cockroaches so they become docile, leads it to a burrow and lays an egg on top. The larva then proceeds to dig into the roach and eat the internal organs in an order that keeps it alive as long as possible...
Plus there is the whole "a whale is a thinking animal" argument.
If it has a brain, you can't eat it?
Doesn't that exclude every single animal in existence? Are whales smarter than pigs? How do you know? Are we in some way better for killing the "dumbest" animals?
Plus, this is only gruesome to people that have only seen food in supermarkets, wrapped in cellophane.
That doesn't make it less barbaric to lure what is counted among the smarter animals into a cove, drive meat hooks in them while they are alive and cut their heads half-off to kill them.
Re.: intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacean_intelligence