photo credit Copenhagen Post
The Danish Faroe Islands are home to an ancient cultural ritual where pilot whales (actually dolphins) are chased from the sea and gutted on the shores. It used to be that the meat was needed to feed the small civilization, but today the bloody and disemboweled corpses lay lifeless on the beach for nothing but "cultural pride."
Friday in Paris, France in front of the Danish Embassy, dozens of protesters gathered to demonstrate their disapproval.
"The annual hunt is renowned as a bloody spectacle in which scores of whales are driven towards shallow water where they become beached and slaughtered."
Additionally, a letter is being sent to Queen Margrethe urging that the hunt be stopped.
Full article here (Copenhagen Post)
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