Every year, usually between the months of July and September, several hundred pilot whales are killed for their meat and blubber by inhabitants of the Faroe Islands, a governing territory of Denmark in the North Atlantic. Many organisations deem this as inhuman, but others name it a tradition.The question arises: Is "tradition" always ' correct?
SPECIFIC FAROE ISLAND INCIDENT
An outcry has emerged following the massacre of nearly 1,500 dolphins during the annual Faroe Islands "Grind hunt" on Sunday. The Atlantic white-sided dolphins were herded into shallow waters at Skalabotnur beach in Eysturoy, where locals manually harvest the mammals using knives.
DOLPHIN KILLING:
Dolphin killing in Denmark is a ritual requirement for teen passage to manhood, at least in the Faroe Islands. The whole town comes down to the shores, include' children whom are kept out 16 school for the event so they can watch the ritual slaughter of the Calderon Dolphins. They all gather at the bloody shores and watch the bloodbath and listen to the cries of wounded and suffering dolphins like it was a festival of which the local residents proudly claim as their heritage and culture.
EXCESSIVE KILLING OF DOLPHINS
The Islanders usually kill up to 1,000 sea mammals each year. Last year, they only killed 35 white-side dolphins, Several people involved in the hunting tradition have since distanced themselves from this year's killing, with the former chairman of the Faroese association for pilot whaling telling a local broadcaster that it was excessive.
Conclusion
Dolphins are hunted this way in several places °around the world, inducing the Solomon Islands, the Faroe Islancs, Peru, and Japan. the most well-known practitioner of this method. By numbers, dolphins are mostly hunted for their meat, some end up in dolphinariums.
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