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THE MURDER OF THE WHALES COURTESY OF THE ROYAL DANISH NAVY
THE MURDER OF THE WHALES COURTESY OF THE ROYAL DANISH NAVY – July 24, 2015
142 Pilot whales were slaughtered last night on the beach at Torshaven, the capital of the Faroe Islands. 1,100 people and over a hundred boats backed up by two Danish Navy warships the TRITON and the KNUT RASMUSSEN.
Earlier in the day more than a hundred Pilot whales were slain in an orgy of slaughter on the island of Vagur.
Sea Shepherd had four people arrested at Vagur, two on the beach by the Faroese police and two arrested at sea by the Danish Navy, Last night another volunteer was arrested at Torshaven and a second had his camera taken and the video deleted.
These people are volunteers driven to action in the face of abject cruelty. They are opposing this atrocity with only two weapons, their cameras and their bodies. They have been abused, their human rights slapped aside and this morning five of them remain locked up in a Faroese jail on charges of wilful compassion. In the Faroes empathy is a crime and kindness is ridiculed.
The Faroese have been celebrating their lethal victory over the whales. With between 200 and 300 corpses lying on the beaches, their bellies ripped open, their guts spilling onto the sand, the waters stained with blood, they appear to be gloriously happy, almost drunk with the thrill of slaughter.
In 2011 not a single whale was slaughtered when Sea Shepherd patrolled the waters of the Faroes. In 2013 when Sea Shepherd was not there, more than 1300 whales were slain. Last year in 2014 when Sea Shepherd returned the kill was 33.
Why is it different this year? Why are so many whales dying this summer?
The answer is the Royal Danish Navy. Despite the fact that killing whales is illegal under European Union regulations, the government of Denmark has thrown their weight behind the killers. Sea Shepherd as a non-governmental organization that practises non-violent intervention is at a complete disadvantage against two Danish warships, their helicopters and their small flotilla of commandos in fast small boats plus the boats and officers belonging to the Faroese police.
In addition the Faroese have passed discriminatory new laws that target any opposition to the killing of whales.
It is a contest between compassion and courage on our side and power and cowardice on their side. The utilization of tens of millions of Euros in military assets is astoundingly shocking.
Denmark has chosen to exercise a policy of overkill to protect the savage interests of their little vicious vassal group of islands where a population of some 50,000 people demand the right to spill the blood of defenceless and innocent sentient beings.
Why would the Danes be so eager to be accomplices with the killers of the Faroes? Why are they so eager to jump into this toxic pool of blood to frolic alongside the savage killers of these gentle creatures. The answer may well be oil. With oil exploration promising possible profits in the future, Denmark seems quite willing to ignore their own laws protecting the welfare of animals and the EU regulations that outlaw the killing of whales.
The Faroese are bragging about their "victory". What I saw yesterday was a mob of blood thirsty killers descending on stressed pods of pilot whales with knives and spears.
This "tradition" utilizes such traditional tools as motorized boats, hydraulic winches, radios, sonars and warships. It is a perversion of a culture where whales once killed for necessity by people in need are now slaughtered for amusement and sport by a people who now enjoy the highest per capita income in Europe thanks to the welfare payments given to them by the European Union.
Convincing the killers of the Faroes to stop whaling may not be possible. It is like trying to reform serial killers. Psychopaths have no remorse, no conscience and no recognition of right from wrong.
We need to focus on those who enable this perversion and that means we have to focus on the nation that provides the warships, the subsidies and the political support for these atrocities.
Denmark and the Danish people have sanctioned this cruelty and this despicable slaughter, and no matter how much they claim this is out of their hands, that it is a Faroese responsibility, the fact remains that between those who attempt to save the lives of the pilot whales and dolphins and the blood being spilled on the beach sits the KNUT RASSMUSSEN and the frigate TRITON, both symbols of Danish power, Danish complicity and Danish involvement.
Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson
Photo : Sea Shepherd
THE MURDER OF THE WHALES COURTESY OF THE ROYAL DANISH NAVY
THE MURDER OF THE WHALES COURTESY OF THE ROYAL DANISH NAVY – July 24, 2015
142 Pilot whales were slaughtered last night on the beach at Torshaven, the capital of the Faroe Islands. 1,100 people and over a hundred boats backed up by two Danish Navy warships the TRITON and the KNUT RASMUSSEN.
Earlier in the day more than a hundred Pilot whales were slain in an orgy of slaughter on the island of Vagur.
Sea Shepherd had four people arrested at Vagur, two on the beach by the Faroese police and two arrested at sea by the Danish Navy, Last night another volunteer was arrested at Torshaven and a second had his camera taken and the video deleted.
These people are volunteers driven to action in the face of abject cruelty. They are opposing this atrocity with only two weapons, their cameras and their bodies. They have been abused, their human rights slapped aside and this morning five of them remain locked up in a Faroese jail on charges of wilful compassion. In the Faroes empathy is a crime and kindness is ridiculed.
The Faroese have been celebrating their lethal victory over the whales. With between 200 and 300 corpses lying on the beaches, their bellies ripped open, their guts spilling onto the sand, the waters stained with blood, they appear to be gloriously happy, almost drunk with the thrill of slaughter.
In 2011 not a single whale was slaughtered when Sea Shepherd patrolled the waters of the Faroes. In 2013 when Sea Shepherd was not there, more than 1300 whales were slain. Last year in 2014 when Sea Shepherd returned the kill was 33.
Why is it different this year? Why are so many whales dying this summer?
The answer is the Royal Danish Navy. Despite the fact that killing whales is illegal under European Union regulations, the government of Denmark has thrown their weight behind the killers. Sea Shepherd as a non-governmental organization that practises non-violent intervention is at a complete disadvantage against two Danish warships, their helicopters and their small flotilla of commandos in fast small boats plus the boats and officers belonging to the Faroese police.
In addition the Faroese have passed discriminatory new laws that target any opposition to the killing of whales.
It is a contest between compassion and courage on our side and power and cowardice on their side. The utilization of tens of millions of Euros in military assets is astoundingly shocking.
Denmark has chosen to exercise a policy of overkill to protect the savage interests of their little vicious vassal group of islands where a population of some 50,000 people demand the right to spill the blood of defenceless and innocent sentient beings.
Why would the Danes be so eager to be accomplices with the killers of the Faroes? Why are they so eager to jump into this toxic pool of blood to frolic alongside the savage killers of these gentle creatures. The answer may well be oil. With oil exploration promising possible profits in the future, Denmark seems quite willing to ignore their own laws protecting the welfare of animals and the EU regulations that outlaw the killing of whales.
The Faroese are bragging about their "victory". What I saw yesterday was a mob of blood thirsty killers descending on stressed pods of pilot whales with knives and spears.
This "tradition" utilizes such traditional tools as motorized boats, hydraulic winches, radios, sonars and warships. It is a perversion of a culture where whales once killed for necessity by people in need are now slaughtered for amusement and sport by a people who now enjoy the highest per capita income in Europe thanks to the welfare payments given to them by the European Union.
Convincing the killers of the Faroes to stop whaling may not be possible. It is like trying to reform serial killers. Psychopaths have no remorse, no conscience and no recognition of right from wrong.
We need to focus on those who enable this perversion and that means we have to focus on the nation that provides the warships, the subsidies and the political support for these atrocities.
Denmark and the Danish people have sanctioned this cruelty and this despicable slaughter, and no matter how much they claim this is out of their hands, that it is a Faroese responsibility, the fact remains that between those who attempt to save the lives of the pilot whales and dolphins and the blood being spilled on the beach sits the KNUT RASSMUSSEN and the frigate TRITON, both symbols of Danish power, Danish complicity and Danish involvement.
Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson
Photo : Sea Shepherd