<![CDATA[Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing..]]>especially when this is my favourite species on earth.... šŸ˜¢


I am still in shock myself when I receive this as WORLD SHAME but I would like to seek clarification if any one can shed light on why this is happening? I don't want to just read this off an email which may just be spam mail. If someone can advise if this is actually happening and why, it would help. Thanks.

These are only some sample pictures I am loading here, if deemed inappropriate, mod, kindly remove.

This looks like sea tainted with red paint...but it's red blood.. :!:
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww246/ks2me/deaddolphins1-1.jpg\">

Why are they killing the dolphins?
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww246/ks2me/deaddolphins1.jpg\">

Why are people just standing by and watching this grossly cruel act?
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww246/ks2me/deaddolphins2.jpg\">

Please educate me what they get out of doing this?
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww246/ks2me/deaddolphins3.jpg\">

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tamarind:


The photos you posted are depicting whales hunting in the Faroe Islands, not dolphins hunting right ?
Calderon dolphins = Pilot Whales

Here's a petition site to stop this ritual to manhood.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/stop-the-calderon-dolphin-slaughter-in-denmark

Here are more reads on the disgust expressed by many.....it's unanimous
http://board.classifieds1000.com/Denmark/News_Headlines/Mass_killing_of_dolphins

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/89001https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/89001Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:59:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:01:39 GMT]]>

ks2me:
I believe slaughtering dolphins have a different effect for the following reason in the quote below:


An international consortium of scientists and zoo aquarium officials released a report this week condemning the hunts.

Citing various studies about the mental, emotional and social characteristics of dolphins, the group, which includes scientists from the New York Aquarium and Emory University, among other organizations, argued that dolphins are \"on par with great apes and humans as far as their mental and emotional capacities for pain and suffering.\"

Dolphins have the largest brains relative to body size of any living species of animal, a fact that many scientists believe relates to the strength of their cognitive abilities.

The consortium, which is headed by Diana Reiss, senior research scientist and director of the New York Aquarium's Marine Mammal Research program, issued a joint statement that said: \"The methods of slaughter employed on these highly intelligent and sentient beings constitute a level of cruelty that any nation should find intolerable.\"

The photos you posted are depicting whales hunting in the Faroe Islands, not dolphins hunting right ?

The article you posted is referring to dolphin hunting in Japan :
http://www.earthdive.com/site/news/newsdetail.asp?id=1774

I do agree with you that it is cruel to hunt whales and dolphins in this way.

I fully support any international efforts to put a stop to all these.

But I cannot help but think of how chickens are raised and slaughtered šŸ˜ž The methods are even more cruel. I cannot don't chicken leh.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88973https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88973Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:01:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:25:01 GMT]]>

tamarind:
First I googled lail-alsahara.com, it is an Arabic site. They probably want to show the cruelty of the westerners.

This is only the source from the email I received for a petition of names against such killings for the festival. If you google, there are many different nations in the world talking about this and strongly against it.

http://climatechange.thinkaboutit.eu/think2/post/950_whales_and_dolphins_killed-_ok_in_the_denish_traditions/

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88960https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88960Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:25:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:16:03 GMT]]>I believe slaughtering dolphins have a different effect for the following reason in the quote below:


An international consortium of scientists and zoo aquarium officials released a report this week condemning the hunts.

Citing various studies about the mental, emotional and social characteristics of dolphins, the group, which includes scientists from the New York Aquarium and Emory University, among other organizations, argued that dolphins are \"on par with great apes and humans as far as their mental and emotional capacities for pain and suffering.\"

Dolphins have the largest brains relative to body size of any living species of animal, a fact that many scientists believe relates to the strength of their cognitive abilities.

The consortium, which is headed by Diana Reiss, senior research scientist and director of the New York Aquarium's Marine Mammal Research program, issued a joint statement that said: \"The methods of slaughter employed on these highly intelligent and sentient beings constitute a level of cruelty that any nation should find intolerable.\"

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88958https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88958Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:16:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:01:03 GMT]]>The wikipedia link seems to give a fairly balanced view of the practice. When critiquing someone elseā€™s culture of practices, one should be be careful not to do it out of ignorance. For instance, what if a foreigner were to take a dig at our chinese wedding practices as archaic and superstitious, or that the slaughter of sheep at the end of Ramadan as cruelty? I think we would dismiss it out of hand as some ignorant ranting. So one should seek to understand and not impose our own frame of reference on the Faroese, it does look like they have had some thought about what goes into it and have made some adjustments in the hunt in terms of equipment used and impact on the environment/whale population.


Of course, it does not mean that we should not seek to influence where there are some truly egregious situations, like female circumcision in parts of Africa, which expose the women to risks of chronic pain and infection.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88911https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88911Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:01:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:15:12 GMT]]>This is a photo at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tsukiji_Fresh_Tuna_Auction.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Tsukiji_Fresh_Tuna_Auction.JPG/800px-Tsukiji_Fresh_Tuna_Auction.JPG\">

Isn't that very cruel too ? I try not to think about it whenever I eat sashimi :oops:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88892https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88892Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:15:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:11:16 GMT]]>First I googled lail-alsahara.com, it is an Arabic site. They probably want to show the cruelty of the westerners.


I also found some discussion here :
http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/6241-barbarism-ancient-custom-faroes.html

Every year around 2,000 whales are driven ashore and cruelly slaughtered in the Faroe Islands, mid-way between the Shetland Islands and Iceland. For centuries the Faroe Islanders have hunted pilot whales, driving entire schools into killing bays, where they are speared or gaffed from boats, dragged ashore and butchered with knives. Although the Islands are a protectorate of Denmark, they have their own Government and regulations governing the pilot whale hunt or ā€œgrindā€ as it is known.

Aside from the fact that the number of North Atlantic long-finned pilot whales is unknown and they are listed as ā€™strictly protectedā€™ by the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, this is an act of barbarism and pointlessness. By slaughtering 100 whales at a time, the Faroese are wiping out entire pods and family groups. They are removing building blocks from the gene pool of the species and damaging the web of life in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.

According to Faroese legislation it is also permitted to hunt certain species of small cetaceans other than pilot whales. These include: Bottlenose dolphin; Atlantic white-beaked dolphin; Atlantic white-sided dolphin; and Harbour porpoise (There are also specific regulations for the hunting of harbour porpoise. Harbour porpoises are killed with shotguns).


More information here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_the_Faroe_Islands

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88890https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88890Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:11:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:02:12 GMT]]>

Keroppi30:
hmmm i'm not sure but i think it seems like the dolphins are committing mass suicide or something

Hmm...why do you think it is mass suicide? care to share?
I see their \"throats\" all slit up, why is it a suicide...because they rush nearer to the shore? Btw, why are they so near the shore? Is this normal? Sorry if I sound like a mum stressing over my \"babies\"....cos I love dolphins and they are such intelligent creatures.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88811https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88811Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:02:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:34:53 GMT]]>hmmm iā€™m not sure but i think it seems like the dolphins are committing mass suicide or something

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88789https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88789Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:34:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:26:09 GMT]]>Very shocking indeed.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88780https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88780Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:26:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:48:39 GMT]]>:shock: :!:


Thanks for the post, ks2me. Its really shocking.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88761https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88761Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:48:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:08:10 GMT]]>

thebusybee:
ks2me,


one thing i can console you is :

I'm very sure that the pictures are doctored, i can do a better/ more real DI work to make the scene looks more cruel. Noticed that the red's too fake? See the edges of the dolphins' bodies? Not blur/translucent enough to be partial submerged in the water. šŸ˜› Next the fins and tails looked too fake for 2nd & 3rd pics!

There may be some truth to the actual event taking place. But I thought nowadays for whales/dolphins (esp. rare species) hunting are controlled? as seen from Discovery/NCG channels.... :?
Gosh! If what you say is true...why do people bother to make it more cruel looking when the act itself is cruel enough?

Busybee, I really appreciate your consolation, thanks so much!!
However, regardless of these pictures, the reason for holding this festival and showing of adulthood in this way is just so crappy to me.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88748https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88748Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:08:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:15:07 GMT]]>ks2me,


one thing i can console you is :

I'm very sure that the pictures are doctored, i can do a better/ more real DI work to make the scene looks more cruel. Noticed that the red's too fake? See the edges of the dolphins' bodies? Not blur/translucent enough to be partial submerged in the water. šŸ˜› Next the fins and tails looked too fake for 2nd & 3rd pics!

There may be some truth to the actual event taking place. But I thought nowadays for whales/dolphins (esp. rare species) hunting are controlled? as seen from Discovery/NCG channels.... :?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88737https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88737Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:15:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:02:45 GMT]]>Hi all, I am really speechless that in this century where Internet is so widely used and information readily available, we still have people observing senseless traditions.


I still donā€™t understand the significance of killing dolphins after reading the articles other than being savages and acting barbaric. Like what tutormum says, why canā€™t they find some other less repulsive and more humane rituals if they really need to have one?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88732https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88732Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:02:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:54:24 GMT]]>The 'killers' don't look like teenagers to me. If want to prove manhood, why not go for circumcision? I just had my dinner. :sick:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88727https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88727Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:54:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:21:30 GMT]]>

ks2me:



there is a Dolphin Killing Festival in Denmark. :!:
This is really sick and ... I just can't find any other word to describe my feelings... and I thought what the our neighbouring Asian cty was doing when they caught tuna fish was bad!!!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88711https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88711Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:21:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:08:06 GMT]]>

ks2me:

I am ignorant...there is a Dolphin Killing Festival in Denmark. :!:
:!: news indeed ks2me. Learnt something new and senseless today. Thanks for the interesting bit.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88696https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88696Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:08:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:06:23 GMT]]>Ds and myself have been reading, browsing the web and watch documentaries on whale and sharks. Both senseless killing are meant for commercial purposes.


The Dolphin Killing Festival is news to me.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88693https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88693Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:06:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:34:57 GMT]]>

3Boys:
Whale hunting has been going on for centuries. Looking at the background, is this Norway perhaps? In my view, if one accept the slaughter of animals for food, then I do not really see a difference between say, a whale vs a tuna, or a pig vs a dog.


Yes, its a pretty dramatic scene, but from the way the are going about it, it does seem like its been something that's been happening for a long time already and the bystanders seem pretty well used to it.
I am ignorant...there is a Dolphin Killing Festival in Denmark. :!:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88666https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88666Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:34:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:01 GMT]]>

3Boys:
Context please? Where did you pull the pictures from?

Pardon me for my ignorance, this was an email sent to me to sign up to stop this world shame thing on cruelty which I was clueless about. It said in the email was something teens do to prove adulthood...

Here's what I found from googling, sorry I am still trying to digest what is happening myself:

http://www.politicalarticles.net/blog/2009/10/11/denmarks-gruesome-festival-mass-killing-of-whales-and-dolphins-to-prove-adulthood/

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88664https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88664Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:19:52 GMT]]>Whale hunting has been going on for centuries. Looking at the background, is this Norway perhaps? In my view, if one accept the slaughter of animals for food, then I do not really see a difference between say, a whale vs a tuna, or a pig vs a dog.


Yes, its a pretty dramatic scene, but from the way the are going about it, it does seem like its been something thatā€™s been happening for a long time already and the bystanders seem pretty well used to it.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88661https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88661Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:19:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shocking!! Not for the weak heart.....it's depressing.. on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:15:55 GMT]]>Context please? Where did you pull the pictures from?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88657https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/88657Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:15:55 GMT