Danes and Faroese struggle over whaling and individual whale
It seems the Faroese answer to a stranded fin whale in Denmark is 'let us eat it'. At the same time the Faroese are putting pressure on the Danish Government to try and get the Danish support for commercial whaling to be extended to them. They want a quota, even if its a zero for now, added to any populations of whales they would like to kill in coming years.
A few days ago a fin whale was reported as stranded on the danish coast. Whilst strandings teams mobilized to see how to rescue this endangered individual that comes from an endangered species, the Faroese have offered their services with a knife and fork.
Ok so this is what Denmark has to put up with, but maybe its an indication that its never going to get better for Denmark. Time to stand up to this constant bullying from the Faroese and let Denmark uphold European law and protect whales.
The more that Denmark is hostage to its colonial past the more it ceases to represent the rest of the mainland Danish peoples.
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Hi Carrie thank you for posting this link. We did see this very inesrteting article. It is heartbreaking that the number of whales being commercially and cruelly slaughtered today is driven by politics rather than consumer demand. It is also quite terrifying that the Governments of Japan and the Faroe Islands are prepared to risk the health of their own citizens when so much scientific evidence demonstrates that consuming these producst is not safe.As you probably know we are doing a huge amount of work to ensure that people know that consuming whales, dolphins and porpoises caught in Japan's coastal waters is simply unsafe. The message is getting out there.Jennifer Lonsdale