“Whaling in the Faroe Islands is conducted in accordance with international law and globally recognized principles of sustainable development,” according to the island’s government website. “It is sustainable and fully regulated, with a strong emphasis on animal welfare, and a requirement today for participants to be licensed to use the mandatory methods and equipment. Whale drives only take place in bays that are officially approved for the purpose, and only schools of whales found in close proximity to land, usually within one nautical mile, are driven ashore.”
The fact that it has to be justified in this way shows that something isn’t right. Just because something is legal doesn’t make it right.
Also, what kind of nonsense is this: “with a strong emphasis on animal welfare”. It’s a species hunted and killed by the hundreds! What kind of welfare is seen there!?
Humans’ way of justifying their dubious morals can be disgusting!
I’m curious if they’re eating these animals.
If they’re doing it to survive, then I honestly have no problem with hunting and encourage them to do it in a sustainable manner.
They eat them. But there is no need to do so. It’s a tradition.
This source also highlights the hypocrisy of saying that there’s a focus on animal welfare.
There is no need to eat any animal and yet as a society we seem to have no problem with mass meat industry. Now, I don’t disagree that there is hypocrisy in saying there is a focus on welfare, but I also feel some hypocrisy in there being outrage on some particular animals being eaten while other animals being eaten is fine.
