Horrifying sea of blood as fisherman chase whales onto beach in the Faroe Islands and locals gleefully stab them to death

Horrifying sea of blood as fisherman chase whales onto beach in the Faroe Islands and locals gleefully stab them to death

whales2Although whaling is illegal in Denmark, there is an annual whale hunt that is permitted in the Faroe Islands, known as the grindadráp. The locals cruelly massacre the poor beasts using harpoons and knives.

The Daily Mail reports,

The horrific scenes were filmed by activists from Sea Shepherd, a non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organisation.

As the innocent whales are forced to swim towards the beaches, the locals begin to run down from the jetty towards the sea.

Realising they are unable to escape, the whales slow down as the fishermen in their power boats and dinghies begin to close in on the large school of whales.

The locals, many of whom are dressed in full wetsuits and bobble hats, wade into the water and begin to violently drag the distressed animals up the beach.

Whilst the pilot whale may not be endangered, the level of brutality and depraved violence is shocking.

It is disturbing that such a barbaric practice is still taking place in a civilized country. The men in the photos look well off and modern. There is no excuse why such a demented tradition needs to continue today. If whales need to be exterminated for population control or meat, it should be done humanely. These men should be ashamed of themselves. Fortunately, protesters from Sea Shepherd Global showed up and are drawing international attention to this atrocity. Below is one of the protesters being arrested after he ran out on the beach.

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Rachel Alexander

Rachel Alexander is the editor of Intellectual Conservative. She is a senior editor at The Stream, and is a regular contributor to Townhall, the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research, and The Christian Post, and provides weekend news items for Right Wing News. She frequently appears on TV and news radio as a conservative commentator. She is a recovering attorney and former gun magazine editor. She previously served as a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona, corporate attorney for Go Daddy Software, and Special Assistant/Deputy County Attorney for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. As co-president of the UW Political Science Honor Society, she obtained degrees in Political Science and History from the University of Washington, followed by a law degree from Boston College and the University of Arizona. She was ranked by Right Wing News as one of the 50 Best Conservative Columnists from 2011-2017.

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