Faroe Islands - Should you visit or boycott ? Consider this first!
I've spent few weeks in Faroe Islands volunteering and learning about the Grindadrap tradition.
Which is obsolete in modern society and should be banned and forgotten. But it's not happening.
What can we do and if there is a chance to change it?
I am very grateful for organizations which are there on a ground trying to protect pilot whales and Atlantic white sided dolphins. Bunch of brave people acting when politicians and governments keeping quiet.
To support, donate, volunteer and find more information : https://paulwatsonfoundation.uk
@captainpaulwatsonfoundationuk
My music video with the sounds of pilot whales : https://youtu.be/_fz9jwHPanU?si=jSoCIVmCHarbRFRv
00:00 Intro
01:10 What is Grindadrap?
01:51 Life as a volunteer
03:47 Pilot whales hunt
05:15 What happens after
06:18 How this is even possible?
07:34 What can you do?
08:56 Bottlenose Whales
#grind #dolphins #visitfaroeislands
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Tio
in reply to Be Brave To Act • •Yeah this is a tricky situation because it is due to their culture/tradition there. I think the more you make those creatures interesting the less they would want to kill them, but that's not enough. They may need to be forced by the outside pressure to change. In Romania they used to do the same with pigs, every winter, in every backyard they would slaughter a lot of pigs. Not for money, not even for food many, but because of tradition. But then EU forced them to stop that, together with the easy availability of pork products in the stores. Took more than a decade to see some impact.
Tricky... People and their stupid traditions. But if you are born in that culture, yeah as you said, it seems normal.
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in reply to Tio • •Yes that's very tricky, it's rare situation when trade is not involved :) haha.
I was thinking about it for a long time... It's so fucked up.
But seen those kids playing like that and also compare it to the 100 years old pictures of the Grind when kids played with corpses of dolphins in the same way makes you realize that's it's practically impossible to change. Since for them it's not a big deal. It's normal.
I remember you was telling about this tradition in Romania.
And yeah, sure in Faroes it could end up very quickly if EU will be involved. Simple thing like a trade ban on their salmon will destroy the economy of their whole mini country. Yet nothing is happening.
... show moreAnd there I am loosing also hope to change their values. After being there and seaking with local people, it seems it's really impossible.
So looks like their going to stop only when pilot whales and dolphins won't come close to the Faroes, or they will eliminate all of them.
Because even their own doctors don;t suggest to eat this meat, and international research marked it as not suitable fo
Yes that's very tricky, it's rare situation when trade is not involved :) haha.
I was thinking about it for a long time... It's so fucked up.
But seen those kids playing like that and also compare it to the 100 years old pictures of the Grind when kids played with corpses of dolphins in the same way makes you realize that's it's practically impossible to change. Since for them it's not a big deal. It's normal.
I remember you was telling about this tradition in Romania.
And yeah, sure in Faroes it could end up very quickly if EU will be involved. Simple thing like a trade ban on their salmon will destroy the economy of their whole mini country. Yet nothing is happening.
And there I am loosing also hope to change their values. After being there and seaking with local people, it seems it's really impossible.
So looks like their going to stop only when pilot whales and dolphins won't come close to the Faroes, or they will eliminate all of them.
Because even their own doctors don;t suggest to eat this meat, and international research marked it as not suitable for human consumption. But they still killing and eating them.
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