{"id":67379,"date":"2015-12-07T13:48:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T13:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=67379"},"modified":"2015-12-07T13:48:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T13:48:36","slug":"more-pilot-whales-slaughtered-on-the-shores-of-the-faroe-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/12\/more-pilot-whales-slaughtered-on-the-shores-of-the-faroe-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"More Pilot Whales Slaughtered on the Shores of the Faroe Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"logo-Sleppid-Grindini-200x200<\/a>1 Dec 2015 – <\/em>Yesterday, a pod of 11 pilot whales was slaughtered at the killing beach of Fuglafir\u00f0i in the Faroe Islands. It is the sixth grindadr\u00e1p in the archipelago this year, and brings the total\u00a0number of pilot whales slaughtered in the 2015 drive hunts to 501.<\/p>\n

Sea Shepherd strongly disputes claims made in local media that the slaughter was quick.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor an hour and a half these pilot whales were harassed by small boats, driven onto the killing beach, hooked by their blowholes, dragged onto the rocks and sand and then slaughtered in the presence of their family members,\u201d said Rosie Kunneke, Sea Shepherd Land Team Leader during the organization\u2019s most recent pilot whale defense campaign. \u201cVideo and photographs captured by Sea Shepherd earlier this year clearly show the truth of the grindadr\u00e1p. It is a slow and torturous death. To claim otherwise is a totally outrageous sham.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sea Shepherd strongly disputes claims made in local media that the slaughter was quick. Photo: Sigrid Petersen<\/p><\/div>\n

Though most of the killings happen throughout the summer months, a grindadr\u00e1p can be called at any time of year.<\/p>\n

While Sea Shepherd crews have departed the archipelago for this year, the organization has vowed to continue pressure against the grindadr\u00e1p.<\/p>\n

Last month, Sea Shepherd was invited by Denmark\u2019s Faroe Islands Committee to present the organization\u2019s position on the slaughter of pilot whales to members of the Danish parliament.<\/p>\n

In the presentation, Sea Shepherd underlined Denmark\u2019s international legal responsibilities to protect pilot whales, to prohibit their intentional killing, and to enforce such legislation nationally, reiterating that Denmark\u2019s support of the grindadr\u00e1p is in breach of these legal obligations.<\/p>\n

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Crowds gather at the Fuglafir\u00f0i killing beach. Photo: Sigrid Petersen<\/p><\/div>\n

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501 pilot whales have now been killed in the Faroe Islands in 2015 alone. Photo: Sigrid Petersen<\/p><\/div>\n

Go to Original \u2013 seashepherd.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 Dec 2015 – Yesterday, a pod of 11 pilot whales was slaughtered at the killing beach of Fuglafir\u00f0i in the Faroe Islands. It is the sixth grindadr\u00e1p in the archipelago this year, and brings the total number of pilot whales slaughtered in the 2015 drive hunts to 501.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights-vegetarianism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}