October 2007
The Faroe Islands, midway between Scotland and Iceland, were settled by Vikings a thousand years ago. Remote and intriguing, they look like something out of a Norse fairy tale.
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October 2007 The Faroe Islands, midway between Scotland and Iceland, were settled by Vikings a thousand years ago. Remote and intriguing, they look like something out of a Norse fairy tale.
People live in log houses with turf rooves, speak an ancient Viking language and delight in dressing up in traditional costume and singing Norse ballads.
But there is one part of their picture-postcard culture that outsiders find positively shocking. Every northern summer, Faroese herd pods of pilot whales to shore and butcher them with hooks and knives, before cutting up the meat to share with each family.
It's seen as a birth right and a celebration of Faroese culture. The islanders have steadfastly resisted international pressure to stop.
Kate Sanderson moved to the Faroes from Australia 22 years ago and married a local. She tells tells us, " You know what we say, save the whales -- for dinner!
Sanderson is the chief international negotiator on whaling and fishing. "Two generations of media hype and campaigning against whaling have really warped people's view of what whaling today is all about," she says. "Those countries that continue to (hunt) whales today are all countries that have a very long tradition of eating whale.
Produced by ABC Australia Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
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Ghee! Probably most of you anti-whalers have never seen a animal get killed. Atleast the whale is HAPPY and FREE before it gets killed.. compared to the chickens, cows, pigs - you name it, which you people consume everyday, 99% of them are NOT FREE and definatly NOT HAPPY creatures!!!!
Human are smarter, that's why we should take care of the whales. We all are smart enough to control other dergerous animals. Some that harm us we have to kill. But it's not like this.
Because Animals can't speak like you! I'm working with helping people now but I couldn't acept this. Becasue you're one of those people. That's why you couldn't see how bad it is ....
Was that supposed to be English? You're an embarrasment to this noble language. And what about the rats in Mexico that you poor 3'rd world beggars eat? You should stop eating rats, before you accuse others of eating animals, chico!
Making this right wouldn't make pollution right, so I don't know what's your problem. Why are you so caught up with what other people think, when there are so many problems in the world that are a million times more important than persuading and all that bs. Why don't you conentrate on something that actually matters, like pollution? P.S. I just thought you should hear it from my point of view/yourself.
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Arn't you busy giving massage to American tourists or something?
Why are you so caught up with what other people think, when there are so many problems in the world that are a million times more important than persuading and all that bs. Why don't you conentrate on something that actually matters, like pollution?
P.S. I just thought you should hear it from my point of view/yourself.