Iceland to begin killing whales for whalemeat

by contentguy | September 6, 2006 at 05:34 am

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The slaughter of whales for profit is to begin again in the Atlantic...this news from BBC will undoubtedly alarm environmentalists everywhere.

Iceland is to begin exporting whalemeat from its scientific whaling programme.

Iceland's whaling commissioner told the BBC that up to two tonnes of minke whalemeat would be exported to the Faroe Islands.

Environmental groups say the deal breaches international rules on trading threatened species, though Iceland and the Faroe Islands say it does not.

Campaigners also say the trade could become a smokescreen for illegal hunting of whales.

Although commercial whaling is banned worldwide, Iceland, like Japan, hunts minke whales for "scientific research"; this year its boats caught about 60 individuals.

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at 15:24 on January 27th, 2007

Iceland is vulnerable to a concerted effort by the World community to address the wayward Icelandic stance on whaling.

In the Internet we have a weapon far more devastating than any exploding harpoon - it is time for the Icelandic economy to be "lined up" in the crosshairs! Let's make Iceland rue the day it chose to ride roughshod over World opinion!

MGODET

at 18:27 on February 15th, 2009

UMA VERGONHA, TRATA-SE DE UMA BRINCADEIRA DE FAZ DE CONTA...

O MUNDO DA BALEAÇÃO NÃO TEM DONO...

SINTO REPUGNANCIA EM SABER DESSES ACONTECIMENTOS!

Stats para: DINAMARCA: FÁBRICA DE MONSTROS HUMANOS EM SEUS CONSOLES - CAMINHO PRA MORTE, NAS ILHAS FAROÉ! Borrel, A. e Aguilar, A. 1993. Borrell, A. e Aguilar, A. 1993. Poluição do DDT e do PWB na gordura de baleia e no músculo do piloto long-finned Última atualização: 12:46, 12 de fevereiro de 2009 BRST

MGODET

at 18:07 on February 15th, 2009

Stats para: 365px-Whaling_in_the_Faroe_Islands DOLPHINS QUE TRISTE! ATUAL Última atualização: 12:46, 12 de fevereiro de 2009 BRST

QUE ESTUPIDEZ ESSA BALEAÇÃO COM OS GOLFINHOS, NA DINAMARCA, EM SUAS ILHAS: FAROÉ ISLANDS...

UMA CENA DESSA É DE TIRAR O FÔLEGO, É HORRIPILANTE!

Stats para: BÁRBAROS - SÃO MONSTROS MESMO - MISERÁVEIS, ESTÚPIDOS, ASSASSINOS, PSICOPATAS, ABOMINÁVEIS, INSENSATOS, DESTRUIDORES, INDIVIDUOS DE ALTA PERICULOSIDADE...IRREPARÁVEIS E INSIGNIFICANTES! Última atualização: 12:46, 12 de fevereiro de 2009 BRST

MGODET

at 18:14 on February 15th, 2009

Stats para: Pilot whale meat contains relatively large amounts of mercury. We do not know how much of this comes from natural sources on the sea bed and how much comes from human pollution. Última atualização: 12:46, 12 de fevereiro de 2009 BRST

MGODET

at 18:15 on February 15th, 2009

CIDADE SEM LEI: O MUNDO DA BALEAÇÃO...

O ENGANO PREVALECE: A POLÍTICA E O PODER DÃO AS ORDENS...

ENQUANTO ISSO, PERDEMOS NOSSA MAIOR RIQUEZA MARINHA!

Stats para: FOTOS QUE CIRCULAM NO MUNDO PROVOCANDO SENTIMENTOS INDIGESTOS - FICO LOUCA COM ESSA CENA DE SADISMO!!! Faroe Island Whale Massacre Última atualização: 12:46, 12 de fevereiro de 2009 BRST

MGODET

at 18:24 on February 15th, 2009

Stats para: HÁ DÉCADAS QUE FAROÉ ISLANDS VEM PROVOCANDO DOENÇAS IRREVERSÍVEIS NOS SERES HUMANOS E SERES MARINHOS COM O APOIO DA DINAMARCA! CHACINA GLOBAL - OS TURISTAS SÃO COBAIAS E OS PESCADORES POBRES! EQUILÍBRIO DA POLÍTICA... RIQUEZA E APOIO DAS NAÇÕES CRIMINOSAS Última atualização: 12:46, 12 de fevereiro de 2009 BRST

MGODET

at 18:36 on February 15th, 2009

Stats para: Upload feito em 10 de maio de 2006 por Jan Egil Kristiansen - O PRATO COM O SABOR DA MORTE: CARNE E GORDURA DE BALEIA II

MGODET

at 18:42 on February 15th, 2009

Stats para: NOSSA ESPERANÇA ESTÁ NA REDE - FAROESE, PARE DE MATAR MINHA FAMÍLIA! Última atualização: 12:46, 12 de fevereiro de 2009 BRST

MGODET

at 18:13 on February 19th, 2009

de Jan Egil Kristiansen

Grindadráp

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5 semanas atrás

icelandicwhaler disse: jan! ive heard great news...first pilot whale kill for some time!
hope it was very productive..did you manage to get photos? i am planning a visit..would be good to chat

look forward to hearing from you! you are most welcome at my home
5 semanas atrás

robbie-rob disse: I must say, for a 'city boy' like me, this does seem like a horrific event. With that said I don't know the whole story. Maybe the culling is important for the islands/neighbouring country's? If its not then a horrific event it is indeed.
Now similar photo's are being forwarded around the world by e-mail (I got the same e-mail twice!). Your island are looking at a whole load of trouble! As 99.99% of the world will see this as an incredibly barbaric act.
5 semanas atrás

Jan Egil Kristiansen disse: @robbie-rob: Yes, our government is heavily spammed, from sites like www.beppegrillo.it/iniziative/whalesmassacre/

But more than 90% of those who see us as barbarians are themselves meat-eaters, and should examine how their own meat is treated, in life and in death.

MGODET

at 18:10 on February 19th, 2009

DINAMARCA, VOCE REPRESENTA O EGITO E O SEU FARAÓ NA PASSAGEM DO MAR VERMELHO, Escritos Bíblicos - O DIA QUE O MAR CHORA LÁGRIMAS DE SANGUE, O DIA DO MASSACRE DE ALMAS INDEFESAS - AS BALEIAS PILOTO, NAS ILHAS FAROÉ!
HOLOCAUSTO SILENCIOSO: ROMPENDO BARREIRAS INTRANSPONÍVEIS - FARAÓ NO SÉCULO XXI NA DINAMARCA, ATUANDO NAS ILHAS FAROÉ - Usando pobres pescadores como COBAIA!
ESTANDARTE - AI MEU DEUS, COMO ISSO DOE DENTRO DE MIM! ... EU POSSO MORRER DE CHORAR, MAS MUITA GENTE CONTAMINADA, IRÁ COMIGO!
JUSTIÇA SEJA FEITA = CONTAMINAÇÃO GENERALIZADA!

MGODET

at 18:25 on February 19th, 2009

JOGADO NO CHÃO SANGRANDO - CENA CRUEL E CHOCANTE... MALDITOS FAROESE!

5 semanas atrás

backpacker1uk disse: Why do the human race prey on inoffensive creatures,

Surely the inhabitants of Planet Earth are a primitive species
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O navio de membros da organização "Sea Shepherd Conservation Society" colide com um navio japonês de pesca de baleias nas águas da Nova Zelândia

2 semanas atrás

backpacker1uk disse: Ramming Speed! I like it!
2 horas atrás

Cryptia favoritou esta foto.

Global Law Prohibiting Whale-hunting Under Danger of Being Dumped - Back to the main animal-science-blog page

33 horas atrás

amber10_79 disse: They're such beautiful creatures. But even if they weren't so, I still don't understand what kind of logic goes through the killers' minds. It's revolting what people will do.