I don't know the originator of the message.
I do not have ANYTHING against Denmark...
Other than the above... atrocity...

Are these dolphins stranded and the people instead of helping them are killing them

Originally posted by scoopyjon
Are these dolphins stranded and the people instead of helping them are killing them

They are purposely rounded up and killed.
Barbaric, indeed...very saddening..

OMG that is horrible! Those poor Dolphins Where is PETA now huh? Oh wait they are too worried about a damn fly in the White House mean time these poor things are being slaughtered for no apparent reason!

Save the dolphins! I am saddened by these pictures. Why would they being doing this??? I cant think of any valid reason for killing all these animals. Look at the water! It's horrible!

S&F

Considering this is a country where it is still not only legal to harvest (meaning "club) baby seals for their fur, but an acceptable career option, this doesn't surprise me.

However, for the fact that it is a "Coming of Age" Ritual puts it into a different perspective.

Is it any more unethical for the Danes than say Santarians or Voudons who use animal sacrifice for their rituals? Animal Sacrifice used to be part of all the large mainstream religions too.

Even though this is a ritualized Social practice, and not an actual Religious practice, doesn't negate that in some cultures this is part of their heritage and a noble deed in their culture's eyes.

And at a point in time, during the history of Denmark, I could see how this would be a useful "Coming of Age" ritual when a young man would show his worth as a whaler by making his first kill. In the U.S. we have similar practices with a young man's first deer kill.

The EU has no more right telling the Danes that they can't do this than they do dictating what religions its members should accept.

However, that isn't to say that this "Coming of Age" practice isn't outdated and now delves deep into the realm of being unethical because of the size of Denmark's population. It would be different if it were a community with a small handful of young men performing this ceremony, compared to larger ones with hundreds or thousands performing this ceremony.

Ultimately, the best way to change Denmark's annual practice would be through purely Social change. As one young man after another in Denmark denounces the "Coming of Age" rite as barbaric and refuses to participate, it will eventually be replaced by another "Coming of Age" rite that is less barbaric to the Danes. However, that is something that can't be forced on them, but one they must come to on their own.

(Of course, if this mammal becomes an endangered species, especially because of this practice, then it does become an issue that the EU and the rest of the world would have every right interfering in.)

However, thank you for posting this. I never knew that this went on. It is indeed shocking and quite sad.

IMO if you eat meat of any kind you have no right to protest agains this.
Why is it ok to slaughter cows, chickens, pigs etc., but not whales?

By eating meat you are supportive of animal slaughter (and i say this as a meat eater).

Insane slaughter! This is the 21st Century, not the 11th!

I guess the question is, do they eat what they kill or do they kill just for the "sport" of it?

Think of all the sheep, cows, chickens and what all killed for food. To me it seems a very long time custom to the area. Albeit an unusual one to an outsider. No one seems to morn the loss of new trees that never had a chance to grow at our annual black walnut festival.

While a traditional kill/feast may seem barbaric, it is still food. I am more aghast that bullfighting is still ongoing. While a traditional sport and show of manhood, torturing an animal to death in a spectacle extravaganza is not the same thing as an annual kill/feast.

--my 2 cents anyways.

Originally posted by Kaytagg
Aren't they also one of the more intelligent mammals?

they approach out of friendliness

i think you answered your own question there!!
clearly not all that intelligent if they think they can approach man out of friendliness.

people eat just about every other type of life that they can....that's what we do, that's why there are so many of us.

i really don't see the horror in this.

Originally posted by awdbawl
We, americans do more to save the world than any other nation

except the gluttonous use of fossil fuels, the horrible carbon emissions, the clearances of rain forests for the sake of a cheap burger and the ridiculously low level of recycling......other than that, savin' the world dude.

what exactly do americans do, as a nation?

That is awful!!! I'm shocked. You'd think I'd have learned by now what the word graphic means, I so din't need to see that. So very sad...

Flag you for spreading the word

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