End Whale and Dolphin Killing in Faroe Islands

[Evastar]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/end-whale-dolphin-slaughter-in-the-faroe-islands/

or email the following to dubamb@um.dk; mfa@mfa.fo

Dear Sir or Madam

It has come to my attention that a "celebration" takes place every year which sees the killing of the Calderon Dolphins at Faroe Island.

This ritual slaughter is cruel and unacceptable in these supposedly enlightened times, and the species of Dolphin involved is nearing extinction.

I would very much like to voice my outrage, dismay and horror, and I wish to know what steps are being taken to ban the practise, and to encourage young people not to take part, please?

I await your response.

[caveman_nige]

I have seen these before.. but i have also read into a bit more before as well and came across this..

Shame – but not on Denmark | Dive Mistress (http://www.divemistress.net/2009/shame-but-not-on-denmark/)

I personally do not agree with it but I wonder why people wish to keep referring to these animals as Calderon Dolphins when they are in fact Pilot whales.. If people wish to protest against this i think they should be sure they don't send somebody elses incorrect text and make their protest benign.

File:Killed pilot wales in hvalba, faroe islands.JPG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Killed_pilot_wales_in_hvalba,_faroe_islands.J PG)


The legal bit:

Without Predjudice. This post does not reflect any opinion on behalf of Digital-kaos.co.uk. It is purely expanding on information already listed elsewhere on the internet and freely available. Members of the public are enouraged not to put their name to somebody elses message without knowing what other facts may surround it whether they cause offense or not.

[Evastar]

the pilot whale belongs to the family Delphinidae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_dolphin
http://www.snopes.com/photos/hunting/dolphinhunt.asp

Six species in the family Delphinidae are commonly called "whales", but genetically are dolphins. They are sometimes called blackfish.


Melon-headed Whale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon-headed_Whale), Peponocephala electra
Killer Whale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Whale) (Orca), Orcinus orca
Pygmy Killer Whale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_Killer_Whale), Feresa attenuata http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Baby_wolphin_by_pinhole.jpeg/220px-Baby_wolphin_by_pinhole.jpeg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baby_wolphin_by_pinhole.jpeg) http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baby_wolphin_by_pinhole.jpeg)
Wolphin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolphin) Kawili'Kai at the Sea Life Park in Hawaii.


False Killer Whale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Killer_Whale), Pseudorca crassidens
Long-finned Pilot Whale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-finned_Pilot_Whale), Globicephala melas
Short-finned Pilot Whale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-finned_Pilot_Whale), Globicephala macrorhynchus

Hybridization