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Denmark: they are not sharks but a kind of delphins ( Grindwale in German, Calderón in Spanish,Pilot wahles) Traditionally they were hunted for food... and to proove the young men as they became adults too.
"Whale drives only take place when a school of pilot whales is sighted close to land, which is most often from a local fishing boat or ferry, and when sea and weather conditions make it possible. This can take place at any time of the year, but catches are most common in July and August when the days are long and the weather is more stable. Notice of the school is sent to the elected whaling officials and to the district sheriff, and is spread as widely and quickly as possible in the local community so that enough men and boats can join in the drive. Employers usually make allowances for members of their staff to take time off during drives. The boats gather in a wide semicircle behind the whales and slowly and quietly begin to drive them towards the chosen authorised bay. On the whaling foreman’s signal, stones attached to lines are thrown into the water behind the whales, driving them towards the beach where they become stranded. According to the regulations, any group of whales which cannot be beached in this manner must be driven out to sea again.
Men gather on the shore to kill the beached whales. Ideally, most of the whales will strand far enough up on shore that it is unnecessary to secure them. However, those remaining in the shallows must be secured and hauled closer. Traditionally, this is done by driving a steel hook, or gaff, with a rope attached to it into the back of the whale. A new blunt hook inserted into an airsac in the whale’s blowhole has now been widely tested in practice and it is hoped that this new equipment may eventually replace the traditional gaff as the standard method for securing whales. The whale is killed using a sharp knife to cut down to sever the spinal cord, which also severs the major blood supply to the brain, ensuring both the loss of consciousness and death within seconds."
From: http://www.whaling.fo/thepilot.htm
In the pics it seems to be quite different.... not seconds at all. They have not a chance to survive this.
http://arrebol.multiply.com/photos/album/545
China: the second one is a video I recived 3 or 4 days ago. It was taken to make it public all over the world.
There should be a way to stop this, don't you think so?
If you agree, please spread it out across your contacts, friends, and so on.
http://ladybegonia.multiply.com/video/item/112/Animal_Torture.
The photo I load here was found in Internet one year ago. I am against bullfights too. It does not matter where they are taking place: Spain, France, Mexico... In my opinion it is the same and it has a name: torture.
Economical or "cultural" reasons are not valid arguments to keep on practice this kind of barbarism.
