Friday November 21, 2008, 9:44 am
OMG...this is a blood bath! Thanks Simon Noted and going to take action.

Friday November 21, 2008, 10:17 am
*@^%$£^^&@&$@F@*^$£"............B*****ds
Emails have been sent...
Thanks Simone

Friday November 21, 2008, 2:50 pm
This is just sooooo SICK. tHANKS sIMONE

Friday November 21, 2008, 4:04 pm
Action taken on this bloody act. Noted with thanks Simone.

Saturday November 22, 2008, 2:17 am
Noted. Letter sent with added comment by me. Thanks Simone.

Saturday November 22, 2008, 3:17 am
Noted and emails sent. Thanks Simone.

Saturday November 22, 2008, 4:54 am
Here is the responce of the Danish Officials:
Thank you
for your recent letter regarding whaling in the Faroes.

Your
concern and interest is greatly appreciated. We are well aware that media and
campaign reports about whaling in the Faroes can be very disturbing when
presented out of context, without a reliable and factual explanation of the
circumstances, regulations and management measures in place. We are therefore
grateful for this opportunity to provide you with some basic facts about the
Faroes and our utilisation of whales. More detailed information is available on
the websites listed below.

The
Faroes are a self-governing nation under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of
Denmark. The Faroese Parliament legislates independently of Denmark on all
areas of self-government, including the conservation and management of fish and
whale stocks within the 200-mile fisheries zone. Unlike Denmark, the Faroes are
not a member of the EU, but maintain bilateral trade agreements and bilateral
fisheries agreements with the EU and a number of other countries, including our
nearest neighbours, Norway and Iceland.

Pilot
whales and other small whales are utilised for food in the Faroes and represent
one of very few local sources of meat. Both the meat and blubber of pilot
whales have for centuries been a staple part of the national diet. Whale drives
are fully regulated by law and regulations and catches are shared on a
community basis among the participants in a whale drive and residents of the
local district where the whales are landed. The annual average catch of around
900 whales is roughly equivalent to 500 tonnes of meat and blubber, some 30% of
all meat produced locally in the Faroes.

Scientists
estimate the stock in the North Atlantic to be over 700,000, which means that
the average catch is fully sustainable. Only schools of whales that are sighted
close to shore are utilised. Continuous annual catch statistics dating back to
around 1600 make Faroese whaling one of the best documented uses of a natural
resource anywhere in the world.

Faroese
animal welfare legislation, which also applies to whaling, requires that
animals suffer as little as possible when killed. Entire schools of whales are
killed on the shore and in the shallows of bays especially authorised for the
purpose. Knives are used to sever the major blood supply to the brain. This is
the most efficient and humane means of killing a school of beached pilot whales
quickly and safely, but naturally results in a lot of blood in the water.
Killing methods in Faroese whaling are subject to regular veterinary monitoring
programmes, which examine the times-to-death of individual animals in the hunt
and the efficiency of the organisation of the drive and the equipment used.

The Faroes
cooperate internationally through NAMMCO – the North Atlantic Marine Mammal
Commission on the conservation of whales and the management of whaling, which
includes valuable technical cooperation with other countries in the region on
hunting methods, as well as an international observation scheme to ensure
international transparency and oversight in national regulations.

Internationally
adopted principles for the conservation and sustainable use of living marine
resources apply to all components of the marine ecosystem, including both fish
and whales. Ensuring that utilisation of these resources is sustainable
requires a sound scientific basis and international cooperation on the
conservation and management of shared and highly migratory stocks. As a small
nation highly dependent on the resources of the sea, commitment to upholding these
principles is a priority for the Faroes.



Yours
sincerely,



Joan
Ólavsdótir

Protocol
Officer



Ministry
of Foreign Affairs



For
further information on whaling: see www.whaling. fo.

For further
information on Faroese fisheries in general, see www.fishin.fo.

Ministry
of Fisheries and Natural Resources: www.fisk.fo

Prime
Minister’s Office: www.tinganes. fo,


Faroese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: www.mfa.fo
(with links to the Representations of the Faroes to the EU, the UK & Ireland,
Denmark and Iceland)

Saturday November 22, 2008, 12:49 pm
letters sent and noted.

Saturday November 22, 2008, 8:32 pm
Disgusted! Noted and Voted

Saturday November 22, 2008, 9:41 pm
Noted..Thanks Simone

Saturday November 22, 2008, 9:48 pm
What a blood bath! Dammit, it just gets worse and worse! When will it all end! Sent and noted! Thank you dear Simone!

Sunday November 23, 2008, 8:37 pm
Thank you Simone ~ this is just MORE than gruesome...WHY are people like this?? Greed?? Yes, I sadly guess this is the reason.......these poor poor whales...my heart breaks at the cruelty.....

Monday November 24, 2008, 7:10 am
Letter send with a broken heart.

Friday November 28, 2008, 7:43 am
Thank you Simone... also thank to Natalie for sharing the response, which has my blood at boiling point... the audacity... "disturbing when
presented out of context..." I beg your B@**#% pardon.... I am ready for the response...will add picture after picture with every sentence until the one reading the e-mail runs and vomits... sorry....