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Undertoad · 12-27-2005, 01:53 PM

via Neatorama. The Scandinavian island nation of the Faroe Islands is home to this phenomenon I had never seen before: the Grindadrap whale kill. From the Wikipedia entry:

Around one thousand Long-finned Pilot Whales are harvested as a healthy, free range and organic food source in the annual whale drive (or "grind") by Faroese fishermen each year. This controversial event is also known as the Grindadráp. The drive works by surrounding the whales with a wide semi-circle of boats and slowly coaxing (or driving) them into a bay and then onto beach.

this gallery is the source of these shots, which are alarming to say the least. But it's a deep cultural artifact: the kill has been happening since at least the tenth century.

12-27-2005, 01:53 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/27/2005: Grindadráp whale kill via Neatorama. The Scandinavian island nation of the Faroe Islands is home to this phenomenon I had never seen before: the Grindadrap whale kill. From the Wikipedia entry: Around one thousand Long-finned Pilot Whales are harvested as a healthy, free range and organic food source in the annual whale drive (or "grind") by Faroese fishermen each year. This controversial event is also known as the Grindadráp. The drive works by surrounding the whales with a wide semi-circle of boats and slowly coaxing (or driving) them into a bay and then onto beach. this gallery is the source of these shots, which are alarming to say the least. But it's a deep cultural artifact: the kill has been happening since at least the tenth century.