1/6 #Faroese@Tinganes, On 27 June 2021, the Faroese rounded up and murdered 175 pilot whales. On 8 July 2021, the Faroese slaughtered a further 100 pilot whales.
2/6 #Faroese@Tinganes, On 6 July 2021, people in Linhai, eastern China rescued 9 stranded melon-headed whales and spent a considerable amount of time nursing & caring for them. The 9 whales were later released back to sea after recovery from the ordeal. fb.watch/6E5LfmzqwU/
4/6 #Faroese@Tinganes, In 2019, the Faroe Islands GDP per capita of US$71,983 was more than 8.7 times the China GDP per capita of US$8,242. Clearly the Faroese with one of the highest incomes compared to Europeans do not need to eat whale meat to live.
5/6 #Faroese@Tinganes, People in #Brazil & #NewZealand habitually rescue #whales & #dolphins stranded on their shores. People everywhere in poor & wealthy countries rescue whales & dolphins in distress. It would be good if the Faroese would do the same.
6/6 #Faroese@Tinganes, #Tradition is not a valid reason to carry on #slaughtering#whales & #dolphins. We live in today’s world, not in traditional times. It is a far different world today compared to the world of our ancestors. Please stop the killing.
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1/10 @DrBiden@FLOTUS, your presence at the opening of #TokyoOlympics on July 23 will be greatly appreciated. Pls take the opportunity to talk to PM Yoshihide Suga about the ongoing slaughter of more than a thousand #dolphins in #Taiji, Japan every year.
2/10 @DrBiden@FLOTUS, being a Lifelong Educator & animal lover, you may want to know that #dolphins will be captured off #Taiji coast, Japan for 6 months starting from September 1, 2021. On inquiry, you will likely be told that this is tradition.
3/10 @DrBiden@FLOTUS, in fact, such capture of #dolphins in Japan for sale to aquariums worldwide only started in 1969 after the Flipper TV program which aired on NBC from 1964 to 1967 gave the idea that dolphins could be exploited that way.