In addition to their progress on reducing the number of bullfights, France has been known to take an international lead on promoting the elimination of whaling for sport. One particular event held for the killing of innocent animals involves people standing to their waists in a sea of blood shed by innocent slaughtered whales. This activity for sport is performed each year in Denmark, on Faroe Island, where participants continue this thousand-year tradition proudly. There is little difference between teams of bullfighters luring innocent bulls and whalers, such as those mentioned in the sea of red on Faroe Island, luring innocent whales.
Whale hunting was started by the Vikings who hunted whales for food and oil in Norway during the 9th and
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One ship blocks the path of a whale and another whale kills a whale with various weapons. The larger the whale, the higher the price. Once a whale is killed; it is measured, weighed, and given a low or high score. The score determines the price. A blue whale is the largest and most expensive whale among whales that can be catched. A blue whale grows eighty to eighty-five feet. The price of whale bones is about two-thousands dollars per ton. In order for a whaler not to miss the whale, and lose his or her chance at the kill, a whaler maintains fifty yards between the whale and the ship, and the ship captain keeps the ship’s speed to 10 knots (Harte …show more content…
The Sea Shepherd Society, a whale protection group, has worked directly with the Denmark police to strictly enforce and forbid the hunting of whales. The Sea Shepherds are trying to persuade people by distributing various videos and articles against the practice. In addition to conservation groups, there are people willing to stand against this barbaric practice. Pierce Brosnan, a famous Hollywood actor said, “When it comes to whaling, Iceland is an international outlaw. Years of global negotiations and declarations have failed utterly to end its illegal slaughter of whales. It's time to send Iceland a message it can't ignore: trade sanctions.”