Why is there a whale killing festival in Denmark?

Global Network Comprehensive Report According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on February 20th, 65438, recently, the Danish Farolan Islands held an annual traditional activity to kill pilot whales, and American photographers recorded bloody scenes with their lenses. In the picture, all the villagers collectively dispatched to drive the sperm whale to the coast, and then cut the whale's spinal cord with a knife, and the blood surged and dyed the whole sea red.

It is reported that the collective slaughter of pilot whales originated in the15th century, and the residents of Farolan Islands killed whales to get their blubber and meat, which later evolved into a traditional custom. In recent years, animal rights protectors have strongly opposed the custom of killing pilot whales. Although pilot whales are not endangered species, such hunting is extremely cruel, inhuman and unnecessary. However, 48,000 residents in Faroland believe that this is their own national cultural tradition and cannot be abandoned.

Farolan islanders used to eat whales in the past, but modern science reports that whale meat is difficult to be digested by human body, and pilot whales contain more toxic mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls, which are harmful to health and unfit for eating. Local residents said that perhaps as young people no longer like to eat whale meat, the custom of killing whales will disappear. (Internship Editor: Xiao

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