Brutal. Savage. Uncivilized. Preposterous. Outrageously callous.

some traditions need to die... sick

sick @!$%#s!!!

Monstrous, cruel.  Obscene human behavior never ceases to shock me.  These people are callous beasts, horrors of humanity.  Shame on them all.

This is just horrible, my heart skipped a beat when I saw this, how cruel, this is just sick and needs to be stopped!

What a disgusting way to feed yourself. And what a poor example by which to teach children about life.

Sick humans. Too bad they cannot be attacked in this manner.

You guys are funny. How is this different or any worse than the slaughterhouses that give us hamburger patties every day of the year and turkeys for Thanksgiving? Yummy fried chicken anyone?

True wolvie. Although God allowed us to eat meat, there has to be moderation and look it has driven us to see what we see today. We're not designed to eat meat the way we do. Perhaps, some protein but not to the extent we do. Actually, we as humans are are killing off animals. damaging our earth, and killing one another. Things have to change. At this point we are going to drive the human race into extinction. The earth is eventually going to be uninhabitable at the rate we are damaging it, poisoning it, stripping of it natural resources. Of course, the resources were meant to be used. But, if we don't replenish some of them or use alternative resources, look what can happen. We can't ignore the ruining of the earth and all these sensible acts that go on. But who can stop it? The Bible tells us. Revelation 11:18. God is the designer and creator of the earth and all life. Do we think He is okay with what He sees? That like if we had a home that we rented or allowed someone to live in, and they thought the could damage and destroy it. That's the point in what we see today. God can fix and undo all the damage that has been done, all of it! We don't have all the answers.

It's really not that hard to understand how the holocaust happened.

That is saddening to see. It does happen and water run red with blood of these creatures seems barbaric that this insane amount of individuals would be necessary for the practice of such a tradition. Modified to these modern times, I doubt that this is a practice of tradition, but rather just greed at its best.

It is not greed, as it is clearly stated that this meat cannot be sold.

Think about the caged turkey you all are about to eat. It spent a life in sadness in a small cage at some evil farm. All the pork you eat from pigs in bins so crowded that the pig cannot turn. And the beef you eat in your burgers from cows who have never seen daylight. That is really what is evil.

Slaughtering whale in this way sure looks grotesque, but the whale has lived a happy life and this is just an unfortunate turn of events for it. The whale does not suffer for more than a few minutes before it is dead, while your farm animals suffer their entire life.

If we were to quit all traditions that seem strange to americans and just act the way we see in the movies, we will end up with as little culture as you guys.

I can't believe that these barbarians actually try to justify what they do. Look at the photos, these are not poor subsistence fishermen. They have powerboats, fancy houses and all the modern equipment which they desire, but justify their blood lust with stupid stories of culture. Culture has nothing to do with your evil cruelty. And to teach this to your children! This is a doomed society. The children will be judged by the acts of their fathers and these poor children will pay the price for their parents barbaric cruelty.

I find it quite strange that people can try and compare the slaughter of wild animals to the BREEDING and slaughtering of livestock from farms. Chickens, cattle, turkeys and so on are bred to be used for human consumption. If we did not breed these animals, I am pretty sure that they would have vanished from our planet a long time ago.

Unless someone is a vegan, they really have no room to complain about this whale hunt.

Wrong, Sono. Just because someone is a hypocrite does not mean that what they are saying isn't true. It just means they're a hypocrite.

What a ship load of hypocrite anger vented here over a little hunting of pilot whales! Industrial breeding and slaughtering is far more brutal yet because it's done behind closed doors it's easy to turn a blind eye. Not to mention the slaughtering of humans -- civilians -- for political ends. Guess what, life is tough and, in context, the Faroese pilot whale hunt is part of that people's cultural heritage, nothing more, nothing less. Well, how about all the zebras and gazelles that get hunted down and brutalily killed by predator animals? Or, for that matter, all the fish that get eaten every day by seals, whales, and birds? And so on and so forth, the animal kingdom is full of hunting, so take a deep breath and reflect before you poor venom at this tiny nation of 48,000 people.

It sounds like this is a barbaric practice that needs to end. With our ability to transport goods all over the world these people should consider some other sources to obtain meat! I strongly believe that whales are sentient animals and they feel pain, terror and loss. Tradition isn't a good reason for an unchecked and indiscriminate slaughter! Red

"Feel pain, terror and loss." That's so dramatic. How do you know that this particular method of hunting-killing whales will have more such effect on the animals, compared to say, industrial breeding-slaughtering of pigs or cattle?

Reality check

First, I do not condone this, as I see it to be a brutal tradition. But it is a tradition of these islands. The whales are also used for food, instead of being thrown to waste. While you may not agree with it, you simply can't enforce your thought on a people who have done this for ages and call them heathens. On the flip side, they can look at Black Friday in America. People overseas see this "holiday" as a barbaric and wasteful tradition. You have hordes of people stampeding through the entrances of stores, stepping over those who have fallen down, pepper spraying people who they deem to have affronted them, all to get the hottest deals before anyone else in the name of an actual holiday that has completely lost its meaning in this country.

While it is digusting, do not condemn them. While I'm in no way religious, i found this food for thought, "let those who have never sinned throw the first stone," - spoken by this guy who preached tolerance of every belief and tradition a couple thousand years ago.

A couple of men, a couple of rifles, and there'd've been plenty of real estate available on Faroe Island! There are 7 billion people on this planet, we can't cull the herd at all, but we're able to murder with impunity all other life on the planet? REALLY?

Look @ them all too, they look like Hitler's noctural emission!

Oh, yes, they are "men" now.

*vomit*

Thank you Captain Watson and the Sea Shepard crew for bringing this grotesque butchering of whales to our attention. The Faroe Islanders need to wake up and enter the 21st Century. We New Englanders slaughtered whales for many years too. I just can't imagine the many MODERN fishing vessels herding up hundreds of pilot whales and hordes of SAVAGE towns people entering the water to butcher the whales by hand, turning the water red with blood. The pictures I've seen of your country are beautiful with sod roofs and quaint fishing villages.

Here are three very good reasons to stop the butchering of the whales.

1) As long as it continues your tourist income is going to drop off rather sharply. I can't imagine the loss in tourism coming close to the economic gains of killing the whales.

2) There is a a major concern of contamination of the whales caught in the Faroe Islands. A study done in 2008 showed levels of mercury and cadmium high enough for chief medical officers and local authorities to recommend the pilot whales not be eaten, especially by children or young women.

3) It appears the majority of the towns people ENJOY hacking away on the helpless whales. Caught on tape, local fishermen and groups of young people are seen threatening the crew of the Sea Shepard. Together with the pictures of hundreds of the towns people butchering the whales, Faroe Islanders look like a barbaric lot that may have a lesser value of life, even human. I certainly have crossed you off my list of places I would ever think of visiting.

4) Economic sanctions will be imposed. The WORLD NOW KNOWS !!! You'll be surprised how many people are going to see the blood-thirsty butchering of whales. Whales watching for tourists is a much more profitable enterprise.

I can understand about traditions. This is one that needs to end !! I've read the whales that are killed are for local consumption and not sold. There is a documented health risk associated with eating the whales. From what I've seen of your Islands, it's magnificent. I live on Cape Cod and am very fortunate to be able to watch the pilot whale from the shoreline. They are beautiful creatures. If all the countries maintained their traditional whale hunting of the past with the modern equipment that we have today, we could wipe out the entire population of whales in 1-2 years. It's time to put whaling to an end... everywhere !!!

Keep up the great work Sea Shepard !!

cruel bastards - - I can't think of a more useless action, so inhuman and inhumane. No reasoning with these people, though. It'll go on until the pilot whales no longer populate the Faroe Island area. Then these morons will wonder why and ask for help.