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11/3/08: End Whale Bloodbath In Danish Faeroe Islands

SOURCE OF INFORMATION / BACKGROUND

• End Whale & Dolphin Slaughter in the Faeroe Islands (Denmark) • Defending Whales / Danish Faeroe Islands

Every year from 2,000 t0 3,500 pilot whales are corralled by men in boats and forced into bays in the Faeroe Islands, a North Sea Danish Protectorate mid-way between the Shetland Islands and Iceland. Although the Islands are a protectorate of Denmark, they have their own government and regulations governing the pilot whale hunt or "grind" as it is known.

For centuries Faroe Islanders have hunted pilot whales, driving entire schools into killing bays, where they are speared or gaffed from boats, dragged ashore and butchered with knives.

CONTACT INFORMATION + SAMPLE LETTER

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GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS / DENMARK
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
Christiansborg, Prins Jørgens Gård 11
1218 Copenhagen K, DENMARK
ph: +45 33 92 33 00; fax: +45 33 11 16 65; email: stm@stm.dk
SOURCE: www.statsministeriet.dk/Index/kontakt.asp? o=2&n=3&t=8&s=2

MORE CONTACT INFO: DENMARK MINISTRIES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES...
www.gknewyork.um.dk/en/menu/InfoDenmark/OfficialDenmark/? WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished%2cP

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS / FAEROE ISLANDS
Kaj Leo Johannsen, Prime Minister of the Faroes
Prime Minister's Office, Løgmansskrivstovan, Tinganes
P.O. Box 64
FO- 110 Tórshavn, FAROES
ph: +298 351010; fax: +298 351015; email: info@tinganes.fo
SOURCE: www.tinganes.fo/Default.aspx?AreaID=11

Members of Staff, Prime Minister of the Faroes
mah@tinganes.fo, anh@tinganes.fo, palln@tinganes.fo, sjr@tinganes.fo, peturp@tinganes.fo, kristiannas@tinganes.fo, jeb@tinganes.fo
SOURCE: www.tinganes.fo/Default.aspx?ID=5031

Jacob Vestergaard, Minister of Fisheries
Ministry of Fisheries
Heykavegur 6A / P.O. Box 347
FO-110 Tórshavn, FAROE ISLANDS
ph: +298) 353030; fax: (+298) 353035; email: fisk@fisk.fo
SOURCE: www.fisk.fo/

The High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands
Amtmansbrekkan 6, FO-110 Tórshavn
P.O. Box 12, FAROE ISLANDS
ph: +298 351200; email: riomfr@fo.stm.dk
SOURCE: www.statsministeriet.dk/Index/mainstart.asp? o=8&n=3&s=8

FAEROESE PARLIAMENT
Office of the Løgting
Tinghúsvegur 1-3, Postboks 208, 110 Tórshavn
email: logting@logting.fo
SOURCE: www.logting.fo

Jørgen Niclasen, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tinganes, FO-110 Tórshavn
ph: +298 306100; fax: +298 351015; email: mfa@mfa.fo
SOURCE: www.mfa.fo, www.ur.fo/Default.aspx?AreaID=37

FAROE ISLANDS TOURISM
Faroe Islands Tourist Board
Samvit - Faroe Islands Enterprise
Bryggjubakki 12
P.O. Box 118, FO-110 Tórshavn, FAROE ISLANDS
email: tourist@tourist.fo
SOURCE: www.tourist.fo, www.visit-faroeislands.com, www.samvit.fo, www.thefaroeislands.info/kontakt.php

Denmark Office
Samvit - Faroe Islands Enterprise
Strandgade 91, 4. sal
DK 1402 København K
email: annette@tourist.fo
SOURCE: www.faroeislands.com/Default.asp?sida=1001

Additional Faroe Islands Tourist Offices
infoey-f@post.olivant.fo, infoey- r@post.olivant.fo, info@klaksvik.fo, sandinfo@post.olivant.fo, info@vistinolsoy.fo, info@visittorshavn.fo, touristinfo@post.olivant.fo, sout-inf@post.olivant.fo,
infovag@post.olivant.fo, vagar@vagar.fo, kunningarskivan@post.olivant.fo
SOURCE: www.faroeislands.com/Default.asp?sida=795

REPRESENTATIONS OF THE FAROES ABROAD
The Mission of the Faroes to the European Union
Rue d'Arlon 69-71
B-1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
ph: +32 (0) 22 800 456; fax: +32 (0) 22 330 966; email: mfa@mfa.fo
SOURCE: www.faroes.be/

Representation of the Faroes in London
55 Sloane Street / London SW1X 9SR
ph: 44(0)20 7333 0227; fax: 44(0)20 7333 670
SOURCE: www.faroeislands.org.uk/

Representation of the Faroes in Copenhagen
Strandgade 91, 4. Sal
DK-1401 København K, DENMARK
ph: +45 32 83 37 70; fax: +45 32 83 37 75; email: mfa@mfa.fo
SOURCE: www.faroes.dk/Default.aspx?AreaID=16

DANISH EMBASSIES
Embassy of Denmark in the United States
3200 Whitehaven St. N.W. / Washington, D.C. 20008
ph: +1-202-234-4300; fax: +1-202-328-1470; email: wasamb@um.dk
SOURCE: www.ambwashington.um.dk/en

FOR DENMARK EMBASSY LISTINGS AROUND THE WORLD, TRY:
www.allembassies.com/danish_embassies.htm
www.embassyworld.com/embassy/Denmark/Denmark6.html

ALL EMAILS IN THIS ALERT

TO: stm@stm.dk, info@tinganes.fo, mah@tinganes.fo, anh@tinganes.fo, palln@tinganes.fo, sjr@tinganes.fo, peturp@tinganes.fo, kristiannas@tinganes.fo, jeb@tinganes.fo, fisk@fisk.fo, riomfr@fo.stm.dk, logting@logting.fo, mfa@mfa.fo, tourist@tourist.fo, annette@tourist.fo, infoey-f@post.olivant.fo, infoey-r@post.olivant.fo, info@klaksvik.fo, sandinfo@post.olivant.fo, info@vistinolsoy.fo, info@visittorshavn.fo, touristinfo@post.olivant.fo, sout-inf@post.olivant.fo, infovag@post.olivant.fo, vagar@vagar.fo, kunningarskivan@post.olivant.fo, info@goscandinavia.com, wasamb@um.dk

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SAMPLE LETTER • Print/Send This Letter

Honorable Officials of Denmark and Faeroe Islands:

Citizens worldwide are sickened by the annual vision of whales marooned in blood-red waters. Islanders stone, gouge, spear, hack and bludgeon some 2,000 to 3,500 long- and short-finned pilot whales under the bizarre notion that God created these animals for the Faeroese to butcher alive.

During a pilot whale "grind" boats chase whales into shallow bays, where the disoriented creatures are easily gored with metal gaffs. Waters turn a brilliant red by the time killers sink a 6-inch blade past blubber and flesh to sever a whale's spinal cord.

Finally, vital blood vessels are cut, leaving a bay littered with mangled whales. Unbelievably, whale drives are festive community events. Young children even take part in the massacre of terrified animals.

I cannot support tourism in the Danish Faeroe Islands until whale kills are permanently terminated. I urge officials to legally shield wildlife from abuse, including the senseless slaughter of whales for sport.

Moreover, the population count for North Atlantic long-finned pilot whales is unknown. The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats classifies them as "strictly protected." Each time the Faeroese kill even 100 whales, entire pods and family groups are erased. This weakens the their gene pool and harms ecosystems in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.

The whale drive is illegal in other European states. Residents of the Faeroe Islands don't use the toxin-contaminated flesh left behind. Tradition, entertainment and sport never justify outright torture. For these reasons, I respectfully ask you to outlaw whale drives in the Danish Faeroe Islands.

Thank you,

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