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Via Captain Paul Watson Denmark Puts a Lid on Attempts by the Faroese to Implement Authoritarian Measures In an attempt to undermine freedom in their own country 29 of the 33 members of the Faroese Løgting, voted in December to ban Sea Shepherd volunteers from coming to the Faroe Islands. This of course would be a blatant discriminatory policy that would ban people for their beliefs. However this did not concern 29 of the Faroese legislators with their blind obsession to defend the slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins at all costs. The Danish government would have none of it and vetoed the measure, illustrating once more that Denmark does indeed have control over affairs in the Faroe Islands. Killing cetaceans is a violation of European Union law. Denmark is a member of the European Union and provides subsidies to the Faroe Islands. The Faroese claim they are independent and for that reason they insist that the law does not apply to them despite the fact that Danish police intervene to protect the whale killing. Last year over 400 Sea Shepherd volunteers cane to the Faroe Islands to oppose the obscenity that the Faroese call the “Grindadrap” which translates into “the murder of whales.” Last year 33 whales were killed during the three-month period that Sea Shepherd volunteers patrolled the islands. The year before in the same time period more than 1300 pilot whales and dolphins were massacred on Faroese beaches. Sea Shepherd will never stop opposing the Grind no matter what obstacles are placed in our way. This global movement to protect and defend cetaceans grows stronger every year. The murder of whales and dolphins has no place in the 21st Century. The Faroese claim that killing whales is a tradition and part of their culture. On the other hand the Danish view freedom, democracy and human rights as part of their culture. It appears that in this case Denmark’s commitment to human rights and freedoms takes precedence over any obligation they may have to defend the barbaric practices of a vassal nation.