Ritual Slaughter: The Tradition of Pilot Whale Hunting on the Faroe Islands
Faroese people consider grindadráp, the hunting of pilot whales, as a part of their cultural heritage, but from the point of view of veterinary sciences and biology, the method of killing pilot whales is a form of a ritual slaughter performed on fully conscious animals that are aware of their circum...
| Published in: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Frontiers Media SA
2021
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.552465 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.552465/full |