Вот что на это отвечает Всемирный фонд дикой природы (WWF):
From: Verdensnaturfonden <wwf@wwf.dk>
To: ХХХ
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:23:48 AM
Subject: SV: Dolphins

Dear ХХХ,

Thank you for your mail – now we know what we have to respond to.

The Faroese Pilot Whale hunt is a traditional hunt with a history of almost 1000 years. It is carried out under a very strict set of rules which allows for the least suffering for the pilot whales. This means cutting the spinal cord of the whales in the water which makes the seawater all bloody and appears chocking to many people. The meat and blubber is shared by the local community and only the surplus is commercially traded nationally. The pilot whales are plenty in number all over the north Atlantic and are not endangered. The number of whales taken every year is restricted and the hunt is followed closely by the government.

The Health Authorities in the Faroes have recently issued a recommendation against eating the meat and blubber from the pilot whales, due to the fact that the whales are contaminated with various heavy metals and POPs.

WWF is a conservation organization and the question of cruelty of the pilot whale hunt is not a conservation issue and we have no tools to do anything about it. There are other organizations working on animal cruelty issues; you could try addressing your concern to WSPA or directly to the government of the Faroe Islands.

It is not that WWF – or its staff – are insensitive to issues of animal cruelty, but merely that because of the massive conservation challenges that exist globally, WWF focuses its core business on issues of key conservation relevance and environmental sustainability – a tall task by anyone’s measure. Similarly, animal cruelty organizations have a massive challenge in relation to their chosen core business, although it does not leave them insensitive to conservation issues. Thus, when WWF refers people to, for example, the WSPA, it is directing them to groups whose core business more closely match with the issue at hand. WWF often fields referrals from these organizations when conservation issues are at stake.

Best regards,

WWF Denmark
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