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Animal Agriculture doesn’t just devastate the rainforests, it also hurts our oceans. How? Here are 3 ways that animal agriculture hurts our ocean:
1. Water Pollution: Runoff of manure, fertilizers, and pesticides from livestock operations pollute nearby water bodies, including rivers, streams, and coastal areas, leading to nutrient pollution, algal blooms, and oxygen depletion, which can harm marine life.
2. Climate Change: Animal agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, primarily methane and nitrous oxide, which contributes to climate change. Climate change impacts sea level rise, ocean acidification, changes in ocean currents and temperatures, and disruptions to marine ecosystems and biodiversity.
3. Dead Zones: Nutrient runoff from animal agriculture can contribute to the formation of dead zones in oceans and coastal areas. Excess nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, fuel algal blooms, which deplete oxygen levels in the water when the algae die and decompose. Dead zones can lead to fish kills, loss of biodiversity, and degradation of marine habitats. 📸 @plantbasedtreaty
Putting an end to whaling in the Faroe Islands is not something we can achieve without education.
So we’re here to shed some light on a couple of myths that have been spread about pilot whale hunts, also known as the Grindadrap.
Myth #1: Faroese whaling is conducted humanely.
The Truth: The techniques used to chase, secure and kill cetaceans wouldn’t be permitted in the killing of livestock in most countries. A recent review found that the current method is ethically and morally unacceptable.
Myth #2: Faroese whaling participants are specifically “accredited” and adequately trained.
The Truth: A license to participate in whaling and use a spinal lance requires no test or practical training prior to taking part in a hunt
Myth #3: The Grindadrap hunts are
waste-free and “nothing goes to waste.”
The Truth: All parts of the pilot whales are no longer utilized. The hunts generate a substantial amount of waste, much of which may be dumped back into the sea.
What can we do? Share this video to raise awareness, and don’t support tourism in the Faroe Islands. Video: @seashepherd
This video should serve as an eyeopener to what we’re about to tell you.
Scientists and whale experts estimate that only 5% of whale deaths due to ship collisions are reported. This includes fast speed ferries, cruise ships, fishing ships, and cargo ships.
That means that around 95% of deaths go unreported.
This statistic comes from an amazing documentary called “Collision” by @oceansoulsfilms that follows researchers and scientists as they investigate global whale collisions.
Why do so many go unreported? Well, many of these ships are so big they don’t even know when they’ve hit a whale. Also, although some individuals wash up on shore where a cause of death can be determined, most struck whales typically sink to the bottom of the ocean when they die, making their deaths are extremely hard to trace.
Another crazy fact is that MOST whales breed and feed close to shore and in port yet the speed speeds allowed in these areas is fast enough to kill them.
What can be done? Comment on the @imo_hq (The International Maritime Organization) instagram and urge them to create whale safe shipping lanes AND require them to make boats SLOW DOWN to under 10 knots close to ports.
Click the link in our bio to learn more about the documentary “Collision”
Iceland is at a crossroads. The license to hunt endangered fin whales expired in December. We urge the Icelandic government not to renew the hunting license. Whales are vital to the health of the oceans and our survival on the planet.
Whales are the largest animals on earth, and as the Icelandic ethical review board has said, there is no humane way to kill whales.
Iceland must take the bold step forward and make whaling a thing of the past. For all of us, and our future.
Please send a message to the ministers in Iceland by clicking the link in our bio.
#endwhalingnow
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