{"id":29732,"date":"2016-10-05T17:23:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T17:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=29732"},"modified":"2016-10-05T17:31:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T17:31:44","slug":"the-pilot-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/10\/the-pilot-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pilot whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To those bloody thirsty men of war<br \/>\nWho turn the great whales into gore<br \/>\nBlood and snot and agony<br \/>\nFor the social classes of the sea<br \/>\nThe Faroese their culture stinks<br \/>\nAnd of course there are now links<br \/>\nWith contamination and toxic waste<br \/>\nConsuming them it must be faced<br \/>\nScience tells us the Mercury<br \/>\nThe PCB&#8217;s and the PLP<br \/>\nThe flame retardants<br \/>\nAre evil they<br \/>\nAre killing the islanders more each day<\/p>\n<p>They affect the brain<br \/>\nCancer comes<br \/>\nTheir immunity<br \/>\nThose crashing drums<br \/>\nAre heralding this new idea<br \/>\nThat eating whale is causing fear<\/p>\n<p>The so called grind<br \/>\nOf 800 whales<br \/>\nThe publicity it now derails<br \/>\nThe economy It&#8217;s a waste of time<br \/>\nThe death and destruction<br \/>\nAmidst the grime<\/p>\n<p>Killing great pods of animals<br \/>\nHere<br \/>\nIn their environment the heightened fear<br \/>\nThese are sentient souls<br \/>\nWith Social strength<br \/>\nMostly females to a greater length<br \/>\nOf love and care and what do we do<br \/>\nWe drive them and slaughter them<br \/>\nIt is true<\/p>\n<p>In front of each other mother and child<br \/>\nSons and daughters these are wild<br \/>\nThey cry they scream they so lament<br \/>\nSo that blood thirsty men can feel content<\/p>\n<p>They wade into the sea<br \/>\nWith their spinal vamp<br \/>\nSand in the eyes of the whales<br \/>\nThey champ<br \/>\nat the bit<br \/>\nThey falter their fright all see<br \/>\nExcept those whalers far from free<\/p>\n<p>Brain dead psycho&#8217;s polluted so<br \/>\nWith pounds of contaminants<br \/>\nWhich actually grow<br \/>\nStronger in their tissues<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s madness to see<br \/>\nThese beautiful creatures<br \/>\nKilled whilst free<\/p>\n<p>Science has made it abundantly clear<br \/>\nOur killing methods spread spread the  fear<br \/>\nIn The north west Atlantic nobody knows<br \/>\nHow many pilot whales are left<br \/>\nIt shows<br \/>\nHow arrogant man has become<br \/>\nHow ignorant how completely dumb<br \/>\nThe blood thirsty men of the Faroes are<br \/>\nAnd the Japanese sailors who also scar<\/p>\n<p>The oceans sinking the Minke whales<br \/>\nHarpoons a flashing over the rails<br \/>\nExploding inside the greatest of beast<br \/>\nThe agony runs from west to east<br \/>\nNorway another nation who<br \/>\nStops  at nothing to run them through<br \/>\n800 or so whales shot away<br \/>\nSome sold to Japan if Japan will pay<\/p>\n<p>Nations of thicko&#8217;s<br \/>\nPrepared to risk<br \/>\nEating this whale meat<br \/>\nIf we could frisk<br \/>\nThese blood thirsty groups<br \/>\nAnd make them see<br \/>\nThey are killing themselves now<br \/>\nActually<\/p>\n<p>The Faroes really could make their play<br \/>\nFor doing whale watching<br \/>\nMaking it pay<br \/>\nFor that kind of involvement<br \/>\nWhich could soon be<br \/>\nHelping the present economy<br \/>\nTourists would flood in<br \/>\nTo watch them go<br \/>\nThe pilot whales<br \/>\nPut on a show<br \/>\nKilling and eating the toxic waste<br \/>\nIs really disgusting<br \/>\nIt has to be faced<\/p>\n<p>The cetaceans are high born<br \/>\nCreatures with soul<br \/>\nAmazing intelligence<br \/>\nThat is their role<br \/>\nAnd Faroese grind people<br \/>\nBlood thirsty men<br \/>\nWho leap into water<br \/>\nThey know just when<br \/>\nAnd savage the pods<br \/>\nThe females they tear<br \/>\nMurdering the pregnant<br \/>\nHow is that fair<\/p>\n<p>If they were sentient<br \/>\nThey would hear<br \/>\nThe cries of the mothers<br \/>\nThe shock and fear<br \/>\nBlood in the water<br \/>\nThe slaughtering on<br \/>\nOne after another<br \/>\nTill all life is gone<\/p>\n<p>They swim together<br \/>\nWith a very strong bond<br \/>\nThey won&#8217;t leave each other<br \/>\nFor they are fond<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s abundantly cruel<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s evil stuff<br \/>\nAnd really and honestly<br \/>\nwe have all seen enough<\/p>\n<p>800 females  suffer this way<br \/>\nBabies a lot of them<br \/>\nKilled in one day<br \/>\nImagine that fraughtness<br \/>\nImagine the pain<br \/>\nAll killed together<br \/>\nAnd what is our gain<\/p>\n<p>Polluted blubber<br \/>\nCarcinogenic<br \/>\nKarma is instant<br \/>\nKarma!s not cool<br \/>\nIt is accumulating in their tissues<br \/>\nIn bones and in fat<br \/>\nThis story is not tall<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s costing the earth<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a sickening scene<br \/>\nThe grind it should stop<br \/>\nFor its truly obscene<\/p>\n<p>The ugliest slaughter<br \/>\nThe vilest of crime<br \/>\nAnd you are being made sicker<br \/>\nTime after time<\/p>\n<p>Whale watching is the answer<br \/>\nFor goodness sake wake up<br \/>\nAnd save the whales and your children<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To those bloody thirsty men of war Who turn the great whales into gore Blood and snot and agony For the social classes of the sea The Faroese their culture stinks And of course there are now links With contamination &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/10\/the-pilot-whales\/\">Continue reading <span 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