Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Controversial anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's blood-soaked new campaign that depicts a man being harpooned to prove hunting the animals is inhumane

Controversial anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's blood-soaked new campaign that depicts a man being harpooned to prove hunting the animals is inhumane 

  • WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT 
  • Sea Shepard have released a graphic campaign video against whaling
  • Actor David Field convincingly acts as if he has been hit with a harpoon  
  • The video breaks down the harpooning process with gruesome detail 

A marine conservation group have released a graphic video depicting a man being shot in the back with a harpoon, emulating the tactic that has been used to slaughter thousands of whales.

Australian actor David Field, known for his roles in Chopper, Two Hands and The Rover, stars in the Sea Shepherd's campaign video titledThe Ultimate Death Scene.
'If this cruel and cold-blooded practice were to happen to humans, the perpetrators would be jailed immediately,' the talented actor said as he is seen writhing in pain, with crimson blood trickling from his lips.

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Australian actor David Field, known for his roles in Chopper , Two Hands and The Rover , stars in the Sea Shepards graphic campaign video titled The Ultimate Death Scene
Australian actor David Field, known for his roles in Chopper , Two Hands and The Rover , stars in the Sea Shepards graphic campaign video titled The Ultimate Death Scene

The powerful video focuses on four main aspects of whaling: The Chase, The Harpoon, The Drag and The Death.

According to Sea Shepherd, once a whale is located they are 'pursued to the point of exhaustion' before they are 'shot with an explosive harpoon causing massive internal trauma'.
They are then 'violently dragged into a vessel' and shot again before the whale eventually dies in a pool of its own blood.

Adam Burling, spokesperson for Sea Shepherds said if people are disturbed by this video then they should be disturbed by whaling.

The Harpoon: Field's is shot in the back with a harpoon and screams as he falls to the floor
The Harpoon: Field's is shot in the back with a harpoon and screams as he falls to the floor 
The talented actor can then be seen writhing in pain, with crimson blood trickling from his lips
The talented actor can then be seen writhing in pain, with crimson blood trickling from his lips
The Drag: Fields desperately scratches his fingernails against the hard floor as he is pulled by an imaginary force
The Drag: Fields desperately scratches his fingernails against the hard floor as he is pulled by an imaginary force

'This issue need to be discussed so we can see an end to whaling,' he told Daily Mail Australia.

'It is a barbaric, outdated process that is completely unnecessary and with this campaign we wanted to communicate the horror of what happens. David did a very good job dramatizing that.'

Mr Burling said the video is getting a 'huge response' with over 50,000 views in only a few short hours, despite its graphic nature.

'It is graphic but the thing is, our crew experience these things first hand, there are very few people who witness a whale being slaughtered but we are one of them.
'Sea Shepherds have been in the Antarctic for over a decade and we have watched the harpoon go into the head of the whales. We have watched them be dragged up the slipway and carved up.'

Since the International Whaling Commission enacted a moratorium on commercial whaling, Iceland, Norway and Japan have slaughtered more than 25,000 of the whales, including Humpback's and Fin whales, for 'scientific research
Since the International Whaling Commission enacted a moratorium on commercial whaling, Iceland, Norway and Japan have slaughtered more than 25,000 of the whales, including Humpback's and Fin whales, for 'scientific research
The whales are  'violently dragged into a vessel' and shot again before the mammal eventually dies in a pool of its own blood
The whales are  'violently dragged into a vessel' and shot again before the mammal eventually dies in a pool of its own blood
'It is a barbaric, outdated process that is completely unnecessary and with this campaign we wanted to communicate the horror of what happens'
'It is a barbaric, outdated process that is completely unnecessary and with this campaign we wanted to communicate the horror of what happens'

He said since the International Whaling Commission enacted a moratorium on commercial whaling, Iceland, Norway and Japan have slaughtered more than 25,000 of the whales, including Humpback's and Fin whales, for 'scientific research'.

'Japan wants to return to whaling in the Southern Ocean under the guise that they are performing scientific research, but the science has been thrown out by the International Court of Justice. It has been proven that there was almost no scientific research undertaken,' he said. 

'Now they are adding that it is their cultural right because their indigenous population used to hunt whales off the coast. Well, it is not their cultural right to travel thousands of kilometres, in breach of international law, to kill these animals. 


'That is a bit of a stretch,' Mr Burling added. 

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