hunts occur to demonstrate to those who eat cetacean meat the high levels of contaminants such as mercury and PCBs that occur in some of these animals, and the health risk that poses to those humans who eat the meat. See the following link for a global report on this issue by the Environmental Investigation Agency www.eia-international.org/files/repor... as well as a report focusing on Japan (also available in Japanese.) www.eia-international.org/cgi/reports... I hope this information has been useful - you will also find more general information on cetaceans on our website (www.panda.org/species) and those of our partners, EIA (www.eia-international.org) and WDCS (www.wdcs.org)" I understand your need to clarify the situation, however the bottom line remains that 900 and something intelligent creatures are being slaughtered and for what? A ritual? Like you said, their main sustinance is fish not whales so there is no "need" to "hunt" them . Even thought you made the difference between a pilot whale and a dolphin that does not make them less intelligent by any means or less friendly. I am sure that if the petition needed to be changed to make it more accurate and factual ALL the people who have signed it so far would be more then happy to do it again. Lask time I checked, even with Wikipidia, Faroe Islands are TECHNICALLY still part of Denmark, like it or not, no matter how you "virtually" spin the problem. So instead of pointing out the errors and flaws better use your talent to