Good day my fellow students. Today I had to hold a presentation in Geographie called [u]"Wildlife Killer Inuit". And I got a "A" for it. Now how would you rate it?
Is Idyllic Greenland gone for good?
The postcard myth of the lonley hunter in his kayak is being blown to pieces. People talk rubbish about the Greenland Inuit deing born environmentalists. It's lying, denial and betrayal.
Why are they killing off wildlife?
Greenland is still hunting with rules from the good old days. The outboard motor, automatic rifles, snowmobiles, GPS navigators and satellite telephones allow huge kills, many of the hunters will still shoot at anything that moves - not just gather food.
What's like to die off first?
Beluga whales will be gone within 20 years. The thick-billed murre population has been cut in half, 16 of 40 colonies shot to oblivion, mainly from illigal summer hunting. Common einder numbers are down bu 80%, mainly from egg collecting and shooting females on nests. Walrus have stopped visiting Greenland's shores, except for two spots in the north-eastern national park. Hunters in boats still travel out to the drift ice and kill 300 to 600 Walrus a year. Many behead them to sell the tusks to tourists, and leave the skin and meat behind. If this were Rihno in Africa, you'd have armed guards protecting the Walrus.
Are Greenlanders aware of the situation?
Collective denial is a big part of the problem. Inuit people in Greenland can do nothing wrong - that is still the credo.
I hope you like it.
Cheers,
911
Is Idyllic Greenland gone for good?
The postcard myth of the lonley hunter in his kayak is being blown to pieces. People talk rubbish about the Greenland Inuit deing born environmentalists. It's lying, denial and betrayal.
Why are they killing off wildlife?
Greenland is still hunting with rules from the good old days. The outboard motor, automatic rifles, snowmobiles, GPS navigators and satellite telephones allow huge kills, many of the hunters will still shoot at anything that moves - not just gather food.
What's like to die off first?
Beluga whales will be gone within 20 years. The thick-billed murre population has been cut in half, 16 of 40 colonies shot to oblivion, mainly from illigal summer hunting. Common einder numbers are down bu 80%, mainly from egg collecting and shooting females on nests. Walrus have stopped visiting Greenland's shores, except for two spots in the north-eastern national park. Hunters in boats still travel out to the drift ice and kill 300 to 600 Walrus a year. Many behead them to sell the tusks to tourists, and leave the skin and meat behind. If this were Rihno in Africa, you'd have armed guards protecting the Walrus.
Are Greenlanders aware of the situation?
Collective denial is a big part of the problem. Inuit people in Greenland can do nothing wrong - that is still the credo.
I hope you like it.
Cheers,
911