Faroe Islands to review dolphin hunt after global outrage
News of the ‘biggest massacre’ ever sparked mass outrage The Faroe Islands are set to review their cultural cull of dolphins and whales after news of the most animals killed ever in the tradition’s history broke last week. ‘Grindadráp‘ (simply referred to as ‘Grind’ in Faroese) is an annual hunt of pilot whales, bottlenose dolphins, […]
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Hunters kill thousands of dolphins in Faroe Islands’ ‘biggest ever’ massacre
The annual cull, known as ‘Grindadráp’, is the only ancient whaling tradition that remains legally active in the world Thousands of dolphins have been killed in the Faroe Islands, making it one of the largest mass slaughters in recent history. Islanders usually kill around 1,000 animals each year and last year only 35 white-sided dolphins […]
4 years ago