THE UK should suspend its free trade agreement with the Faroe Islands until it stops its whale and dolphin hunts, a leading animal welfare campaigner has demanded. Campaigner Dominic Dyer has launched a petition calling for the Government to put its trade deal with the North Atlantic archipelago on hold following an outcry over the […]
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1428 Dolphins Slaughtered in the Faroe Islands Sunday Night
On Sunday night, September 12th, a super-pod of 1428 Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins was driven for many hours and for around 45 km by speed boats and jet-skis into the shallow water at Skálabotnur beach in the Danish Faroe Islands, where every single one of them was killed. Photos by Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd believes this […]
Puffins under threat as European boats overfish in UK waters post Brexit, RSPB warns
Overfishing by Scandinavian boats in UK waters is threatening the puffin bird, according to wildlife conservation groups. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has renewed calls for “urgent action” to curb the fishing practices of boats from countries such as Denmark and Norway. Under EU quota arrangements that have continued through Brexit, […]
The blood sea: Faroe Islands hunters slaughter 175 pilot whales, turning the waters red after driving the animals towards the shore where men waited with hooks, knives and spears
Hunters in the Faroe Islands have killed 175 pilot whales, turning the sea red with blood after boats drove the animals towards the shore where men waited in the shallows with hooks, knives and spears. A gunman even fired a shotgun at a drone which was sent by Sea Shepherd marine conservationists to document the […]
Whale’s head impaled on spike as brutal slaughter returns to green list islands
Ten pilot whales were slaughtered in the first hunt of the year in the Faroe Islands, with campaigners worried that 2021 could be a particularly bloody year with whales and dolphins slaughtered with knives on the green list country’s beaches Hundreds of people will be taking part in months of animal slaughter in a green […]
Petition: Whale Meat Demand in Norway is Rising
According to an article in the Guardian, the demand for whale meat in Norway is increasing. While the demand was on the decline for years, regulation changes could play a role in future demand and supply. Norway, Japan, and Iceland are the only three countries that publicly allow commercial whaling. Japan has high demand for […]
481 and counting: Norway’s whaling catch hits four-year high
Four hundred and eighty-one. That’s how many minke whales Norway has killed so far this year, according to new data released by the country’s Fishermen’s Sales Organization, or Råfisklaget. That’s 52 more than all of last year, and 76 more than the two years before that. What’s more, this year’s whaling season has yet to […]
Petition: Hundreds Of Whales Brutally Slaughtered In The Faroe Islands During Sickening Whale Hunting Season
Animal activists from around the world are mourning the death of hundreds of whales and dolphins after the Faroe Islands’ horrific whale hunting “tradition” continued last month. Many had hoped for this year’s whaling season to be cancelled due to the pandemic, but sadly, it was given the go ahead by fishing ministry Jacob Vestergaard […]