One hundred bottlenose dolphins were slaughtered today on the Faroe Islands amid international outrage over their annual whale hunt. This morning around 100 of the sea mammals were herded into a bay, where they remained for several hours before being massacred by residents of Skálafjörður. The island’s whaling sheriff said this was the first time […]
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Calls for UK to suspend trade deal with Faroe Islands after dolphin bloodbath
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]