A pod of 11 pilot whales has been slaughtered on in the sixth drive hunt – or grindadráp – of the season. Conservationist said today that 501 pilot whales have so far been slaughtered this year in the northern archipelago. While the Faroese authorities say the slaughter is quick, Sea Shepherd campaigners refute the claims […]
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POLL: Should the Faroe Islands’ whale slaughter be banned?
Faroese villagers have slaughtered about 250 pilot whales in the past 24 hours according to Sea Shepherd activists monitoring the traditional summer hunts in the north Atlantic islands. The whale pods, which migrate past the islands in July and August, were herded by flotillas of small boats on to two beaches where villagers waded into […]
POLL: Should the Faroe Islands’ whale slaughter be allowed to continue?
The recent arrest of 14 volunteers working to stop whaling in the North Atlantic Ocean’s Faroe Islands has focused a spotlight once again on a local tradition stretching back over a thousand years. Six of the protesters were found guilty this week of interfering with the grindadráp, or grind, as these drive hunts are called, […]
POLL: Should the Faroe Islands’ whale slaughter be allowed to continue?
For more than four centuries, the dwellers of the remote Faroe Islands located 200 miles off the coast of Scotland have been killing pilot whales for blubber and meat. Recently, the gory tradition has piqued the interest of an American photographer with ties to the region who travelled to the archipelago to capture the horror […]
Stop the Slaughter of Fin Whales for Pet Treats
The story about endangered whales being slaughtered by Icelanders in the North Atlantic and shipped to Japan to be turned into dog food was first published on 29 May 2013 . Within one week more than 1 million wildlife supporters signed the petition, and Dutch ports were closed to the transfer of whale meat. The […]