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1,000 passengers were left horrified after witnessing 78 pilot whales being slaughtered in the Faroe Islands
Whaling in the Faroe Islands, or grindadráp (from the Faroese terms grindhvalur, meaning pilot whale, and dráp, meaning killing), is a type of drive hunting that involves herding various species of whales and dolphins, but primarily pilot whales, into shallow bays to be beached, killed, and butchered.
Iceland's government said Tuesday that it has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation's last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year. The quota was half that of 2023 ...
Hundreds of dolphins will be killed during an annual hunt off the Faroe Islands, a self-governing archipelago that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
in Europe (green and dark grey) Location of the Faroe Islands (red; circled) in the Kingdom of Denmark (light white) Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark Settlement early 9th century Union with Norway c. 1035 Kalmar Union 1397–1523 Denmark-Norway 1523–1814 Unification with Denmark 14 January 1814 Independence referendum 14 September 1946 Home rule 30 March 1948 Further autonomy 29 July 2005 ...
Killed pilot whales on the beach in Hvalba, Faroe Islands. The traditional whale hunt, known as grindadráp, ... (2023), with 2 abandoned whaling vessels. It owns 2 ...
In the Faroe Islands, pilot whale hunting started at least in the 16th century, [4] and continued into modern times, with thousands being killed during the 1970s and 1980s. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] In other parts of the North Atlantic, such as Norway , West Greenland, Ireland and Cape Cod , pilot whales have also been hunted, but to a lesser extent.
A whale hunt tradition in the Faroe Islands that’s long been condemned by animal rights activists is given evenhanded examination in Vincent Kelner’s “A Taste of Whale.” This well-crafted ...