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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.
Killed pilot whales in Hvalba, Faroe Islands. The long-finned pilot whale has traditionally been hunted by "driving", which involves many hunters and boats gathering in a semicircle behind a pod of whales close to shore, and slowly driving them towards a bay, where they become stranded and are then slaughtered. This practice was common in both ...
Several species of whales live in the waters around the Faroe Islands. Best known are the long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas), but the more exotic killer whales (Orcinus orca) sometimes visit the Faroese fjords as well. Harbor porpoises are the most frequently sighted cetacea. They frequent the islands year round, though it seems to ...
The Faroese kill hundreds of pilot whales each year to prepare for the harsh winters ahead. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
While whaling is illegal in the European Union, Denmark continues this practice on the coasts of the Faroe Islands. A shocking video surfaced from the village of Bøur, where a massive hunt took ...
1,000 passengers were left horrified after witnessing 78 pilot whales being slaughtered in the Faroe Islands
The sustainability of the Faroese pilot whale hunt has been discussed, but with a long-term average catch of around 800 pilot whales on the Faroe Islands a year the hunt is not considered to have a significant impact on the pilot whale population.
A note about a male-only pilot whale school observed in the Faroe Islands. Fróðskaparrit 40: 31–37. Desportes, G., Bloch, D., Andersen, L.W. and Mouritsen, R. 1992. The international research programme on the ecology and status of the long-finned pilot whale off the Faroe Islands: Presentation, results and references. Fróðskaparrit 40: 9 ...