Thu 16 September 2021:
Animal rights activists outraged after a record-breaking number of white-sided dolphins have been killed in the Faroe Islands, with nearly 1,500 specimens slaughtered during the gruesome hunt.
The annual hunt, known locally as grindadrap, during which whale hunters kill masses of white-sided dolphins, took place on Saturday and Sunday, said French news outlet News 24.
@MettePrime It is time for DENMARK to stop the bloody slaughter in the Faroe Islands! Yesterday over 1,400 dolphins were slaughtered! TIME FOR YOU TO ACT! pic.twitter.com/yGlvPvbrX5
— peter baldwin (@petethepunk) September 13, 2021
The remote islands, a Danish autonomous territory, remain the last place in Europe allowed to hunt sea mammals, as the hunt is considered an example of indigenous whaling.
During the grindadráp, dolphins are herded by motorboats toward the shore where whalers engage the animals in brutal melee. The dolphins are slaughtered with harpoons, assorted blades and even power tools.
According to local media, a total of 1,428 dolphins were killed during the hunt. Footage from the scene circulating online shows multiple boats herding the dolphins to their demise, with the tides running red with blood.
Citing local sources and the Blue Planet Society, a volunteer group aiming to end overexploitation of the world’s oceans, News 24 said over 1,400 white-sided dolphins were killed in this year’s hunt.
A massacre.
An estimated ONE THOUSAND white-sided dolphins cruelly slaughtered in the Faroe Islands last night.
Read more here https://t.co/yc2Gkx3am3
📷 Palli Asbjornsson Justesen pic.twitter.com/J7UvTVY2bi
— Blue Planet Society (@Seasaver) September 13, 2021
The Blue Planet Society has urged the EU, Danish and local authorities in Faroe Islands to end the tradition.
Saying that this year’s hunt could be the largest ever recorded, the group said on Twitter: “There is nothing in recent grindadrap records that matches this. The closest we could find is 430 white-sided dolphins butchered on 13-08-2013 in Hvalba.”
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