Faroe Islands government has said they will review the country's dolphin hunt policies after photos and videos of nearly 1,500 dolphins being slaughtered on Sunday sparked global outrage since the incident. The massacre is believed to be the largest single hunt of cetaceans—a group comprising whales, dolphins and porpoises—ever recorded worldwide.
The hunt, known locally as the "grindadráp," (often referred to as an opportunistic and non-commercial hunt) saw whalers target a massive pod of white-sided dolphins, herding the animals into Danish waters where they were cornered and stabbed to death. Under Faroese law, the hunt—a long-lasting tradition in the region—is deemed legal, although many dispute the practice as unsustainable slaughter and unnecessary suffering.

A total of 1,428 dolphins were killed in just over one hour in an event many on social media have since condemned as cruel, archaic and barbaric. The graphic images have sparked anger directed towards Faroese and Danish authorities, who are under pressure to end the practice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFIgLmhvJwo

It has an ecological benefit. If outrage should take place, the people should aim it at Japanese ships which kill and abandon whale carcasses to maximize their fish harvests. This slaughter creates whale meat for human and pet consumption.

Hundreds of thousands of humans are dying daily in the hands of terrorists and so called bandits but it doesn't spark this much outrage.

Hmm

It helps the ecology of the island, if they stop the tradition, the dolphins would be so much during migration that some would drown anyways.

MetroBaba1:
Old News

New York Time and CNN just reported your so call Old News.

1,400 Dolphins Were Killed in Faroe Islands. Even Hunting Supporters Were Upset.
Graphic images of the animals raised ire among activists, and some locals said the killings undermined the work of whale hunters who follow a centuries-old tradition that helps feed local people.




In this photograph made available by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, dead white-sided dolphins lay on a beach on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands, on Sunday.
In this photograph made available by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, dead white-sided dolphins lay on a beach on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands, on Sunday.Credit...Sea Shepherd, via Associated Press
Isabella Kwai
By Isabella Kwai

Sept. 15, 2021

The custom of whale and dolphin hunting, known as grindadrap, is a centuries-old practice in the Faroe Islands and a key part of many locals’ diet. And many Faroese point to regulations — including rules around the killing of mammals — aimed at making the practice sustainable as a reason to keep the tradition alive.

But when more than 1,400 white-sided dolphins were killed there last weekend — the largest ever recorded such catch in the area — and when the local news media published graphic images and video showing the beached dolphins being dragged up in bloody waters, even some supporters of the hunts were upset.

Now, the scale of the slaughter, which took place on Sunday near Skalabotnur, the islands’ longest fjord, has prompted outrage from animal rights campaigners and caused divisions among those who believe dolphins should not be hunted and those who say they are still acting sustainably.

“Considering the times we are in, with a global pandemic and the world coming to a halt, it’s absolutely appalling to see an attack on nature of this scale in the Faroe Islands,” Alex Cornelissen, the chief executive of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an organization that works to stop whale hunting, said in a statement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/world/europe/dolphins-killed-faroe-islands.html


1,400 dolphins were killed in the Faroe Islands in one day, shocking even some pro-whalers
By Jeevan Ravindran, Stephanie Halasz, Allegra Goodwin and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN

Updated 1649 GMT (0049 HKT) September 15, 2021

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/15/europe/faroe-dolphin-killing-record-scli-intl-scn/index.html

thesicilian:
Hundreds of thousands of humans are dying daily in the hands of terrorists and so called bandits but it doesn't spark this much outrage.

What exactly do you want the world to do?

Do you want them to invade Nigeria and kill all the bandits for you or take over the bandit sympathising government?

Nigerians are allowing bandits to kill them because of politics, the people who are supposed to be against bandits the most won't say anything aside from chanting Sai Barber while their communities burn.

When they are tired they will know what to do.

Sometimes I begin to wonder if na the same hearts we and these oyinbo people get at all.....

Just imagine am na, ordinary massacre of animals dey spark global outrage like this,talk more of wetin for cor happen if to say na human beings this kind thing happen to....

But for here, serial killings and massacre don become normal thing.........Well, it's well cha

This is bad. Such beautiful creatures...




But, the creative wedding photographer is still taking bookings....

Too much for a day slaughter

Americans will bomb millions of innocent civilians and laugh over it but start crying when the food that the good Lord provided for me is being prepared.


Foolish country!!

In the nearest future....we will feel the impact

Damn this is sad

Sad

thesicilian:
Hundreds of thousands of humans are dying daily in the hands of terrorists and so called bandits but it doesn't spark this much outrage.

walahi





Guys wey no get girlfriend get peace of mind

Gruesome..animals were given to us for food but we must take what we need and not endanger them


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS820fc-B4E

But why..?

I sell mtn data at a cheap rate..

5Gigs for #1700

Why kill Dolphins that help humans?. Dolphins reason like humans. Killing them is like killing humans living in water.

The country should be sanctioned severely. This is a gruesome atrocity

I don't like the sight of blood

See better pepper soup

Damn

See meat that would have lasted for 2 years

nawa o

Wetin be massacre

Over here na human beings dey die

This is huge

Sonnobax15:

Sometimes I begin to wonder if na the same hearts we and these oyinbo people get at all.....

Just imagine am na, ordinary massacre of animals dey spark global outrage like this,talk more of wetin for cor happen if to say na human beings this kind happen to....

But for here, serial killings and massacre don become normal thing.........Well, it's well cha

That's what happens when you are civilized. Unlike in Africa where we are numb to pain and suffering due to being inundated by it daily.