Faroe Islands slaughter 1,400 dolphins in a day
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Single biggest hunt
The Faroe Islands, an autonomous Danish territory, faced an outcry over the culling of more than 1,400 white-sided dolphins in a day in what was said to be the single biggest hunt in the northern archipelago.
In pic: In this image released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society the carcass of a dead white-sided dolphin lays in the blood-stained shallows near a beach on the island of Eysturoy which is part of the Faeroe Islands.
In pic: In this image released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society the carcass of a dead white-sided dolphin lays in the blood-stained shallows near a beach on the island of Eysturoy which is part of the Faeroe Islands.
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Traditionally, it's whales
Traditionally, the North Atlantic islands -- which have a population of around 50,000 people -- hunt pilot whales and not dolphins, a government spokesman said.
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The Grindadrap
The "grindadrap" is a practice whereby the hunters first surround the whales with a wide semi-circle of fishing boats and then drive them into a bay to be beached and slaughtered.
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No plans to abolish the grind
According to a local television journalist, Hallur av Rana, some 53 percent of the islands' population are opposed to hunting dolphins. There are however no plans to abolish the "grind", which authorities insist is a sustainable way of hunting.
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A bloody affair
According to local estimates, there are around 100,000 pilot whales in the waters around the Faroe Islands and around 600 were killed last year.
The image shows a humpback whale diving in Hestfjorour (Westfjords), Iceland.
The image shows a humpback whale diving in Hestfjorour (Westfjords), Iceland.