2023-06-15 18:39:24
Faroe Islands
Crimson Sea – Already more than 500 whales killed in drive hunts
While most people see the hunt as pointless slaughter, residents argue that the criticism is a disregard for their centuries-old culture.
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More than 500 animals have already been killed in drive hunts off the Faroe Islands.
Again and once more there is criticism of the annual «Grindadráps», as the hunts are called.
As the fishermen kill the animals in the waist-deep water, the coast turns blood red.
Pilot whales in particular are killed during the hunt.
In the past, however, the killing of over a thousand dolphins also caused great outrage.
Locals argue that criticism of the hunt disregards their centuries-old culture.
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The drive hunts for pilot whales on the Faroe Islands are once more causing sharp criticism.
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The Faroese slaughter hundreds of humpback whales every year during the so-called “grindadráps”.
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In previous years, hundreds of dolphins killed also caused a massive outcry.
The drive hunts, in which the pilot whales are first herded into bays and then killed with knives by fishermen standing waist-deep in the water, offer for Outsiders are a dramatic sight and regularly come across animal rights activists to harsh criticism. For their part, residents of the islands belonging to Denmark accuse the critics of disregarding their centuries-old culture, in which fishing plays a central role.
Around 800 pilot whales are killed every year during the traditional drive hunts. But once more and once more dolphins fall victim to this hunting practice. Even the locals were outraged outright massacre of white-sided dolphins in 2021, in which 1423 of the marine mammals were killed within one day. Then they decided Authorities the following year, the number of dolphins released for hunting limit to 500.
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