It reports several Danish newspapers, in addition to the organization Sea Sherpherd.
Sea Shepherd, who has fought to stop “Grindadráp” since the 80’s, believes this is the largest slaughter of humpback whales in the history of the Faroe Islands.
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The organization writes that this “massacre was so brutal and poorly handled that it is no surprise that the hunt is criticized in the media in the Faroe Islands”. It must also have aroused anger on social media.
It is claimed that there must have been several offenses during the hunt, for example that the local chairman in the fjord where the hunt took place should not have been informed and therefore did not approve the hunt.
It also writes Denmark’s radio.
– I am shocked at how it went, and I strongly dissociate myself from it, says the chairman, Henri Petersen, to the local media Info.
The police are shocked when they see the driver
Offenses
The organization claims that several of the participants should not have had the license either, which is mandatory because specific training is required in how to quickly kill dolphins.
Humpback whales are a species in the dolphin family, according to Store Norske Leksikon.
It is also claimed that video material shows that many of the dolphins were still alive and moving after they were put ashore. There are reportedly not enough people there to handle all the dolphins.
Several are also said to have been injured after being run over by boats.
The Faroese Minister of Fisheries does not seem to agree with the criticism.
– As I have been informed, every single animal has been killed in a responsible way, he says to the local media Kringvarp Føroya, quoted by BT.
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Tradition
The former chairman of the Grindamannafelagið, the Faroese Association for Grindefangst, believes that the number is too large and that the hunt went far beyond the border.
– I am shocked. This destroys the work we have done to protect the gate catch, says Hans Jacob Hermansen Kringvarp Føroya, quoted by Danske Radio.
Humpback whaling has a long tradition in the Faroe Islands. Herds of humpback whales are driven into the fjords, and the animals are slaughtered on the beach.
Normally, up to 1000 marine mammals are killed each year, he writes BT. Animal activists have condemned the practice, while others say it is an important part of their local tradition.
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