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Hunt dolphin in the Faroe Islands is now of international concern. The reason, more than 1,400 mammals were killed in one day which is believed to break the all-mass catch record.
Summarized detik.com, Saturday (18/9/2021), a group of white-sided dolphins (Leucopleurus acutus) were pushed from the middle of the sea to a narrow area on the seafront between cliffs or steep hills in the North Atlantic region, Sunday (12/9/2021). ).
Boats herded dolphins into shallow water off Skalabotnur beach in Eysturoy, where they were then slaughtered with knives en masse. Then, the dolphin’s body is pulled ashore and distributed to local residents for consumption.
From hunting footage, dolphins can be seen thrashing in the shallow waters reddened with blood as hundreds of people watch from the shore.
Hunting marine mammals, especially whales, is a tradition that has been practiced for hundreds of years in the remote Faroe Islands. Hunting for marine mammals is known as grind or Grindadrap in Faroese.
White-sided dolphins are caught in lower numbers, such as 35 in 2020 and 10 in 2019. The Faroese government says an average of about 600 pilot whales are caught each year.
Supporting marine mammal capture groups, whaling is a sustainable way of gathering food from nature and an important part of Faroese cultural identity. On the other hand, animal rights activists have long disagreed, deeming the slaughter cruel and unnecessary.
Sunday’s dolphin hunt was no different, as international conservation groups surrounded the hunters to condemn the massacre. But the scale of the killings on Skalabotnur beach shocked many locals and drew criticism from groups involved in the practice.
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