Up to 250 pilot whales have been killed as part of an annual hunt in the Faroe Islands, prompting calls from anti-whaling activists for the barbaric practice to be stopped. Images taken by the Sea ...

It's a centuries-old tradition to hunt whales and dolphins in the Faroe Islands, an 18-island archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean near Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom. Each year ...

Powerful pictures from the Faroe Islands show the sea turned blood red after dozens of whales were killed by islanders in preparation for the harsh winter months. Warning: This story contains ...

The hunting of whales is a traditional practice in the Faroe Islands (file image) The practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals ...

For the first time animal activists have shown evidence that an open and a black market in whale meat exists on the Faroe Islands. The animal protection activists Andreas Morlok (Project Whale ...

They presented the government of the Faroe Island with a petition by their organizations named Whale and Dolphin-Forum (WDSF} and “ProWal” with almost 60.000 signatures to stop the slaughter.

ORIGINAL LINK : https://mememedia.co.kr/meme-issue/article/54953/ The annual whale hunting festival was held again this year in the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands ...

But animal activists say the practice is cruel and outdated. Source: Faroe Islands Ministry of Fisheries Whales and dolphins are highly intelligent, social creatures that live in family groups ...

Long-finned pilot whales have been hunted for human consumption in the Faroe Islands (a small Danish territory located between Scotland and Iceland in the North Atlantic) since the first human ...

Controversial whale hunting, known as the grindadrap ... Regent (regent-holidays.co.uk) offers tailored trips to the Faroe Islands including a five-day visit with stops in Torshavn, the Northern Isles ...

Situated between Scotland and Iceland in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Opportunistic whaling on pilot whales, Risso’s dolphins, ...

The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but, when a local professor makes a grim discovery about the effects of marine pollution, environmental ...