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Sep 14, 2021 · He said records showed that this was the largest number of dolphins ever killed on one day in the Faroe Islands, a autonomous territory of Denmark. He said the previous record was 1,200 in 1940.
Sep 14, 2021 · The Sea Shepherd group, which has been campaigning to stop the traditional Faroese “Grind” hunt since the 1980s, has claimed Sunday’s hunt was “the largest single killing of dolphins or pilot...
In July 2022, the Faroese government set a provisional dolphin hunt quota of 500 animals a year. Campaigners criticized the target as "farcical", as, since 1996, aside from the 2021 slaughter, there have been only three other years where more than 500 dolphins were killed: 2001, 2002 and 2006.
Sep 15, 2021 · COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The slaughter of 1,428 white-sided dolphins over the weekend, part of a four-century-old traditional drive of sea mammals into shallow water where they are killed for their...
Sep 15, 2021 · CNN — More than 1,400 white-sided dolphins were killed Sunday night in the Faroe Islands, in what local authorities said was a traditional whaling hunt. The killing has been denounced by...
Sep 14, 2021 · Over the weekend, 1428 dolphins were slaughtered in the Faroe Islands. The deaths came as part of the latest ‘grindadráp’ hunt — a Faroese tradition of dolphin drive hunting in which dolphins...
Sep 15, 2021 · Sept. 15, 2021, 7:10 AM PDT. By Chantal Da Silva. Dolphin hunting is a centuries-old practice in the Faeroe Islands. But the tradition is facing fresh scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the...
