Posts Tagged ‘Dolphin hunts’
On the anniversary of the massacre of 1,423 dolphins, what’s changed?
One year ago today, 1,423 Atlantic white-sided dolphins, including mothers with calves and pregnant females, were chased for hours before being slaughtered on a beach in the Faroe Islands. Death would not have come quickly, and we can only imagine their fear and confusion as they listened to their pod mates’ cries and screams, and…
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Understanding whale and dolphin hunts in the Faroe Islands – why change is not easy
Most people in my home country of the Faroe Islands would like to see an end to the kind of dolphin hunt that sparked an outcry in September last year. Yet a poll has shown that a staggering 83% are in favour of continuing the traditional grindadráp, the slaughter of pilot whales. This is not…
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Faroe Islands – out of sight but not out of mind
We have been working to end the pilot whale slaughter in the Faroe Islands for many years, but the killing of at least 1,428 Atlantic white-sided dolphins on the 12thSeptember marked a new low and many Faroese people were appalled too. As media attention has faded, I wanted to assure you that we haven’t forgotten…
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Faroe Islands whale and dolphin slaughter – what have we done and what are we doing?
The massacre of 1,428 Atlantic white-sided dolphins at Skálafjørður on the Faroe Islands on 12th September 2021 was beyond horrific. It was senseless, barbaric and has rightly shocked the world and many Faroese people. The suffering of the individual dolphins is unimaginable and there can be no justification for this brutality. We can only hope…
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The horror – reflecting on the massacre of 1,428 dolphins on the Faroe Islands
Like you and millions of people around the globe, I felt horrified by the news that 1,428 beautiful Atlantic white-sided dolphins had been slaughtered in a drive hunt on the shores of the Faroe Islands on 12th September 2021. This news and the staggering number of individuals massacred actually took some time to sink in.…
Read MoreA dolphin researcher’s heartbreak as Risso’s dolphins targeted in brutal hunt
Despite the pandemic, one of the most infamous and vile dolphin hunts has been underway since the beginning of September and it will continue until April. For these six months, around 25 men from the town of Taiji in Japan will take to the water every day that weather permits, to hunt dolphins. Those they…
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