Faroese authorities have announced that they have now amended laws that mean those taking part in the Island’s brutal whale and dolphin hunts can continue safe in the knowledge that they are unlikely to be prosecuted for animal welfare violations. Hunting groups were delighted with the decision by Congress to amend an Act, which now…

At least 100 pilot whales have been killed during the first hunt (Grindadráp) this season in the Faroe Islands. The hunt off the archipelago’s coast is considered one of the most brutal in the world.  Those slaughtered included pilot whales and white-sided dolphins, who were herded by small boats into a bay near Sandavágur on the island…

The mass slaughter of at least 245 long-finned pilot whales has taken place in Leynar, Faroe Islands. Among those killed  were 25 pregnant females and 13 juveniles, with the entire, cruel process taking approximately 30 minutes. Each year over 100,000 dolphins and small whales are killed in hunts across the globe but the Grind (hunt)…

A long-awaited review by the Faroese government into the disturbing and cruel massacre of over 1400 Atlantic white-sided dolphins in 2021 has potentially made the situation worse.  The country’s Ministry of Fisheries has failed to ban the cruel hunts and, instead, proposed an annual catch limit of 500 dolphins on a provisional basis for 2022…