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 ...

A fishing boat spots a school of long-finned pilot whales off the Faroe Islands in Europe. Within minutes, the small whales are herded onto the nearest shore, local islanders are signaled and a ...

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.

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But animal activists say the practice is cruel and outdated.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 ...

Another whaling company is also shipping whale meat to Iceland and to the Faroe Islands. The government is now targeting markets for fresh whale meat, which sells at higher prices than frozen; the ...

Jonathan Wylie, The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History Forget ... grindadráp (pilot whaling) is nevertheless a big part of the Faroese national identity. The coach and members of the ...

Stationed on an island 40 miles south of the Faroe Islands’ main landmass ... 14 sailors who lost their lives on their return ...

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We also cook with kelp, snorkel with salmon and witness grey whales making their annual migration. We head out on a windswept road trip through the Faroe Islands, too, following the Buttercup ...