100 Bottlenose Dolphins Killed in Faroe Islands
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- Jul 31, 2022
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The largest slaughter of bottlenose dolphins in Faroe Islands history took place on 29th July in SkĆ”labotnur ā the same bay where last September 1,428 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were killed after being driven 45 km for over five hours by speed boats and jet skis, the single largest cetacean hunt in documented human history.
Eight crew from Denmark, Norway, Northern Ireland, England, Austria, France, and the Faroe Islands (plus a media team from France) have photographed, filmed, and checked the count of bottlenose dolphins, which was originally reported as 98 adults and one calf (which goes uncounted in the Faroes), plus at least one foetus in a heavily pregnant female. On Sunday, our crew was contacted by a local who reported an additional dolphin being left behind to simply rot in the harbour. This brings the official count to 100.
"This dolphin hunt, and indeed the killing of all pilot whales and dolphins in the Faroe Islands, is simply disgraceful, and will rightly cause further national and international outrage. Once again, some of the animals show cut marks from boat propellers where boats ran into, or over, them." ā Rob Read, Director, Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK
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