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The Skálabotnur dolphin drive slaughter of 2021 is a tragic event that happened on September 12, 2021 in the Eysturoy region of the Faroe Islands, a Danish territory north of Scotland. After spotting a large pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins, locals used motorboats to drive the animals toward Skalabotnur Beach and then killed them with knives.^[1] More than 1,400 dolphins were killed in what was believed to be a record hunt.

This event has sparked outrage and criticism from both international conservation groups and locals, including groups involved in the practice.^[2]

The hunt was unauthorized and in violation of local laws.^[1] The Faroese government promised to review the hunting of dolphins as a result of the outrage.^[3] The outcome of this review was that the Faroe Islands has decided to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals for the next two years.^[4]

External links

1428 Dolphins Slaughtered in the Faroe Islands Sunday Night Sea Shepard Global

References

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/faroe-islands-to-evaluate-traditional-hunt-after-slaughter-of-1400-dolphins/

[2] ttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58555694

[3] ttps://uk.whales.org/2021/10/05/faroe-islands-whale-and-dolphin-slaughter-what-have-we-done-and-what-are-we-doing/

[4] ttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62115343

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-[[File:Whaling in the Faroe Islands.jpg|alt=The grindadráp|thumb|The [[The grindadrap|grindadráp]]]]
+[[File:Whaling in the Faroe Islands.jpg|alt=The grindadráp|thumb|The [[grindadráp]]]]
-The Skálabotnur dolphin drive slaughter of 2021 is a tragic incident that occurred in the Faroe Islands, a small group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean. On September 12, 2021, a super-pod of around 1,428 white-sided dolphins were driven into a shallow bay in Skálabotnur, one of the islands in the Faroe archipelago. The dolphins were then killed by local fishermen using hunting techniques known as the grindadráp or "grind."
+The '''Skálabotnur dolphin drive slaughter of 2021''' is a tragic event that happened on September 12, 2021 in the Eysturoy region of the Faroe Islands, a Danish territory north of Scotland. After spotting a large pod of [[Atlantic white-sided dolphin|Atlantic white-sided dolphins]], locals used motorboats to drive the animals toward Skalabotnur Beach and then killed them with knives.<ref name=":0">https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/faroe-islands-to-evaluate-traditional-hunt-after-slaughter-of-1400-dolphins/</ref> More than 1,400 [[Dolphin|dolphins]] were killed in what was believed to be a record hunt.
-[[The grindadrap|The grindadráp]] is a method of hunting that involves driving pods of pilot whales and other cetaceans such as dolphins and porpoises into shallow waters using boats, jet skis and noise. Once the animals are trapped, the hunters use knives to kill them.
+This event has sparked outrage and criticism from both international conservation groups and locals, including groups involved in the practice.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58555694</ref>
-The hunt usually takes place in the summer months when the whales and dolphins migrate past the Faroe Islands but there is no hunting season. Hunts can take place at anytime whale or dolphin pods are spotted close to the coastline.
+The hunt was unauthorized and in violation of local laws.<ref name=":0" /> The Faroese government promised to review the hunting of dolphins as a result of the outrage.<ref>https://uk.whales.org/2021/10/05/faroe-islands-whale-and-dolphin-slaughter-what-have-we-done-and-what-are-we-doing/</ref> The outcome of this review was that the Faroe Islands has decided to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals for the next two years.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62115343</ref>
 == See also ==
-* [[The grindadrap|The grindadráp]]
+* [[Grindadrap|Grindadráp]]
+* [[Report:Protecting Marine Mammals in the UK and Abroad]]
+* [[Interview:Captain Paul Watson]]
 == External links ==
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 * [https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/1428-dolphins-killed-faroes/ 1428 Dolphins Slaughtered in the Faroe Islands Sunday Night] Sea Shepard Global
+== References ==
+<references />
 [[Category:Dolphins]]
 [[Category:Faroe Islands]]
 [[Category:Animal culls]]
 [[Category:2021]]
-[[Category:The grindadráp]]
 [[Category:Significant events]]