Grindadráp

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Grindadráp is the local name for a yearly event that sees the people of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing archipelago under Denmark, hunt long-finned pilot whales as well as other species of cetaceans such as bottlenose dolphins, white-sided dolphins and Risso’s dolphins.

Grindadrap vagur, faroe islands

On the 11 July, 2023 passengers on a cruise ship in the Faroe Islands witnessed a pilot whale hunt taking place right in front of them. The hunt resulted in the killing of 78 pilot whales, including 9 young calves. A flotilla of boats and jet-skis herded the whales into shallow waters, where they were hauled ashore and slaughtered with hooks and lances. The UK whale and dolphin charity ORCA, with conservationists on board the ship, criticized the Faroese authorities for allowing such a spectacle to occur in front of tourists who had come to see marine life in its natural environment.

Whales caught (Greenland includes belugas since 1954, narwhals since 1970, large whales since 1986 and pilot whales 1998-2009), from:

See also

• Skálabotnur dolphin drive slaughter 2021
• Operation Bloody Fjords
• Library:Protecting Marine Mammals in the UK and Abroad

Recent news

• July 20, 2023 Headlines:Passengers aboard the cruise ship Ambition in the Faroe Islands witnessed the killing of dozens of pilot whales near their docked ship

Interviews

• Captain Paul Watson

External links

• Faroe Islands government to review annual dolphin hunt after international outcry ITV