Faroe Islands: Anger over killing of 1,400 dolphins in one day

**bartkun** · Sep 15th 2021

omg

wtf... where can we sign petition to end this bullshit

Hunting is under scrutiny after more than 1,400 dolphins were killed in one day - a reported record.

www.bbc.com

The practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals were killed in what was believed to be a record catch.

The pod of white-sided dolphins was driven into the largest fjord in the North Atlantic territory on Sunday.

Boats herded them into shallow waters at Skalabotnur beach in Eysturoy, where they were killed with knives.

**superyeah** · Sep 16th 2021

I will never understand the appeal of hunting for sport, for fun, or for selling expensive animal parts. Food is one thing, but the rest is just cruel. Let those animals live.

sleeplessnights · Sep 16th 2021

I was reading the thread on reddit about it and I kinda get the defense of the practice a little bit, but I still look at this as unnecessary barbaric. Do they really need to do that practice for sustenance? Even if it's a cultural practice, it could be re-adapted with a more palatable modern spin.

Now some people there brought up whataboutism about meat industry, hunting of other animals like boar and deer, fishing, and so on. These practices have their own issues, but this still isn't an excuse for this. At least Japan says it is research because they know it is a bad practice.

They say it won't impact the population and going for sustainable angle, but aside for the species hunted not being considered endangered (it seems more because it is not properly monitored), the numbers still seem excessive. At least I'm not so sure about their methodology (if any at all) on how they calculate how many are OK to be hunted.

Faroe Islands: Anger over killing of 1,400 dolphins in one day

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