About 1,500 dolphins are hunted in the Faroe Islands; NGO condemns massacre with strong images | Nature

Attention: Below, this article recreates other strong images of murder. They were released on the warning of the NGO Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Hunting in the North Atlantic Islands is recognized and unprofitable, but environmental activists say it is cruel. Dolphin and whale hunting is part of a 16th century tradition.

According to tradition, animals – mainly pilot whales – are dragged ashore for stabbing. A hook is used to secure the wings of trapped whales when they are cut by the main artery blades.

Despite tradition, white-winged dolphins and pilot whales are not endangered species.

After the last event, Even people who support dolphin hunting are worried about the size of the dead animals, Higher than the previous year, brought unnecessary attention to local tradition.

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35 dolphins were killed last year compared to nearly 1500 animals this year.

Harry Peterson, head of the Pilot Whaling Team in the Central Faroe Islands, where the deaths occurred over the weekend, said he had not been notified of the incident. Peterson told the in.fo news site. There were many dolphins on the beach at that time and there were very few people to kill them.

Each year, Pharos residents kill about 1,000 marine mammals, including pilot whales and white-tailed dolphins.

Olavur Sjாரrdberg, president of the Pilot Whale Hunting Association, fears the debate will resurface and shed a negative light on the tradition held by the 18 rocky islands between Iceland and Scotland.

“We need to remember that we are not alone on earth. On the contrary, today the world has become so small that everyone is circling around with a camera in their pocket,” Schurderberg told KVF, a local broadcaster.

Feroz Fisheries Minister Jacob Westerkard told local radio station Kringwarf Foroya that everything was done according to dolphin hunting rules.

For many years, the Seattle-based Marine Shepherd Conservation Association has opposed poaching of aquatic mammals. In a Facebook post, the organization described the weekend events as “hunting”.

The Convention on Wildlife and Wildlife in Europe, which has been in place since 1982, classifies all cedars as “strictly protected” for slaughter, including pilot whales and dolphins.

Despite the protests of this and environmental activists, Killing animals is not illegal in the Faroe Islands. This is because the archipelago is not a member of the European Union, but only Denmark, which controls politics, security, foreign policy and currency. According to the Sea Shepherd Organization, the main reason the islands are not joining the EU is to maintain fishing activities.