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Outrage as 100 bottlenose dolphins slaughtered with spears turning bay bloody red
Residents of Skálafjörður in the Faroe Islands herded 100 bottle-nosed dolphins into a bay, then massacred the sea mammals with spears, turning the water bloody red
The barbaric slaughter of 100 bottlenose dolphins on the Faroe Islands has sparked international outrage.
Residents of Skálafjörður herded the sea mammals into a bay, where they remained for several hours, before being massacred.
Men waited in the shallows to kill the animals with hooks, knives and spears, turning the bay bloody red.
With the spotlight already on the region for their annual whale hunt, the practice has been condemned by animal rights groups as ‘barbaric’.
However, residents have argued that it is an important part of their local tradition.
According to the island's whaling sheriff this was the first time hunters used a spear designed to speed up killing time and reduce their suffering.
Astrid Fuchs, policy manager at Whales and Dolphin Conservation said: "Bottlenose dolphins are one of the most loved and well-studied species of dolphins.
"The killing of 100 of these dolphins is a political signal to show the world that the dolphin hunters in the Faroe Islands don't care about the opinion of their own people or the international community.
"We very much hope that the UK and the EU will respond to this position with the necessary diplomatic and economic pressure."
A petition recently racked up 1.3million signatures from across the globe calling for the dolphin hunts to come to an immediate halt.
The WDC claims that an opinion poll among the Faroese showed the majority of residents feel the hunts should end.
This is because bottlenose dolphin meat is not in high demand, and the species doesn't fall under the traditional pilot whale grinds - in which the latter species is similarly slaughtered along the islands' bays.
Last year, horrific images from the Faroe Islands’ biggest recorded dolphin massacre show corpses lining the beaches and the sea dyed red with their blood.
Hunters in the remote archipelago are said to have have killed 1,428 of the animals during one week in June last year; the largest ever recorded death toll from the traditional century-old annual hunt.
Gory images showing the result of the hunt showed dozens and dozens of white-sided dolphins lined up in the shallows of the Islands' beaches, laid in water stained red with their blood with deep gashes visible on their bodies.
The gruesome festival is known as grindadráp or “grind”, which dates back to Viking times.
According to data kept by the Faroe Islands, which are semi-independent and part of the Danish realm, up to 1,000 sea mammals are killed each year during the event.
That figure last year included just 35 white-sided dolphins.
As part of the gory tradition, boats drive the Atlantic White Sided Dolphins towards a bay on the island of Skálafjørður.
Faroese are said to be divided on grindadráp, but many urge foreign media and NGOs to respect their traditional island culture.
Daily Star Sunday
Residents of Skálafjörður in the Faroe Islands herded 100 bottle-nosed dolphins into a bay, then massacred the sea mammals with spears, turning the water bloody red
The barbaric slaughter of 100 bottlenose dolphins on the Faroe Islands has sparked international outrage.
Residents of Skálafjörður herded the sea mammals into a bay, where they remained for several hours, before being massacred.
Men waited in the shallows to kill the animals with hooks, knives and spears, turning the bay bloody red.
With the spotlight already on the region for their annual whale hunt, the practice has been condemned by animal rights groups as ‘barbaric’.
However, residents have argued that it is an important part of their local tradition.
According to the island's whaling sheriff this was the first time hunters used a spear designed to speed up killing time and reduce their suffering.
Astrid Fuchs, policy manager at Whales and Dolphin Conservation said: "Bottlenose dolphins are one of the most loved and well-studied species of dolphins.
"The killing of 100 of these dolphins is a political signal to show the world that the dolphin hunters in the Faroe Islands don't care about the opinion of their own people or the international community.
"We very much hope that the UK and the EU will respond to this position with the necessary diplomatic and economic pressure."
A petition recently racked up 1.3million signatures from across the globe calling for the dolphin hunts to come to an immediate halt.
The WDC claims that an opinion poll among the Faroese showed the majority of residents feel the hunts should end.
This is because bottlenose dolphin meat is not in high demand, and the species doesn't fall under the traditional pilot whale grinds - in which the latter species is similarly slaughtered along the islands' bays.
Last year, horrific images from the Faroe Islands’ biggest recorded dolphin massacre show corpses lining the beaches and the sea dyed red with their blood.
Hunters in the remote archipelago are said to have have killed 1,428 of the animals during one week in June last year; the largest ever recorded death toll from the traditional century-old annual hunt.
Gory images showing the result of the hunt showed dozens and dozens of white-sided dolphins lined up in the shallows of the Islands' beaches, laid in water stained red with their blood with deep gashes visible on their bodies.
The gruesome festival is known as grindadráp or “grind”, which dates back to Viking times.
According to data kept by the Faroe Islands, which are semi-independent and part of the Danish realm, up to 1,000 sea mammals are killed each year during the event.
That figure last year included just 35 white-sided dolphins.
As part of the gory tradition, boats drive the Atlantic White Sided Dolphins towards a bay on the island of Skálafjørður.
Faroese are said to be divided on grindadráp, but many urge foreign media and NGOs to respect their traditional island culture.
Daily Star Sunday