The slaughter of pilot whales does not stop in the Faroe Islands. Another 21 animals were slaughtered after being forced to reach the shore, beaching in Fuglafirður. The number of cetaceans killed this year alone rises to 480
The slaughter of pilot whales does not stop all isolate Faroe Islands. Another 21 animals were slaughtered after being forced to reach the shore, beaching in Fuglafirður. Salt a 480 the number of cetaceans killed only this year.
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The terrible toll of Grindadráp, the hunt for cetaceans in the Danish archipelago located in the North Atlantic, is still rising. On June 4, the eighth day since the start of the Grindadráp, another 21 were massacred.
The balance of 2019 is tremendous. 480 cetaceans have been killed since the beginning of the year as revealed via Twitter Blue Planet Society.
21 pilot whales were horrifically and cruelly slaughtered today in the 8th Faroe Islands hunt of 2019.
Total pilot whales and white-sided dolphins killed so far this year now stands at 480.
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— Blue Planet Society (@Seasaver) 4 giugno 2019
Just last week, the first day of hunting were 150 pilot whales and a series of dolphins killed. They had been sighted south of the capital Tórshavn, on the island of Streymoy. After a chase, the poor animals were forced to beach in Sandágerði, where they met a terrible death with hooks and knives.
This time it happened instead to Fuglafjörður, a small town of 1.500 inhabitants located on the island of Eysturoy.
Pilot whales were spotted from a distance and according to the classic Grindadráp ritual they were surrounded by a series of boats, startled and then pushed to shore.
The petition
Although the inhabitants of the Faroe Islands seem deaf to international calls and so far they have stopped at nothing, the Blue Planet Society has launched a petition calling for a stop to whale hunting around the world.
“More than 100.000 dolphins and small whales are hunted and killed every year. Most of the hunts are not regulated, they are illegal and unsustainable with unknown impacts on the populations ”, the text reads.
To sign the petition click here
On the subject you might also be interested in:
- Grindadràp, the terrible new images of the slaughter of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands
- Grindadrap. the slaughter of cetaceans in the Faroe Islands begins again
- Faroe Islands cetacean massacre: the new investigation that reveals all the horror
Francesca Mancuso
