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Annual pilot whale killings in the Faroe Islands – An ongoing debate.

The Faroese have hunted the long-finned pilot whales in a tradition known as the Grindadrap for as long as anyone can remember. The earliest mention o...

Faroe IslandsMay 7, 2017
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Pilot whale pod slaughtered in the Faroes

A large pod of pilot whales have been slaughtered in the Faroe Islands, in keeping with the archipelago’s ‘grindadrap’ tradition which sees the cullin...

Environment, Faroe IslandsJune 9, 2015

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