Over 1100 dolphin and whales slaughtered in Faroe Islands this summer
Posted by Jim at Wednesday, August 14, 2013
13 August 2013 (SSCS) – Faroe Islands update:
After not killing any cetaceans during the first 6 months of this year, the last 23 days have seen the Faroese massacre 1106 small cetaceans:
- 125 pilot whales killed on 21st July at Viðvík
- 267 pilot whales killed on 30th July at Fuglafjørður
- 107 pilot whales killed on 8th August at Sandavágur
- 21 pilot whales killed on 11th August at Leynar
- 136 pilot whales killed on 13th August at Húsavík
- 450 white sided dolphins killed also on 13th August at Hvalba
Labels: dolphin , ecosystem disruption , Europe , mammal decline , marine mammal , poaching
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