China News Service, September 16 According to foreign media reports, recently, more than 1,400 dolphins in the Faroe Islands of Denmark were killed in a single day, arousing public concern.
The environmental protection organization "Marine Guardians Association" pointed out that this was the largest number of killings of this marine mammal group on the Faroe Islands, and it was a "barbaric" behavior.
According to reports, a local TV reporter emphasized that it is rare to kill so many dolphins at once.
He pointed out, "It took quite a long time to kill them all. Normally, it didn't take long."
The marine conservation organization "Care for the Ocean" also criticized: "Such hunting is meaningless. According to eyewitness reports, the hunting process (this time) made the animals extremely painful. This move also transcended the limit and made the hunting reach New scale."
According to a Danish radio report, this recent hunting operation has also triggered a local debate on whaling traditions.
The president of the local Pilot Whale Association, Olavul Schuldaberg, was also dissatisfied with this action, mainly because he was worried that it would damage the reputation of the Faroe Islands.
The Faroe Islands Autonomous Government defended the so-called "Grindadrap" (meaning "tribulation") hunting tradition, stating that related activities were "closely organized and adequately supervised."
A government spokesman said: "There is no doubt that in the eyes of people who are not familiar with hunting and slaughtering mammals, the hunting scene in the Faroe Islands is quite bloody." But he emphasized that pilot whales are usually killed, not dolphins.