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This essay on the Faroe Islands grindadrap, where around 1,150 pilot whales and dolphins are…

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On September 12, 2021, 1,428 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were driven ashore and killed at Skalabotnur…

SeaShepherdSSCSSeptember 15, 2021

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Erwin Vermeulen documents how Atlantic white-sided and bottlenose dolphins are deliberately driven and killed in…

SeaShepherdSSCSNovember 6, 2014

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Erwin Vermeulen examines the mass killing of seabirds in the Faroe Islands, where fulmar chicks…

SeaShepherdSSCSSeptember 26, 2014

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Erwin Vermeulen argues the Faroese pilot whale hunt is commercial, citing grind meat sold in…

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On his third visit to the Faroe Islands with the Operation GrindStop 2014 crew, a…

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On August 27, 2013, 51 pilot whales were killed in Hvalvik in the Faroe Islands.…

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In August 2013 the Faroe Islands saw 107 pilot whales killed in Sandavagur, 21 in…

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The Faroese name for the pilot whale slaughter, grindadrap, ends in drap, the legal Nordic…

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This post responds to the Animal Planet debate on May 4, 2012, in which Faroese…

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