COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Faroe Islands said on Thursday it would review regulations governing its centuries-old tradition of hunting dolphins after graphic footage of the slaughter of a record catch ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is gravely disappointed to learn that an estimated 100 bottlenose dolphins were slaughtered Friday in the latest Faroe Islands drive hunt. The victims ...

Sea Shepherd reported Sunday’s event to be the largest single hunt of dolphins or whales in the history of the Danish Faroe Islands An activist group is outraged after a dolphin hunt in the Faroe ...

The prime minister of the Faroe Islands said the government will evaluate regulations around catching white-sided dolphins following public outcry after nearly 1,500 were killed in a recent hunt. “We ...

Faroes islanders have killed 100 bottlenose dolphins in the face of growing international outrage at the hunts. The victims included 98 adults, an unborn baby and a young calf, according to the Sea ...

The sea mammals are killed for their meat and blubber. The Faroe Islands government has said it will review the way hunts of Atlantic white-sided dolphins are carried out following the release of ...

Every summer in the Faroe Islands hundreds of pilot whales and dolphins are slaughtered in drive hunts known as the "grind" that residents defend as a long-held tradition. The hunt always sparks ...

The government of the Faroe Islands is proposing a catch limit of 500 dolphins for the territory's annual whale hunt this year. The move comes after last year’s pursuit saw more than 1,400 animals ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...