(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 15 - Horror and anger in the Faroe Islands where over 1,500 dolphins were massacred last Sunday in the traditional hunt that has taken place in the country for centuries. Horrifying images showing mammal corpses on the Skalabotnur battleship in Eysturoy, and the blood-red sea have made the rounds of social media, unleashing the ire of environmentalists but also some organizations participating in the event.
The Grindadrap, as the barbaric practice is called, consists in dragging mammals, especially whales, to the shore and then slaughtering them with knives. Every year, reports the BBC, about 600 whales and 35-40 dolphins are slaughtered. The massacre on Sunday is unprecedented. In 1940, 1200 were killed.
"It was a big mistake," admitted the president of the Whaling Association of the Islands, Olavur Sjurdarberg.
According to local media, the reaction of the population was "of bewilderment and shock due to the extraordinarily large number" of dolphins killed. is favorable to that of whales. (HANDLE).