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Faroe Islands          

20th September, 2021

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Context

  • The traditional annual killing of whales and dolphins sparked controversy after it emerged that over 1,400 of the marine animals were killed in this year’s event in Faroe Islands.
  • More than 1,400 white-sided dolphins were killed.

 

Details

  • The Faroe are a North Atlantic archipelago located 320 kilometres (200 mi) north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and Iceland.
  • Like Greenland, it is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

  • The Atlantic white-sided dolphin is a distinctively coloured dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
  • The species is endemic to the North Atlantic Ocean.
  • The distribution limits are Norwegian sea in the north east; Davis Strait in the north west; North Carolina in the south west and Celtic Sea in the south east (possible range extension to the Azores).

 

Conservation Status

  • IUCN: Least Concern
  • CITES: Appendix II

 

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/faroe-islands-activists-slam-killing-of-dolphins-7510571/