The carcasses of dead white-sided dolphins lay on a beach. The hunt in the North Atlantic islands is not commercial and is authorised, but environmental activists claim it is cruel. Islanders usually kill up to 1000 sea mammals annually, according to data kept by the Faeroe Islands. The carcasses of dead white-sided dolphins lay on a beach after being pulled from the blood-stained water. Each year, islanders drive herds of the mammals — chiefly pilot whales — into shallow waters, where they are stabbed to death.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 15, 2021 00:22 UTC