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SUFB 1211: Questions around the legality of killing 1400 white-sided dolphins in the Faroe Islands circulate
There was a cull of 1400 white-sided dolphins in the Faroe Islands recently has some people wanting to know if it was legal.
Whaling of pilot whales and other small cetaceans is legal in the Faroe Islands as the local community relies on whale meat as their primary protein source. The small island autonomous territory has been culling whales for centuries. The meat is processed in the open bays and handed out for free to the local community.
The average catch per year is approximately 800 pilot whales and 250 white-sided dolphins; however, the total number of dolphins killed was 1400…
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