A conservation group's account of more than 1,400 dolphins being slaughtered over the weekend in the remote Faroe Islands has drawn a huge outcry online.
"It was a big mistake," he told the BBC. "When the pod was found, they estimated it to be only 200 dolphins." Sjurdarberg said hunters did not know the size of the pod until after they started killing, but that "somebody should have known better."
While pilot whale hunting, known as the "grind," is an "ancient and integral part of Faroese food culture," the government said that pilot whales and dolphins are different, and dolphins "do not have the same cultural legitimacy." Faroe Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture told CBS News that the hunt was organized and carried out in accordance with the law. The district administrator was informed about the pod sighting, and whaling foremen organized and oversaw the hunt, a spokesperson for the ministry said. The hunting of dolphins and whales has been common in the islands since the time of the Vikings.
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