The waters around the Faroe Islands turned red after hundreds of whales and dolphins were killed during an annual hunt that has existed for centuries. The event, known locally as the “grind,” has once ...

Washington, DC—Today, in the wake of the latest Faroe Islands drive hunt on Friday that killed 42 more pilot whales, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and six other leading animal welfare and marine ...

Images of a whale hunt in the Faroe Islands 200 miles north of Scotland have sparked renewed anger from conservationists and animal activists. The pictures show dozens of whales being herded into a ...

Grindadráp is the local name for a yearly event that sees the people of the Faroe Islands, an archipelago under Denmark, hunt pilot whales as well as other marine animals such as bottlenose dolphins, ...

Up to 250 pilot whales have been killed as part of an annual hunt in the Faroe Islands, prompting calls from anti-whaling activists for the barbaric practice to be stopped. Images taken by the Sea ...

Five activists from the militant Sea Shepherd conservation group have been ordered to leave the Faroe Islands after they tried to disrupt a traditional whale hunt in the autonomous Danish province, ...

The Independent and Yahoo will earn a commission from purchases made via links in this article. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Hundreds of whales and dolphins have been slaughtered ...