Annual Ritual Sees Hundreds of Whales Slaughtered in Denmark.
On 29 May, 145 pilot whales and seven white-sided dolphins were killed in Torshavn bay and images of the slaughter triggered outrage on social media.

The sea turns bloody red as an annual ritual in Denmark’s Faroe Islands sees locals kill hundreds of whales.

On 29 May, 145 pilot whales and seven white-sided dolphins were killed in Torshavn bay and images of the slaughter triggered outrage on social media. But, according to a Metro UK report, this was not a one-off incident as every summer around 800 pilot whales are massacred in bays across the remote islands “as inhabitants prepare for the harsh winter months ahead.”