For the first time animal activists have shown evidence that an open and a black market in whale meat exists on the Faroe Islands. The animal protection activists Andreas Morlok (Project Whale ...

They presented the government of the Faroe Island with a petition by their organizations named Whale and Dolphin-Forum (WDSF} and “ProWal” with almost 60.000 signatures to stop the slaughter.

Long-finned pilot whales have been hunted for human consumption in the Faroe Islands (a small Danish territory located between Scotland and Iceland in the North Atlantic) since the first human ...

A music festival in East Sussex has withdrawn its partnership with the Faroe Islands after it was criticised for working with ...

Another whaling company is also shipping whale meat to Iceland and to the Faroe Islands. The government is now targeting markets for fresh whale meat, which sells at higher prices than frozen; the ...

Jonathan Wylie, The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History Forget ... grindadráp (pilot whaling) is nevertheless a big part of the Faroese national identity. The coach and members of the ...

He also plans to halt the illegal slaughter of pilot whales in the Danish Faroe Islands archipelago. While his biggest battle has been against Japan in recent years, his first push to protect ...

The Faroe Islands are not part of the European Union ... The islanders' traditional hunt for pilot whales has attracted international attention. Supporters of the hunt say whale meat is an ...

Stationed on an island 40 miles south of the Faroe Islands’ main landmass ... 14 sailors who lost their lives on their return from a whaling expedition in 1915. On the black sands where the ...

How far will he go for the truth? When a body is found during a whale hunt, a journalist searches for answers. Nordic noir from the rugged, remote Faroe Islands.