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The hunt, known as the ‘grindadráp’, was held over the weekend with local whalers targeting a massive pod of white-sided dolphins. The Danish autonomous Faroe Islands remain the last territory in Europe allowed to hunt marine mammals, as the grindadráp is considered to be an example of traditional “aboriginal whaling.” …

Thousands of mammals are killed due to local traditions. When migration begins, the animals close to the shore, where waiting for the locals on the boats that are driving whales into shallow water. The shores of the mammals are killed, and the carcass pulled to shore for cutting. As a …