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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Meredith Clark

Cruise line apologises after passengers witness dozens of pilot whales being slaughtered

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Ambassador Cruise Lines has issued an apology to passengers after one of its ships docked in the Faroe Islands, where dozens of pilot whales were being slaughtered.

The luxury cruise line shared in a statement on Thursday (13 July) that the arrival of their ship, the Ambition, in Torshavn in the Faroe Islands – which is located between Scotland, Iceland, and Norway – “coincided with the culmination of a hunt” of more than 40 pilot whales, the company said on Twitter.

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