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Tourists Are Boycotting The Faroe Islands Over 'Tradition' Of Slaughtering Dozens Of Dolphins

Fishermen and volunteers pull onto the shore pilot whales they killed during a hunt on May 29, 2019, in Torshavn, Faroe Islands. (Credit: Andrija Ilic/AFP)

Where most people see a thing of wonder when catching sight of dolphins, Faroe Island inhabitants, or Faroese, see a food source. However, since the Faroese slaughtered 156 dolphins, including five calves, last week, some fellow islanders agree with activists who say the practice is cruel and outdated.

It's a centuries-old tradition to hunt whales and dolphins in the Faroe Islands, an 18-island archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean near Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom.

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