Faroe Islands put a cap on dolphin hunt after huge 2021 kill

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The government in the Faroe Islands is proposing an annual catch limit of 500 white-sided dolphins on a provisional basis for 2022 and 2023, after last year’s slaughter of more than 1,400 in a day led to international condemnation and local criticism.

The hunt in the Danish islands, in the North Atlantic, is part of a traditional four-century-old drive of sea mammals into shallow water, where they are killed for their meat and blubber.