Annual Hunt Kills Hundreds of Whales in Faroe Islands Village
(WorldNews Japan)

The Faroe Islands conducted their annual tradition of hunting around 180 whales in one remote village, even though the locals have faced growing international criticism over the hunt by animal rights campaigners, who argue the ritual is cruel and unnecessary, according to The Express. The tradition known as whale driving is attended by all of the villagers, including young children, who take part in the hunt outside Sandavágur. After long-finned and short-finned pilot whales get close enough to the shore during migration, fisherman surround the whales in boats and small dinghies to herd them toward the beach, where they are dragged to shore and killed in the shallow water. The...