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Cruise Ship Passengers Watch Another Barbaric Whale Slaughter in the Bloody Faroe Islands

By Jim Walker on July 14, 2023
Posted in Cruelty & Murder of Animals

The recent slaughter of pilot whales witnessed by guests who had sailed aboard the Ambition operated by Ambassador Cruise line earlier this week to the port capital of Torshavn in the Faroe Islands reminded me of the first time I became aware of this repulsive activity. Eight years ago (July 2015), a reader of Cruise…

Cruise Lines Continue to Support the Bloody Faroe Islands, Despite Whale Slaughter

By Jim Walker on November 9, 2017
Posted in Cruelty & Murder of Animals

The tourist board of the Faroe Islands blocked me from accessing its Twitter page "Visit Faroe Islands" (@VisitFaroe) a couple of years ago after I pointed out that the cruise industry still sails its ships there despite the cruel tradition of slaughtering hundreds of pilot whales a year. I’m still blocked today by…

Faroe Island’s Bloody Fjords

By Jim Walker on July 13, 2016
Posted in Cruelty & Murder of Animals

Today, the German newspaper Deutsche Welle published an article Faroe Islands: Cruise Boycott Hits Tourism.

The article explains that two German cruise lines, AIDA and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, “have agreed no longer to feature the Faroe Islands. The move comes in response to pressure from animal rights groups to boycott the country over the mass…

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