British cruise ship operator apologizes after passengers watch 78 dolphins get slaughtered

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A British cruise ship operator apologized after passengers watched 78 dolphins get slaughtered, part of the centuries-old whaling tradition of the Faroe Islands

Reena Koh
Wed, July 12, 2023 at 3:24 AM EDT · 2 min read

• A cruise ship docked at the Faroe Islands on Sunday, leaving its passengers to witness a mass hunt of dolphins.

• The British cruise ship operator, Ambassador Cruise Line, has since apologized on Twitter.

• Grindadráp is a centuries-old mass hunting tradition that involves the killing of marine mammals for sustenance.

On Monday, British cruise ship operator Ambassador Cruise Line took to Twitter to apologize after its passengers watched residents of the Faroe Islands slaughter wild dolphins.

Part of a mass hunting tradition, 78 long-finned pilot whales — a species of oceanic dolphins — were killed near the capital of Torshavn on Sunday, per Yahoo News Australia.

Cruise ship passengers were left to watch the mass hunting event take place after the luxury vessel Ambition docked at the European island. The British cruise ship operator has since apologized on Twitter.

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