Petition:
End the Faroese Whale and Dolphin hunts!
On the 12th September 2021 at least 1,428 Atlantic white-sided dolphins and dozens of juveniles were killed in one single mass killing event in the Faore Islands. This is the largest dolphin hunt in the islands’ history and possibly the largest single hunt ever undertaken worldwide. It happened in European waters at the doorstep of the European Union which grants these marine mammals the highest protection status and prohibits any direct takes.
Together we call for an end of these hunts!
Addressee: EU Commission and Governments of Member States of the European Union
I am deeply concerned and upset about the mass killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands on September 12th this year and the continued practice of drive hunts in European waters.
I call on the EU Commission and governments of European Union Member States to engage in negotiations with the autonomic region of the Faroe Islands, as well as with the Kingdom of Denmark, Member of the EU, urging them to end the drive hunt, also known as «grindadrap».
Such activities undermine all efforts to conserve and protect whales and dolphins in European waters and cannot be justified purely in the name of «tradition».
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On Friday, 9th September 2022, we handed over your signature to the EU representation in Berne, Switzerland.
