PETA activists protest over Faroe Islands pilot whale hunt

PETA activists in Berlin have protested against a controversial pilot whale hunt on the Faroe Islands. At the square near the iconic Brandenburg Gate, some demonstrators dressed as pilot whales and covered themselves in fake blood. They rallied with banners reading ‘Faroe Islands, stop the bloody whale slaughter.’ According to local authorities in the autonomous Danish territory in the North Atlantic, more than 500 long-finned pilot whales, a large species of oceanic dolphin, have been killed by hunters in Leynar since their hunt resumed in May, as part of a 1,000-year-old Faroese tradition. Although the traditional hunt is non-commercial and authorized, it has long faced opposition from environmental activists.