Dolphins have long been hunted in the remote Faroe Islands. But this year’s killing of more than 1,400 white-sided dolphins in a single day has alarmed even supporters of the legal and regulated hunt. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports that the annual Grindadrap’ in the North Atlantic is now coming under greater scrutiny.
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