The Faroe Islands' annual whale hunt has begun, sparking condemnation from animal rights groups - though it remains a complex cultural issue. This year's first pilot whale hunt took place in the North ...

After the slaughter of 78 pilot whales on July 7, The Modern Day Pirate for the Oceans and his crew responded to another hunt, with Faroese authorities attempting to intimidate and block the John Paul ...

Up to 250 pilot whales have been killed as part of an annual hunt in the Faroe Islands, prompting calls from anti-whaling activists for the barbaric practice to be stopped. Images taken by the Sea ...

TORSHAVN – Just days after a pilot whale hunt took place near Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, the remnants of the event had already faded — but debate over the centuries-old tradition ...

The European Commission has no plans to use a trade agreement to pressure the Faroe Islands into abandoning the annual slaughter of whales and dolphins, but wants the issue raised at a bilateral ...

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established in 1946 to prevent the collapse of several species that had been hunted to near extinction over the preceding centuries. In 1986, after long ...