I’ve wanted to visit the Faroe Islands for years, but refuse to go there until they ban the slaughter of whales and dolphins. A campaign was launched in July to boycott the Faroe Islands over their highly controversial slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins.

‘Dont Visit Faroe Islands‘ wants tourists to skip the small North Atlantic islands in a bid to pressure the government to end its annual hunts of marine life. “We’re hoping many supporters can join us as we try to encourage people to halt their visits to the Faroe islands and put pressure on the Faroese government to ban hunts once and for all,” campaigner organizer Maissa Rababy said.

Whale and dolphin “hunts” involve corralling pods of highly-intelligent, social creatures into a bay with jet skis and boats, where they are then dragged onto the beach and brutally slaughtered one by one – while the others await their grim fate.

Defenders say the completely unnecessary practice is an integral part of island life and resist what they see as outside interference. Islanders largely support the “grindadráp” (as it is called in Faroese).

Please consider joining the campaign to end this abomination.