EIA co-founder Jennifer Lonsdale discusses witnessing the hunting of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands at first hand and the investigation which first exposed its grim reality to the world
In the wake of the latest Faroe Islands drive hunt on Friday that saw the killing of 42 more pilot whales, a new report by EIA UK and its partners challenge claims that annual Faroese drive hunts are humane, sustainable and an integral part of local culture
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Companies in the European Union could fall foul of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by importing timber from Myanma/Burmar.
A statement by a coalition of organisations including EIA has been published in the Faroese media. Whilst the statement also recognises the historical importance of the pilot whale to the Islanders, it calls on them to end the hunting and instead celebrate the whales by developing ecotourism including whale watching