1,400 dolphins slaughtered in traditional hunt, horrifying animal rights activists

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Over 1,400 white-sided dolphins were killed Sunday in the North Atlantic waters off the coast of Denmark’s autonomous Faroe Islands, according to reports and footage of the incident.

In a practice called the Grindadrap, often referred to as the Grind, boats drive the dolphins into shallow water by the shore, where they are killed with knives, according to a report.

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