Rejected petition Stop The Annual Murder of Whales in the Faroe Islands

100 Pilot Whales were slaughtered in the Island of Vagur, 142 were slaughtered on the beach at Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. 1,100 people and more than a hundred boats participated, backed up by two Danish Navy warships the Triton and the Knut Rasmussen.

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http://www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2015/07/24/the-murder-of-the-whales-courtesy-of-the-royal-danish-navy-723

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Date submitted 26 July 2015
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