Faroe Islands to review annual dolphin hunt

The remote Faroe Islands has promised to review its four-century-old tradition of hunting dolphins, following global outrage over last weekend’s hunt in which nearly 1,500 of the sea mammals were slaughtered by locals.

In a statement, the government of the semi-independent Danish territory said it would evaluate the regulations surrounding the annual hunt known as the Grindadrap.

“We take this matter very seriously,” Prime Minister Bárður á Steig Nielsen said Thursday. “Although these hunts are considered sustainable, we will be looking closely at the dolphin hunts, and what part they should play in Faroese society.”