The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) reported the killing of 600 dolphins in the coasts of the Feroe Islands between June and July 2010.

The environmentalist society reported that the dolphins hunt is common in these islands, which are located in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland. The cetaceans hunt that Denmark carries out in this area “haven’t been prohibited or regulated by the international community, in spite the high levels of toxins found in the meat and fat of these marine mammals”.

The environmental society reported four coastal communities to be responsible for killing cetaceans. In Sandageroi 108 dolphin specimens were killed, in Klaksvik they killed 250 dolphins, in Húsavik 193 and in Vestmanna 50.

The cetaceans hunting activities increased after two years of low numbers. In 2008, there wasn’t any hunting after the doctors of the Feroe Islands said that the meat of the dolphins wasn’t suitable for human consumption due to the high levels of toxins founded in their tissues, organs and fat. One year after, however, dolphins hunt increased to 500 specimens.

The pilot whales hunting, as well as other smaller cetaceans’ species hunting is a common practice in the Ferole Islands where their meat is used for human consumption. Although pilot whales are an endangered species, countries such as Japan or the Feroe Islands continue their hunting activities without any international censure or control, because the International Whaling Commission, which is the international entity in charge of conservation and protection of cetaceans, focuses only in the protection of larger whale species such as the sperm whale or the killer whale, while the pilot whale is considered part of the dolphins family. However, many members of the IWC consider that the commission has authority in the protection of smaller cetacean species such as the pilot whale.