Capture and killing of small cetaceans in the Faroe Islands is inhumane and offers little scope for improvement
The capture and killing of free-living small cetaceans in the Faroe Islands is described. After being driven on-shore by motor vessels, the animals are killed without pre-stunning using officially-prescribed methods that involve severing the spinal cord and the associated blood vessels using a long-...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-07-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1368524/full |