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Earthrace Conservation has released a ‘Tanks of Shame’ list that shows which countries have the worst record for keeping the largest number of dolphins and whales in captivity.

The list was revealed as part of a week of activities in the US and around the world instigated by a new International coalition of marine conservation and animal welfare groups – the International Marine Animal Defenders Association (IMADA). (http://earthraceconservation.org/imada)

Release date: 16 July 2011

Earthrace Conservation has announced the launch of a new chapter based on the Faroe Islands. It’s first time any International marine conservation group has ever had a presence there on a permanent basis.

COULD DOLPHIN DRIVES BE SLOWLY GRINDING TO A HALT IN THE FAROE ISLANDS?

Each year, entire pods of long finned pilot whales – a species of dolphin – are driven into bays around the coast of the Faroe Islands in a highly organised hunt involving entire communities. Up to 1,000 dolphins are slaughtered each year in the dolphin drives known as ‘grindadraps’. The Faroe Islands – a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark - lie in the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Scotland and halfway between Iceland and Norway.

Una gran ola se acerca rodando y se estrella contra la saliente rocosa en frente nuestro. Acaba de anochecer en Tofo, un pueblito en la costa de Mozambique. “¿Sabes? este es uno de los litorales más extraordinarios que he visto en mi vida”, comento seriamente a Anton.

Estoy pasando el rato con los chicos que filmaron Shiver, un revolucionario documental sobre el aleteo de tiburones. Hemos estado dándole vueltas a temas de conservación marina por las últimas dos horas y parece que ni siquiera logramos pasar la superficie.