The Faroe Islands government made the decision following public outcry from last year's hunt, when over a thousand dolphins were killed a spree that shocked even supporters of the practice.
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In September, a global uproar broke out when fellow hunters killed 1,428 dolphins at once, and a few days later killed dozens of pilot whales and became bloody