上周末，在丹麦法罗群岛埃斯图罗伊岛一年一度的海豚猎杀活动中，近1500只白边海豚被“合法地”残忍屠杀。据报道，当时猎人用船将海豚围拢起来逼入浅水湾，再用长矛屠杀它们。这场捕猎活动带来的屠杀引发动物保护人士的愤怒，甚至许多将狩猎视为文化遗产的法罗人都对此表示厌恶。海洋生物学家称，这是有史以来单日被杀海豚数量最多的一次。 The practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals were killed in what was believed to be a record death toll. ▲ Photo/AP Even the staunchest defenders of traditional whaling in the Faroe Islands have condemned the "cruel and unnecessary" massacre on Sunday after a pod of nearly 1,500 dolphins, which were driven into shallow waters on Skálabotnur beach on the island of Eysturoy, were left writhing for hours before finally being killed. ▲ Photo/Sea Shepherd The Sea Shepherd group, which has been campaigning to stop the traditional Faroese "Grind" hunt since the 1980s, has claimed Sunday's hunt was "the largest single killing of dolphins or pilot whales in the islands' history", with more animals perishing than in an entire season at the infamous "Cove" at Taiji, Japan. This time though, the scale of the killing was such that even many Faroese, who frequently view the hunt as part of their cultural heritage, expressed disgust. Sea Shepherd Australia's managing director Jeff Hansen said the footage is the "most shocking and disturbing" he has seen since joining the group in 2007. Describing the scenes as "the stuff of nightmares", he has urged the global community to call for an end to the annual hunt. ▲ Photo/Sea Shepherd "I feel sick to my core seeing such cruel, heartless, barbaric and prolonged suffering of such highly intelligent socially complex beings," he said. Bjarni Mikkelsen, a marine biologist from the Faroe Islands, put the reported death toll into perspective. He said records showed that this was the largest number of dolphins ever killed on one day in the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory of Denmark. He said the previous record was 1,200 in 1940. The next-largest catches were 900 in 1879, 856 in 1873, and 854 in 1938. 编辑：焦洁实习生：周迎桢来源：BBC The Guardian Yahoo News Click here for audio and translation of the story