1 They will also say that the Faroese method of killing whales is a barbarous way of treating an intelligent, warm-blooded mammal.

2 Only the Faroese now still hunt them in large numbers.

3 Greenpeace has in the past campaigned against the Faroese whale hunt, drawing vehement criticism from the islanders.

4 In fact the Faroese are killing more whales than ever.

5 The project is a website for a small Faroese Nature conservation society.

6 The web-page is going to be in Faroese, that means, we have to send Faroese translations of all the English words, e. g. to comment.

7 Language: Danish is the official language. Faroese is spoken in the Faroe Islands.

8 The Faroese asks for a final feast of sour shark and dried whalemeat for everyone.

9 So why hasn't the Faroese hunt attracted the same kind of negative international attention?

10 A Norwegian, a Faroese and an Icelander are about to be executed.

11 The Faroese, descendents of the Vikings, vigorously defend the tradition to hunt pilot whales, which dates back to the 10th century.

12 Gillian Stacey, organiser of the campaign, claimed that the Faroese needlessly slaughtered 1,500 pilot whales every year.

13 Frisian, spoken in northern Holland , developed independently , as did Faroese, a Scandinavian language spoken Faroe Islands.

14 Long-finned pilot whales have been a staple of the Faroese diet since at least the ninth century,[] with an average of 850 whales taken annually.

15 The majority of the population is of Scandinavian descent, with small groups of Inuit (from Greenland), Faroese, and immigrants.

16 Furthermore, causing an animal unnecessary or excessive pain and discomfort is prohibited by the Faroese law.