抗議捕鯨 丹麥小美人魚雕像被噴紅漆

A Little Mermaid statue has been coated in red paint by animal rights activists protesting brutal whale hunts in Denmark.

近日，動物權益保護者將紅漆塗在小美人魚雕像上，以抗議丹麥殘忍的捕鯨活動。

Vandals had written "Denmark defend the whales of the Faroe Islands" on a footpath nearby.

破壞者在雕像旁的一條小徑上寫下“丹麥保護法羅羣島鯨魚”的字樣。

Every year around 800 pilot whales are herded into coves on the Faroe Islands before being stabbed to death during a hunt known as grindadrap - or "the grind". The practice dates back at least 300 years.

每年約800頭領航鯨被趕進法羅羣島的海灣，之後在“法羅羣島捕鯨活動”中被刺死。這項活動可以追溯到至少300年前。

Locals say the whales are not under threat and the killings violate no laws.

當地人表示，鯨魚並非瀕危物種且殺鯨並不違法。

The Faroe Islands comprises 17 inhabited islands located around 260 miles north of John O'Groats, Scotland.

法羅羣島位於蘇格蘭約翰奧格羅茨以北約260英里處，由17個有人居住的島嶼組成。

The islands are largely self-governing, though still technically part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

該羣島擁有很大程度的自治權，不過嚴格意義上來講，仍屬於丹麥王國的一部分。