Puffins

Countryside Elderhostel "Nordlysid" Puffins

The Fate of Puffins
on the
Faroe Islands

 

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Tourists come to the Islands to see
these colorful birds nesting in burrows on the cliffs

 

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Locals catch them with big nets and kill them for food

 

carrying them home for preparation

 

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even selling them dressed at a stall in the harbor

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Countryside Elderhostel "Nordlysid" Puffins

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