A Little Mermaid statue has been coated in red paint by animal rights activists protesting brutal whale hunts in Denmark.
近日，动物权益保护者将红漆涂在小美人鱼雕像上，以抗议丹麦残忍的捕鲸活动。
Vandals had written "Denmark defend the whales of the Faroe Islands" on a footpath nearby.
破坏者在雕像旁的一条小径上写下“丹麦保护法罗群岛鲸鱼”的字样。
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.
每年约800头领航鲸被赶进法罗群岛的海湾，之后在“法罗群岛捕鲸活动”中被刺死。这项活动可以追溯到至少300年前。

Locals say the whales are not under threat and the killings violate no laws.
当地人表示，鲸鱼并非濒危物种且杀鲸并不违法。
The Faroe Islands comprises 17 inhabited islands located around 260 miles north of John O'Groats, Scotland.
法罗群岛位于苏格兰约翰奥格罗茨以北约260英里处，由17个有人居住的岛屿组成。
The islands are largely self-governing, though still technically part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
该群岛拥有很大程度的自治权，不过严格意义上来讲，仍属于丹麦王国的一部分。