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'''Dolphin drive hunting''', also called '''dolphin drive fishing''', is a method of [[hunting]] [[dolphin]]s and occasionally other small [[cetacean]]s by driving them together with boats and then usually into a bay or onto a beach. Their escape is prevented by closing off the route to the open sea or ocean with boats and nets. Dolphins are hunted this way in several places around the world, including the [[Solomon Islands]], the [[Faroe Islands]], [[Peru]], and [[Japan]], the most well-known practitioner of this method. By numbers, dolphins are mostly hunted for their [[whale meat|meat]]; some end up in [[dolphinarium]]s.
Despite the controversial nature of the hunt resulting in international criticism, and the possible health risk that the often polluted meat causes, tens of thousands <Animal Welfare Institute/August 07, 2018> of dolphins are caught in drive hunts each year.
[[File:Hvalba 26-08-06 (3).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Atlantic white-sided dolphin]] caught in a drive hunt in [[Hvalba]] on the [[Faroe Islands]] being taken away with a forklift]]
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