Giant Fin whales are carved up as four-year pause in hunting hiatus ends in Iceland 

Iceland’s last whaling company has resumed the slaughter of threatened Fin whales after a four-year hiatus came to and end, with shocking pictures showing corpses of the huge sea creatures being carved up.

Two ships operated by the company Hvalur hf. left port in Reykjavík in late June to begin the whaling season, which sees dozens of the Fin whales – the second largest whale species on Earth after the blue whale – slaughtered for their meat and other materials.

The pictures – taken of a…