The famous nature presenter was referring to the recent slaughter of 1,428 dolphins in the Faroe Islands. Every year the people of the Faroe Islands conduct the Grindadráp, which is Faroese for killing long-finned pilot whales by beaching and then slaughtering the intelligent mammals. Horrific images have emerged from showing that this year's slaughter was the biggest recorded dolphin massacre.

       The images show dolphin corpses lining the beaches and the sea dyed red with their blood.

       This led Mr Packham to take to Twitter where he tweeted: "Hello BBC News I’ve just been on your page ‘Animals’ and there’s a story ‘Horse Stuck in River Winched to Safety’.

       "I’m happy for the horse.

       "But have you noticed that the Faroese killed an entire pod of 1428 dolphins yesterday?

       READ MORE: Michael Schumacher’s wife in tears as she gives heartbreaking update

       "That’s news.

       "Report it."

       However, one irate Twitter user called Shinjuku Red called Mr Packham's view: "People voicing their outrage at dolphins being killed for food but are not outraged at other animals which are just as intelligent.

       "Pigs for instance are very intelligent and are killed in their millions but people have no problem eating them."

       DON'T MISS...

       Saira Khan details why she had to quit Loose Women [MUST SEE]

       Louise Minchin emotional ahead of final BBC Breakfast show [INSIGHT]

       Kate Garraway announces move to BBC as she lands new presenting role [UPDATE]

       This year's death toll was the highest since the traditional hunt began in the 9th century.

       The shocking images show the result of the hunt with dozens of white-sided dolphins lined up on the beach.

       The images show the water is stained red with their blood with deep gashes visible on their bodies.

       The Faroe Islands are a semi-independent part of Denmark.

       The hunt uses boats to drive the Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins onto the bay on the island of Skálafj？reur.

       At the shore, men wait to kill the animals in the shallows with hooks, knives and spears.

       The Faroese are divided over the brutal practice.

       But, fishing retains a central place on the island and the sea mammal meat is typically kept for food in winter months.