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Canada's annual commercial seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet. Facing harsh criticism the world over because of the hunt's cruelty and unsustainability, the Canadian government and fishing industry have spread much misinformation. Here are the basic facts about the hunt. 1. Which seals are targeted by Canada's ...
3 kwi 2018 · This is, bar none, the most persistent and widespread myth about the Canadian seal hunt. Every year, anti-seal hunt literature is almost guaranteed to include images of white-coated infant harp...
Learn about the history, controversy, and cruelty of the annual Canadian harp seal hunt, the largest marine mammal hunt in the world. Find out how the hunt is regulated, protested, and marketed by the Canadian government and industry.
8 sty 2013 · With more than one million seals killed in the last five years alone, Canada’s commercial seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on Earth. It’s a hunt for baby seals. Fully 97 percent of the seals killed in the past five years have been less than three months old, and most have been one month old or less.
24 kwi 2023 · As the effects of climate change threaten harp seals, HSI and tens of thousands of supporters delivered a message to the Canadian government demanding the 2023 commercial seal slaughter be shut down to protect the harp seal population.
The 2022 Canadian commercial seal hunt has officially been declared open beginning April 8th with an expected allowable catch of 400,000 harp seals.
7 kwi 2021 · The 2021 hunt opens against the backdrop of a hugely declining global demand for seal products, international outcry at its cruelty, a late COVID surge in the region of Newfoundland where most of the hunt takes place, and poor ice conditions for ice-breeding seals leading to increased pup mortality.
