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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 ...
8 sty 2013 · In 2009, the US Senate unanimously approved a resolution calling on Canada to end its commercial seal slaughter and on the EU to pass a total ban on trade in seal products.
In 2009, the Inuit tapiriit Kanatami and others (including sealing industry representatives in Canada, norway and Greenland) launched a legal action in the European Court seek- ing an annulment of the Eu regulation.
23 mar 2009 · The total allowable catch for the harp seal hunt in 2009, announced Friday March 20th, has been set at 280,000 out of a herd of close to 5.6 million. The catch will be shared according to pre-existing arrangements between the Front (waters east of Newfoundland and Labrador) and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and is based on based on long-term ...
The seal hunt is surrounded by controversy due to the clash between animal rights and environmentalist concerns and economic interests. In the 1960s, protesters pressured the Canadian...
For six to eight weeks each spring, the ice floes of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the eastern coast of Newfoundland and Labrador turn bloody, as some 300,000 harp seal pups, virtually all between 2 and 12 weeks old, are beaten to death–their skulls crushed with a heavy club called a hakapik–or shot.
Seal hunting in Canada is a historically controversial topic. Animal rights groups have campaigned that Atlantic Canadians inhumanely slaughter thousands of “baby” seals every year.
