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Massive seal hunt quota increase seen as political message to EU - Embassy Magazine, Mar 24, 2010
2009 Parliamentary restaurant to serve seal meat. Toronto Star- November 18th 2009
Canada Requests WTO Consultations on EU Seal Products Ban DFAIT News Release- November 2nd 2009
July 28, 2009 - Seal product ban will withstand WTO challenge: EU March 23, 2009 - Canada's 2009 seal hunt has now been officially opened by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The quota for the hunt had been set at 338,200 seals - an increase of 55,000 from last year's quota. The 2009 quota includes 280,000 harp seals, 50,000 grey seals and 8,200 hooded seals. In 2007 harp seals had to contend with a disastrous ice break up which resulted in up to a 90% pup mortality rate. The Humane Society of Canada does not believe that these excessively high quota levels are based on valid population estimates; and we are concerned that effects that climate change will have on these seal populations is not being properly taken into account when these quotas are being set. While last year resulted in thick sea ice, in 2007, 2006 and 2002 the pack ice melted before the baby seals had a chance to learn to swim and molt into their grey and black fur which would have insulated them from the cold of the sea. Between 75 to 90% of the seal pups died in each of these years. To protest the largest taxpayer subsidized slaughter of marine mammals in the world, please send a letter to the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper at: The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
Prime Minister
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 The Humane Society of Canada Slams Cruel Seal Hunt - read about it here It's Always Easier to Spend Someone Else's Money - May 15th, 2009 Is the seal hunt worth it? The Globe and Mail - June 26 th , 2009
Number of kills in Canadian seal hunt drops Bay Ledger News Zone - June 18 th , 2009
Canadian Olympians won't wear seal skin The Record - May 7 th , 2009
EU VOTES TO BAN ALL SEAL PRODUCTS
CBC Coverage - May 5 th , 2009
UK Guardian - May 5 th , 2009
Wild Singapore News - May 5 th , 2009
Seal hunt winds down as EU prepares vote on ban CTV.CA - May 4 th , 2009
Canada seal hunt continues amid growing opposition, and support LA Times - Apr 24 th , 2009
Low turnout as seal hunt starts The Beacon - Apr 23 rd , 2009
Norway threatens action if EU bans seal products Reuters - Apr 20 th , 2009
As officials meet on hunt, some sealers stay put Canwest News Service - Apr 16 th , 2009
Newfoundland Official Meets With EU Representatives To Discuss Seal Hunt AHN - Apr 16 th , 2009
Canada’s seal hunt left Obama outraged Toronto Star - Apr 15 th , 2009
Newfoundland's northeast coast sealers staying home CBC News - Apr 15 th , 2009
Seal Hunt, after brief interlude, to resume as early as Thursday LA Times -April 1sup>st, 2009
Most European countries back seal products embargo AFP -March 31sup>st, 2009
Spain Votes to Ban All Seal Products SuperVegan.com - March 31 st , 2009
Small seal hunt opens off N.S., but ice conditions could keep hunters away:DFO Metro News - March 27 th , 2009
Canada’s seal hunt lacks justification Tandem Online - March 29 th , 2009 Issue
First stage of seal hunt closes Ottawa Citizen - March 25 th , 2009
Bad weather keeping anti-hunt observers from reaching East Coast sealers CJAD 800 AM - March 24 th , 2009
Sealers and protesters headed for showdown Cape Breton Post - March 23 rd , 2009
Annual seal hunt underway in Gulf of St. Lawrence CTV News - March 23 rd , 2009
IFAW Condemns Conservative Government's Attempt to Hide Outrageous Seal Hunt Quota IFAW - March 20 th , 2009
European vote brings new focus to seal hunt CBC News - March 18 th , 2009
Read our letter to the European Environment Commissioner Russia to Ban Hunting of Baby Seals New York Times - March 18 th , 2009 Is Russia going to show Canada how to become more humane? Times Colonist - March 13 th , 2009 10 of 11 sealers guilty of selling blueback seal pelts CBCnews.ca - January 27 th , 2009 EU is moving closer to banning Seal Products EU Press Release - March 2009 VOCM First News - The Seal Hunt Debate heads to the Canadian Senate - February 28 th , 2009 Russia has pledged to ban the killing of baby harp seals after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called it a " bloody business ".- The International Herald Tribune St. John's Telegram - Canada to fight EU's proposed seal product ban - Jan 06, 2009 The Cape Breton Post - N.L. sealer tells court officials led him to believe activities were legal - Jan 05, 2009 Environment News Service - Canada 'Tweaks' Seal Hunt Rules to Avert EU Trade Ban - Dec 30, 2008 Banning hakapik won't calm seal hunt critics: Sealer Cape Breton Post - December 29 th , 2008 Canada Gazette (Government of Canada) - Regulations Amending the Marine Mammal Regulations - Dec 27, 2008 Older News Archive Current thick ice conditions at the start of the 2008 hunt hampered the sealers; one disabled sealing ship being towed by the Coast Guard sank killing four of the men aboard in the Gulf of St Laurence. Three other ships were lost off the coast of Newfoundland in mid April, one sank, another burned to the water line, and the third ran aground. An additional dozen more ships required some assistance from the Coast Guard. In 2008 The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) delayed the issuing of permits for observers and journalists to view the hunt. In February of this year, Germany's parliament forwarded a draft bill for a national ban on all seal products to the European Comission. On January 25, 2007, Belgium's Parliament voted for a national ban on the import of all seal products, the first European country to do so. Since then bans have been introduced in the Netherlands, Croatia and Slovenia, with other countries looking to follow suit. On October 19th, 2006, Germany's parliament voted unanimously on a motion to ban the import of seal products, eliminating the German market from the commercial seal trade - read about it here The European Parliament has made a written declaration which has been sent to the European Commission to draft a ban for subsequent vote by the EU Parliament A Declaration to Ban Seal Products in the European Union was submitted by the Green Party on Sept 15, 2006 The Humane Society of Canada supports the European Parliament's Declaration to ban the import of seal products - read about it here The Humane Society of Canada called on the Harper Government to create an intergovermental taskforce to establish and maintain a fund to buy back sealing licences and launch new initiaties to promote ecotourism and other sources of income. To this end we donated $10,000 to help create this program - this is the response that we received from the Prime Minister, and this is the response that we received from the Department of Fisheries & Oceans Read our initial letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling on his government to institute this "Made in Canada" solution to end to the largest taxpayer subsidized slaughter of marine mammals on the planet, and the cheque that we sent to start the licence buyback program Canada St. John's Telegram - Canada to fight EU's proposed seal product ban - January 06, 2009 Scoop - Plans Presented To Ban Seal Fur Trade In Europe - July 23, 2008 CBC - Sealing charges politically motivated, lawyer says - July 16, 2008 News Blaze - Canadians Speak Out on the Commercial Seal Hunt: Not with our Money! - July 15, 2008 Canadian Press - European Commission vote on proposed seal products ban pushed to next week - July 14, 2008 Daily Express - Seal Hunt Ban Close - July 14, 2008 Canadian Press - Sealers brace for impact on industry as EU discusses import ban - July 12, 2008 AFP - Canada Rejects Brussels Ban on its Seal Skins - July 11, 2008 EU Business - EU seeks to ban 'inhumane' seal imports - April 25, 2008 Globe & Mail - Protests in Europe to take aim at Canadian seal products - April 23, 2008 CBC - May take weeks to finish small-boat hunt: sealers - April 21, 2008
ABC - Canada's seal hunt wraps up - April 21, 2008 The Liberal Party of Canada Media Release - Statement by the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Leader of the Official Opposition, on the seal hunt - April 18, 2008 Chronicle Herald - Critics slam May for seal hunt talk - April 18, 2008 Western Star - Another vessel sinks off coast - April 18, 2008 National Post - The millions Ottawa spends subsidizing the seal hunt - April 17, 2008 Vancouver Sun - EU official criticizes Canada for blocking seal hunt observers - April 17, 2008 Canoe - Why do they call this slaughter a 'hunt?' - April 17, 2008 The Telegram - Third vessel abandoned in seal hunt - April 17, 2008 The Chronicle Herald - N.L. seal hunt slow for boats from amid heavy ice - April 17, 2008 Canwest News Service - Jailed sealing protesters to be deported back to Europe - April 17, 2008 National Geographic Video - Canada Seal Hunt to Begin - April 16, 2008 ****Caution Graphic Content**** Globe & Mail - Hearn 'absolute liar,' ship's captain says - April 15, 2008 Times Colonist - Seal hunt a gruesome slaughter in pursuit of fashion - April 16, 2008 The Western Star - Seal hunt off to slow start - April 15, 2008 Edmonton Journal - Seal-hunt defence may hurt, not help - April 15, 2008 CBC - Ban hakapiks at seal hunt, premiers tell Ottawa - April 15, 2008 Cape Breton Post - Mowat posts ‘pirate’s ransom’ for jailed crew of namesake ship - April 14, 2008 CBC - Sealers rescued off Newfoundland coast after signal heard in Ont - April 14, 2008 Toronto Star - Farley Mowat bails out anti-sealing activists, ship - April 14, 2008
VOCM Radio - Drop In Seal Hunters Is Significant - April 14, 2008 National Post - War of words over Sea Shepherd's anti-seal hunt ship seizure - April 13, 2008 Herald Sun - Pro-seal Aussie doc held - April 14, 2008 Toronto Star - RCMP seizes seal hunt protest ship - April 12, 2008 CTV - Anti-sealing vessel seized, two arrested - April 12, 2008 Montreal Gazette - No longer worth it, some sealers say - April 12, 2008 Canadian Press - Final phase of seal hunt begins off N.L. under shadow of tragedy, uncertainty - April 11, 2008 Canoe - Labrador MP to participate as seal hunt opens for N.L. in two areas - April 11, 2008 Chronicle Herald - McCartney’s seal stance a sore point for some - April 10, 2008 CBC - More training needed for sealers: vet - April 9, 2008 CBC - Fisheries changes towing practices after sealers' deaths - April 9, 2008 Canadian Press - Cdn delegate concedes Ottawa faces tough fight in preventing EU seal ban - April 9, 2008 Canadian Press - N.L. tannery operator says seal pelts selling for about half of last year's cost - April 7, 2008 National Post - Seal hunt, for some cut short by tragedy, reopens - April 7, 2008
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