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March 27, 2014
Massive 2014 Seal Hunt Quota Confirms Importance of Seal Product Trade Bans
Rebecca Aldworth, Executive Director of HSIl/Canada condemned the irresponsible 2014 seal hunt quota set by Fisheries Minister Gail Shea, which allows for the slaughter of 400,000 harp seals.
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March 21, 2014
Maintaining the Hunting Act
HSI/UK and partners are campaigning to prevent the overturning of the Hunting Act.
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March 18, 2014
Rakuten - The World's Biggest Online Retailer of Elephant Ivory and Whale Meat
A report by the Environmental Investigation Agency and HSI exposed Japanese retail giant Rakuten as the world’s biggest online marketplace for elephant ivory and whale meat products.
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March 13, 2014
HSI UK Welcomes MP Vote in Favour of an End to Badger Cull
HSI/UK's executive director issued a statement welcoming the favorable voting of MPs to end the government’s failed badger cull.
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March 4, 2014
iSimangaliso Wetland Park Elephants Receive Contraceptive Vaccine
Elephants in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, located in KwaZulu Natal province on South Africa’s east coast, were treated for the first time with a contraceptive vaccine to control the population’s growth rate.
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February 28, 2014
FOI Request Reveals Animal Suffering and Biosecurity Breaches During Pilot Badger Cull
A set of ‘Compliance Reports’ from Natural England’s badger cull monitors provides disturbing insight into 2013's pilot culls in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire, including mention of badgers shot in the wrong body area or wounded and shot a second time.
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February 12, 2014
Crushing the Ivory Trade in 2014?
In February 2014, the United States unveiled its National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking
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February 7, 2014
U.S. Declares Iceland in Defiance of Global Trade Ban on Whale Products
Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell issued a formal declaration that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and its prohibition on international commercial trade in whale products.
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February 7, 2014
HSI UK Welcomes News of Funding for National Wildlife Crime Unit
HSl/UK welcomed news that government funding for the UK's National Wildlife Crime Unit has been guaranteed until 2016. The NWCU works to detect and prevent wildlife crime, assisting police forces in wildlife crime investigation and identifying local or national threats.
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January 30, 2014
MEPs' Bid to Strengthen Animal Welfare in Proposed EU Invasive Alien Species Legislation
The European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee adopted a report supporting improving animal welfare provisions in the proposed EU regulation on invasive alien species.
