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October 15, 2012
HSI/Canada Applauds the City of Calgary for Approving Shark Fin Ban in Principle
HSI/Canada applauds the decision by the Calgary City Council to pass a bylaw to ban the possession, trade, sale and distribution of shark fin products through first reading, thereby approving it in principle. Once the bylaw passes in January, Calgary will become the first municipality in Alberta, and the 15th in Canada, to ban shark fin products.
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October 14, 2012
Badger Cull: Cruelty in the Killing Fields
A group of veterinarians, including HSI UK’s Executive Director Mark Jones, has written an open letter Owen Paterson, Secretary of State at the UK’s Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, to express their concern that the slaughter of badgers will result in widespread animal suffering.
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October 11, 2012
Landmark Veterinary Study Concludes Bans on Seal Product Trade are Justified on Ethical Grounds
HSI/Canada welcomes the publication of a landmark veterinary report that concludes trade prohibitions on products of commercial seal hunts are justified on animal welfare grounds because of the inherent obstacles to humane slaughter in commercial sealing.
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October 8, 2012
HSI Urges MEPs to Defend European Union Trade Ban on Commercial Seal Hunt Products
The European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions debated a 20,000+ signature petition submitted by Humane Society International, urging MEPs to defend the EU’s trade ban on products from commercial seal hunts, in place since 2010. Canada, which has an annual commercial seal slaughter that has resulted in the deaths of more than two million seals in the past decade alone, is challenging the EU ban at the World Trade Organisation.
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October 5, 2012
Humane Society International/Canada Congratulates the Township of Langley for Ban on Shark Fin Trade
HSI/Canada is celebrating two victories for sharks, as the Township of Langley and the City of New Westminster in British Columbia ban the possession, trade, sale and distribution of shark fin products.
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October 2, 2012
Recent Victories for Sharks: HSI Wildlife News Bulletin
All the latest news on sharks from HSI's wildlife department.
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September 28, 2012
HSI/Canada Congratulates Union of British Columbia Municipalities for Passing Historic Resolution Calling for Provincial and Federal Shark Fin Bans
HSI/Canada congratulates the Union of British Columbia Municipalities for passing a historic resolution calling for the provincial government to ban the sale, trade and distribution of shark fins, and for the federal government to advance bill C-380 to ban the import of shark fins into Canada.
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September 25, 2012
HSI/Canada, MP Fin Donnelly and Municipal Representatives Call for Federal Ban on Shark Fin Trade
Humane Society International/Canada held a press conference with Fin Donnelly, Member of Parliament, and a coalition of municipal representatives, to promote C-380, a federal bill to ban the import of shark fins into Canada.
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September 19, 2012
Working Together to Help Protect Badgers
HSI/UK has joined with a number of other leading UK-based animal welfare organisations to form Team Badger. The group, which includes the League Against Cruel Sports, RSPCA, Save Me and others, is working together to stop this needless slaughter of badgers.
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September 19, 2012
Statement from HSI/Canada on Upcoming Release of Harp Seals Zak and Mika
Read the statement from Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of HSI/Canada, on the reports that the Aquarium des Iles will release Zak and Mika, two harp seals captured by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans earlier this spring.
