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April 12, 2011
HSI Canada Exposes Seal Hunt Cruelty During Canada-EU Trade Talks
Marking the opening days of Canada’s commercial seal hunt off Newfoundland, HSI Canada broadcast images of the slaughter on a giant video screen outside the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement negotiations in Ottawa.
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March 25, 2011
HSI Canada Condemns Harper Government’s Reckless 2011 Seal Hunt Quota
HSI Canada condemned the Harper government's irresponsible seal hunt quota for 2011: 468,200 harp, grey and hooded seals, an increase of 80,000 from 2010.
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March 15, 2011
HSI Canada Commends the National People’s Congress of China for Steps to Ban Seal Product Trade
HSI Canada applauded the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China for accepting two legislative proposals to ban Canadian seal product imports to China.
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March 14, 2011
HSI's Partners in China Launch Nationwide Campaign Against Canadian Seal Trade
At a March 2011 event in Beijing, HSI's Chinese partners announced a campaign against trade in products of commercial seal slaughter.
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February 24, 2011
HSI Canada Exposes Horrific Cruelty as Grey Seal Massacre Begins on Hay Island
The slaughter of grey seals began after the government of Nova Scotia and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans authorized sealers to kill 2,000 of the animals on Hay Island, a part of the protected Scaterie Island Wilderness Area off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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February 24, 2011
Hay Island: Shattered Peace
On February 24, 2011, the ProtectSeals team bore witness as sealers descended on Hay Island and clubbed baby grey seals to death.
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February 22, 2011
Hay Island: Seals Safe for Now in Wind and Snow
In February 2011, bad weather kept grey seals at least temporarily safe from sealers on Hay Island in Nova Scotia.
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February 11, 2011
HSI Canada Condemns Reckless Harper Government WTO Challenge against EU Seal Product Trade Ban
In February 2011, Humane Society International/Canada condemned the Harper government's reported request for a dispute panel at the World Trade Organization in response to the European Union's ban on seal product trade.
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February 2, 2011
HSI and Chinese Animal Protection Groups Applaud Renowned Chinese Designer Guo Pei for Rejecting Seal Fur
After the Chinese public expressed concern for seals, renowned Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei pledged never again to use animal fur in her work.
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February 1, 2011
No Publicity for Cruelty
Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei decided not to use seal fur in a design which was to be featured in a Lunar New Year television special.
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January 12, 2011
Chinese and International Animal Protection Groups Say “No” to Seal Slaughter Cruelty
In January 2011, Chinese and Canadian animal protection groups called on Canada’s Fisheries Minister Gail Shea and Canadian sealing-industry representatives to leave China.
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January 4, 2011
HSI Canada Calls for Cancellation of the 2011 Commercial Seal Slaughter
With reports of harp seals giving birth on Labrador beaches three months too early, Humane Society International/Canada is calling upon the Canadian government to immediately cancel the 2011 commercial seal slaughter.
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December 16, 2010
HSI Campaigns in East Asia: Ending Canada’s Sealing Industry
In December 2010, HSI visited mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea to spread the word about the cruelty involved in commercial seal slaughter and seal product trade.
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November 30, 2010
HSI Urges China to Say "No" to Seal Products
At a media conference in November 2010, HSI urged the Chinese government to prohibit trade in seal products, citing the inherent cruelty involved in commercial seal slaughters.
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November 30, 2010
美国国际人道对待动物协会呼吁中国向海豹产品说“不”
In November 2010, HSI urged the Chinese government to prohibit trade in seal products, citing the inherent cruelty involved in commercial seal slaughters.
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October 28, 2010
HSI and The HSUS Laud European Court Decision Rejecting Effort to Block Seal Product Trade Ban
In October 2010, HSI and The HSUS applauded a landmark ruling by the President of the European General Court to dismiss an application by sealing interests to suspend the European Union Regulation prohibiting seal product trade pending the outcome of a court case.
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October 28, 2010
HSI y HSUS Aplauden Decisión Judicial que Rechaza Intento de Bloquear Prohibición al Comercio de Productos de Foca
En octubre del 2010, HSI y HSUS celebraron la determinación histórica del Presidente de la Corte General Europea para desestimar una petición por parte de intereses de la industria de la cacería comercial de focas para suspender la Regulación de la Unión Europea que prohíbe el comercio de productos de foca a la espera de la resolución de un caso ante la corte.
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October 1, 2010
Online Voting Opens in Design Against Fur’s 2010 People’s Choice Award
Voting opened October 1 for the Design Against Fur 2010 People’s Choice Award.
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August 30, 2010
EU Seal Product Trade Ban "Hold" Explained
In summer 2010, a group of commercial and Inuit sealing interests jointly filed a request to suspend the EU seal product trade ban temporarily until a larger court case could be resolved.
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August 20, 2010
HSI Canada Statement on Temporary Suspension of EU Seal Product Trade Ban
The European Court of Justice temporarily suspended the European Union prohibition on seal product trade in response to an application by certain Inuit and seal industry groups.
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