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May 13, 2013
Historic High Seal Hunt Quota Set as 2013 Seal Slaughter Draws to a Close
HSI/Canada condemned the irresponsible 2013 seal hunt quota set by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, which allowed for the slaughter of 408,200 harp and hooded seals.
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April 29, 2013
Canadian and Norwegian Governments Spread Misinformation at Second WTO Hearing on EU Seal Product Trade Ban
A statement from HSI/Canada Executive Director Rebecca Aldworth in response to opening statements at a WTO hearing on the European Union’s seal product trade ban.
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April 29, 2013
Taking Our Evidence Worldwide
We took our evidence to the World Trade Organization to show the world the cruelty of Canada's commercial seal slaughter.
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April 25, 2013
Court Dismisses Fur Industry Attempt to Overturn EU Ban on Cruel Seal Products
The European General Court wisely decided to uphold the European Union’s ban on commercial trade in seal products.
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April 25, 2013
Court Dismisses Sealing Industry Attempt to Overturn EU Ban on Cruel Seal Products
The European General Court wisely decided to uphold the European Union’s ban on commercial trade in seal products.
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April 25, 2013
Defending the EU Seal Product Trade Ban at the WTO
Canada and Norway challenged the EU's seal product trade ban at the World Trade Organization.
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April 19, 2013
Markets for Seal Products Are Closing
Seal skins are being stockpiled for a demand that will likely never resurge.
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April 18, 2013
Nearly 60,000 Seals Killed Without Quota in Commercial Seal Hunt
HSI/Canada condemned the failure of Fisheries Minister to establish the 2013 seal hunt quota.
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April 13, 2013
Baby Seal Dies in Stages
Rebecca Aldworth and the Protect Seals team filmed a young seal as she died of a gunshot, impaling, and clubbing at the hands of Canada's sealers.
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April 12, 2013
Scenes of Suffering from Canada's Seal Slaughter
Rebecca Aldworth and the Protect Seals team reported on more scenes of horror from Canada's seal slaughter.
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April 11, 2013
Boats in the Fog, Seal Blood in the Water
Rebecca Aldworth and our Protect Seals team followed sealers through the fog and witnessed gruesome scenes of baby seals clubbed and shot to death, sometimes slowly.
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April 10, 2013
Grounded, But the Slaughter Continues
The slaughter continued while the Protect Seals team was grounded by weather.
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April 9, 2013
Canada's Barbaric Seal Slaughter
The Protect Seals team bore witness as baby seals were clubbed and shot on the ice in Canada.
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April 9, 2013
Taxpayer-Subsidized Seal Hunt Begins off Canada’s East Coast
HSI/Canada was on location to document cruelty at Canada’s 2013 commercial seal hunt as it opened in the "Front" (the waters northeast of Newfoundland).
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April 1, 2013
One Million Seals Saved, But the Fight Continues
Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of HSI/Canada, reflects on her 15th year of witnessing Canada's annual seal slaugher.
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March 27, 2013
HSI/Canada Condemns Massive Newfoundland Government Subsidy to Sealing Company
HSI/Canada issued a statement in response to an announcement by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador that a $3.6 million loan would be provided to Carino Company Ltd. to bail out the dying sealing industry.
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March 12, 2013
HSI Congratulates Italian Authorities for Seizure of Illegal Seal Products
HSI congratulated the Italian authorities for taking swift action to investigate a company suspected of placing illegal seal products on the European Union market.
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February 20, 2013
Humane Society International Addresses Canadian and Norwegian Positions at WTO
A statement from Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of HSI/Canada, in response to positions of the Canadian and Norwegian delegations at the World Trade Organization regarding a derogation for products of traditional Inuit seal hunts in the European Union commercial seal product trade ban.
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February 20, 2013
Humane Society International/Canada Criticizes Canadian and Norwegian Misinformation at WTO Hearing on EU Seal Product Trade Ban
A statement from Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of HSI/Canada, issued in response to statements made by the Canadian and Norwegian delegations during the hearing on the European Union seal product trade ban at the World Trade Organization.
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February 19, 2013
Humane Society International Canada Applauds Arrests in Vicious Seal Beatings
HSI commends authorities in Prince Edward Island for the arrests of three suspects in a recent case involving the deaths of more than 50 grey seals on Murray Beach.
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