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February 18, 2013
HSI Condemns Canadian Government Misinformation at WTO Hearing on EU Seal Product Trade Ban
HSI is deeply disappointed by the biased and misleading information included in the Canadian government presentation at the first World Trade Organization hearing on the dispute regarding the European Union prohibition on products of commercial seal hunts.
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February 15, 2013
Defending the EU Seal Product Trade Ban
HSI supports the EU ban on trade in seal products and filed an amicus brief with the WTO in its defense of the ban.
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February 5, 2013
Humane Society International/Canada Increases Reward to $5,000 for Information Leading to the Conviction of the Persons Responsible for Seal Killings on Prince Edward Island
HSI/Canada has increased its reward to $5,000 for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for the deaths of more than 50 grey seals in PEI.
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February 1, 2013
Humane Society International/Canada Offers $1000 Reward for Information Leading to the Conviction of the Persons Responsible for Brutal Seal Killings on Prince Edward Island
HSI/Canada is offering a $1000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the people responsible for the deaths of more than 50 grey seals in PEI.
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January 17, 2013
HSI Applauds Recommendation to the European Court of Justice to Uphold EU Ban on Trade in Products of Commercial Seal Hunts
HSI/Canada commends an opinion by Advocate General Kokott that the European Court of Justice should reject an appeal by commercial sealing interests and some Inuit representatives.
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January 8, 2013
Accomplishments for Seals
A timeline of the HSI/HSUS Protect Seals campaign from April 2010.
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January 8, 2013
Fast Facts on Canada's Commercial Seal Slaughter
Facts about Canada's annual harp seal hunt
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January 8, 2013
HSI Commends Taiwan for Historic Ban on Trade in Marine Mammal Products
HSI/Canada commends Taiwan for passing a landmark ban on trade in marine mammal products, including seal skins, but exempting products of traditional indigenous hunts.
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November 6, 2012
Russia Intervenes in Canada’s WTO Challenge to the EU Seal Product Trade Ban
Russia joins the European Union and the United States as a party to the WTO challenge, leaving Canada even more alone in its position.
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November 5, 2012
Senator Manning Doesn’t Know a Grey Seal When He Sees One
HSI/Canada condemned Sen. Fabian Manning for his misleading and inflammatory statements on Oct. 31 while speaking in the Senate about Bill S-210, which would end the commercial seal hunt.
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October 25, 2012
HSI/Canada Calls on Senate to Reject Baseless Report Recommending a Mass Cull of Grey Seals
Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of Humane Society International/Canada, calls on the Canadian Senate to reject a report recommending to cull grey seals on Canada’s East Coast.
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October 23, 2012
HSI/Canada Condemns Senate Support for Politically Motivated Mass Cull of Grey Seals
Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of Humane Society International/Canada, responds to a recommendation by the Canadian Senate to cull grey seals on Canada’s East Coast.
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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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September 27, 2012
Chinese Groups Call on Canada to Stop Exporting Seal Products to China
HSI/Canada commends more than 50 Chinese environment and animal protection groups who have sent an open letter to the Canadian Senate calling on Canada to respect Chinese values and stop exporting seal products to China.
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September 24, 2012
HSI/Canada Condemns Harper Government’s Move to Proceed with Senseless WTO Challenge against the EU Seal Product Trade Ban
HSI/Canada condemns the Canadian government’s decision to proceed with a legal challenge at the World Trade Organisation against the European Union ban on seal product trade. The dispute has been pending since Canada and Norway initiated the challenge in November 2009.
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September 24, 2012
HSI Condemns Canadian Government’s Move to Proceed with Senseless WTO Challenge against the EU Seal Product Trade Ban
HSI condemns the Canadian government’s decision to proceed with a legal challenge at the World Trade Organisation against the European Union ban on seal product trade. The dispute has been pending since Canada and Norway initiated the challenge in November 2009.
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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.
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September 17, 2012
HSI/Canada Calls on DFO to Arrange for the Rehabilitation and Release of Harp Seals Zak and Mika
Humane Society International/Canada calls on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to arrange for and fund the immediate relocation and rehabilitation of harp seals Zak and Mika, who were captured as pups for an aquarium's seasonal display.
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May 30, 2012
HSI Congratulates Swiss National Council for Landslide Vote to Ban Commercial Seal Product Trade
Humane Society International applauds the Swiss National Council, for voting 132 to 28 in favor of a prohibition on commercial seal product trade on May 29.
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