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December 19, 2011
HSI Canada Calls for Canadian Sealing Industry Buyout Following Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Belarus Seal Fur Ban
HSI Canada commends the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Belarus for prohibiting further import and export of fur from harp seals, the primary targets of Canada’s commercial seal hunt.
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December 15, 2011
HSI Canada Statement on the Federal Government’s Rejection of the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Rebuilding Act, Bill C-308
HSI Canada condemned the federal government’s rejection of Bill C-308, a proposal to establish a Federal Commission of Inquiry into the development and implementation of a national fishery rebuilding strategy for fish stocks off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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December 14, 2011
Humane Society International/Canada Statement on the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Rebuilding Act, Bill C-308
Humane Society International/Canada supports the establishment of a Federal Commission of Inquiry into the development and implementation of a national fishery rebuilding strategy for fish stocks off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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December 12, 2011
Campaign Continues to Stop Canadian Seal Meat at China’s Doorstep
HSI and Chinese NGOs campaigned actively against seal product trade in 2011.
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November 11, 2011
HSI Canada Condemns Fisheries Minister for Reckless Promotion of Massive Grey Seal Cull
Humane Society International/Canada condemned Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield for his baseless and uninformed promotion of a massive cull of grey seals off Canada’s east coast.
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November 2, 2011
Canadian and European Parliamentarians Join HSI Canada in Calling for Withdrawal of Reckless WTO Challenge Against EU Seal Product Trade Ban
HSI Canada, joined by Canadian and European Parliamentarians called upon the Canadian government to withdraw its World Trade Organization challenge against the EU ban on seal product trade. The Parliamentarians urged the Canadian government to support Atlantic Canadian sealers and their families by implementing a federal buyout of the commercial sealing industry.
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November 2, 2011
Des Parlementaires Canadiens et Européens Rejoignent HSI Canada dans l'Appel au Retrait de la Plainte de Contestation Irréfléchie à l’OMC Contre l’Interdiction du Commerce des Produits Dérivés du Phoque de l’UE
Les parlementaires ont appelé le gouvernement canadien à soutenir les phoquiers du Canada atlantique et leurs familles en mettant en œuvre un rachat de l’industrie phoquière commerciale par le gouvernement fédéral.
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October 17, 2011
HSI Canada Commends European Parliament’s Stance Against the Seal Hunt During Canada-EU Free Trade Talks
At the Canada European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement negotiations, more than 100 Members of the European Parliament signed an open letter to the Canadian government stating that the European Parliament should not support CETA until Canada withdraws its WTO challenge against the EU seal product trade ban.
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September 14, 2011
HSI Applauds European General Court Ruling on Seal Products Ban (Canada release)
HSI Canada commended a landmark decision by the European General Court to dismiss a case challenging the 2010 European Union prohibition on trade in products of commercial seal kills.
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August 31, 2011
Wanted: Alive, Not Dead (Canada release)
A comprehensive study on the economics of seal hunting and seal watching in Namibia commissioned by international animal welfare organizations demonstrated that seals are worth far more alive than dead.
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August 30, 2011
Seal Slaughter in Namibia
The seal slaughter in Namibia is one of the world’s largest remaining commercial seal hunts. For the past few years the annual hunting quota has been set at 85,000 pups and 7,000 adult bulls.
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July 14, 2011
New Poll Shows Most Europeans Say ‘NO’ to Cruelty from Canada
A new Ipsos MORI poll commissioned by a group of nine non-profit organizations released today shows the majority of people across 11 EU countries support the European Union (EU) ban on seal products.
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July 11, 2011
HSI Europe Reveals Seal Slaughter Cruelty During Eighth Round of Canada-EU Trade Talks in Brussels
HSI Europe and GAIA broadcast images of the seal slaughter and quotes from members of the European Parliament on a giant video screen outside the Parliament building.
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July 11, 2011
HSI Canada Reveals Seal Slaughter Cruelty During Eighth Round of Canada-EU Trade Talks in Brussels
HSI Canada and GAIA broadcast images of the seal slaughter and quotes from members of the European Parliament on a giant video screen outside the Parliament building.
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June 14, 2011
HSl Canada Calls for Immediate Action to End the Seal Hunt with the Release of Disturbing New Footage
HSI Canada released new video footage from the 2011 commercial seal slaughter, which revealed flagrant violations of Canadian law, and called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to end Canada’s commercial seal slaughter.
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June 8, 2011
HSI Applauds European Parliament’s Defence of EU Seal Product Trade Ban in Resolution on EU-Canada Trade Relations
HSI Europe applauded the European Parliament’s threat to block the ratification of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement if the Canadian government did not withdraw its challenge to the EU ban on seal products at the World Trade Organisation.
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May 26, 2011
More Than 98 Percent of Seals Killed at Less Than Three Months of Age
In recent years, more than 98 percent of the seals killed in Canada’s commercial seal hunt were pups slaughtered before the end of May—and they were therefore less than three months of age when killed.
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May 26, 2011
HSI: Landmark Poll Shows Most Newfoundlanders Support a Ban on Killing Baby Seals and a Seal Hunt Industry Buyout
A 2011 Ipsos Reid poll showed that most Newfoundland residents are misinformed about the commercial seal hunt and a majority of them support a measure that would effectively end the kill.
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April 26, 2011
Haunted by Images of Seal Slaughter
Rebecca Aldworth says that her thirteenth year was the most difficult yet of witnessing the annual commercial seal slaughter in Canada.
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April 21, 2011
EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement
In February 2011, the Canadian government formally requested a panel to challenge the EU Regulation on trade in seal products at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Canada was seeking to overturn this groundbreaking legislation, which put an end to the trade and marketing of commercial seal products in the EU.
