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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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May 4, 2012
Seal Slaughter is on Life Support, but Not Ready to Die
Rebecca Aldworth anticipated a challenging year for the Protect Seals campaign because of a fur lobby unwilling to give up easily, but was more determined than ever to stop the slaughter.
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May 2, 2012
HSI/Canada Statement in Support of Historic Senate Bill to End the Canadian Seal Slaughter
Read a statement from Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of Humane Society International/Canada, issued in support of Sen. Mac Harb’s bill to end Canada’s commercial seal hunt.
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April 16, 2012
Death on Ice: Seal Pups Die Horribly
The Protect Seals team wondered if there was a chance that the 2012 seal slaughter would not go ahead at the scale anticipated.
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April 16, 2012
HSI/Canada Statement: Multi-Million Dollar Handout Hasn’t Saved the Sealing Industry--It’s Time to End It
Despite millions of dollars in government financing provided to the sealing industry, most sealers were not participating in the 2012 slaughter.
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April 12, 2012
The Opening of "the Front"
The Protect Seals team was grounded by bad weather as the 2012 seal slaughter opened in an area known as "the Front."
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April 12, 2012
Government-Sponsored Seal Hunt Begins off Newfoundland
HSI/Canada was on location to document the cruelty of Canada’s commercial seal hunt which opened in the 'Front' (the waters northeast of Newfoundland), half an hour before sunrise on Thursday, April 12.
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April 10, 2012
Watching Seal Pups Die
The Protect Seals team bore witness as sealers clubbed and shot seal pups in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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April 5, 2012
HSI/Canada Condemns Massive Newfoundland Government Subsidy to Sealing Company to Stockpile Skins
In a shameful move, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced $3.6 million in government financing for Carino Company Ltd., a Norwegian-owned seal fur processor.
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April 3, 2012
HSI/Canada Calls for Sealing Industry Buyout as Largest Seal Fur Processor Closes
In the wake of closures of multiple major markets for seal products and the announcement from NuTan, Canada’s largest seal fur buyer, that it would stop processing seals, HSI/Canada urges the Canadian authorities to cease their financial support of sealing and redirect their efforts and resources towards an industry buyout instead.
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April 2, 2012
Another Seal Slaughter, Just Days Away
Rebecca Aldworth contemplates the prospect of witnessing the 2012 Canadian commercial seal slaughter.
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March 30, 2012
HSI/Canada Statement on the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans Grey Seal Management Hearings
Read a statement from HSI/Canada's executive director Rebecca Aldworth, in response to a proposed cull of grey seals.
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March 22, 2012
HSI/UK Condemns Canada For Setting 400,000 Seal Slaughter Quota Despite Cruelty and Climate Change Threats
HSI/UK condemned the reckless 2012 commercial seal hunt quota set by the Canadian government to permit the slaughter of 400,000 harp seals.
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March 21, 2012
Commercial Seal Hunt Opens March 22
Humane Society International/Canada is calling on the Canadian government to immediately cancel the 2012 commercial seal slaughter, due to the devastating effects of yet another year of poor sea ice formation on seal populations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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March 20, 2012
Reckless 2012 Seal Hunt Quota Threatens Survival of Harp Seals, Says HSI/Canada
Humane Society International/Canada condemned the reckless 2012 seal hunt quota allowing for the slaughter of 400,000 harp seals.
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March 19, 2012
HSI/Europe Calls on MEPs to Block EU-Canada Trade Deal
Humane Society International/Europe submitted a 20,000-signature petition to the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee on 20 March, urging MEPs to defend the EU’s Regulation prohibiting seal products from being placed on the EU market.
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March 5, 2012
HSI/Canada Condemns Shameless Call by Sealing Industry Lobbyists for Massive Government Subsidy to Stockpile Seal Skins
With hundreds of thousands of seal skins already reportedly stockpiled, sealing industry lobbyists called on the Canadian government to subsidize more stockpiling.
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March 2, 2012
HSI/Canada Calls for DFO Investigation of Mysterious Seal Deaths
HSI Canada called on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to investigate the unexplained deaths of hundreds of grey seals on Hay Island in February 2012.
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January 13, 2012
Chinese Advocates Protest Canadian Seal Trade at Fur and Leather Expo
Chinese advocates protested at the annual Beijing International Fur and Leather Product Expo after having been alerted to the announced attendance of a Canadian seal product marketing firm.
