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April 14, 2011
Protect Seals Team Grounded
The Protect Seals team is grounded by bad weather, but fortunately so are some of the sealing boats.
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April 13, 2011
Seal Slaughter Mars the Landscape of My Childhood
Rebecca Aldworth wonders how her playmates turned into adults who club baby seals.
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April 13, 2011
We Watch as Infant Seal Dies Slowly
The Protect Seals team witnesses the slow death of a seal only a couple of weeks old.
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April 13, 2011
The Sun Sets on Seal Slaughter
It's hard to bear witness to the bloody seal slaughter, but we are driven to end it.
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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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April 12, 2011
Seal Slaughter Fades with the Ice
In 2011, Rebecca Aldworth sees startling changes in the ice that illustrate the futility of continuing the seal slaughter.
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April 11, 2011
Seal Slaughter Bloodies the Ice
The Protect Seals team bore witness as the 2011 slaughter began in Canada.
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April 11, 2011
Seal's Agony Continues After Gunshot
Few boats hailed out on the first day of the slaughter, but those animals killed died horribly.
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April 10, 2011
A Young Seal Faces Tough Odds
Melting ice and the impending seal slaughter create overwhelming odds for a seal pup.
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April 9, 2011
Seals May Not Have Long to Live
The Protect Seals team, led by Rebecca Aldworth, reports from the ice, to expose to the world the atrocities of the seal slaughter.
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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
A Thirteenth Year Observing Slaughter
HSI Canada Executive Director Rebecca Aldworth expresses her determination to end commercial seal slaughter in Canada.
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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 5, 2011
The Economics of the Commercial Seal Hunt
The true economic value of Canada's commercial seal hunt stands in sharp contrast to the high level of financial and other support it receives from the Canadian government. As the following government statistics show, the commercial seal hunt is an economically marginal activity, and its negligible value could be easily replaced by the federal government.
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February 4, 2011
Myths and Facts: The Truth About Canada's Commercial Seal Hunt
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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.
