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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.
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April 16, 2011
A Year of Seal Hunt Extremes
Having gathered abundant video of cruelty to baby seals, the Protect Seals team makes the difficult decision to leave the ice.
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April 16, 2011
Most Seals Are Only Weeks Old When They Die
Killing animals as defenseless as baby seals is cowardly.
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April 15, 2011
Of Three Baby Seals, Only One Survives
The team sees a group of three baby seals, and two are shot. What will become of the third?
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April 15, 2011
Obscene Torment of Baby Seals
We record agonizing deaths as the sealers rush through their killing. We must show the world this cruelty in hopes of stopping it.
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April 15, 2011
Sealing Boats on the Horizon
Our helicopter searches through headwinds and snow to find the sealing boats.
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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
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 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 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'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 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 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.
