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July 19, 2010
Israel Fur Trade Ban Wins Support
Proposals for a ban on fur trade in Israel gathers international support.
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June 29, 2010
Taking the Protect Seals Message to 2011 Brussels Seafood Expo
HSI and Respect for Animals teamed up to educate visitors to the 2011 European Seafood Exposition about the Canadian seal hunt and the Protect Seals boycott of Canadian seafood.
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April 6, 2010
Live from the Ice 2010
The ProtectSeals team bore witness to the 2010 Canadian commercial harp seal hunt.
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April 6, 2010
Poll Shows Broad Support Among Newfoundland Sealers for a Federal Sealing Industry Buyout
A 2010 poll conducted by Ipsos Reid revealed that half of Newfoundland sealers holding an opinion supported a federal buyout of the commercial sealing industry.
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April 6, 2010
Sondage: Chasseurs Canadiens de Phoques Appuient Rachat de Permis de Chasse
Selon une étude, un grand nombre de chasseurs de phoques de Terre-Neuve appuie l'idee d'un rachat de permis de chasse au phoque par le gouvernement fédéral.
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March 29, 2010
2010 Seal Hunt Opens
The 2010 Canadian commerical harp seal slaughter opened on March 28.
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March 15, 2010
HSI and The Humane Society of The United States Condemn Reckless Seal Quota
Despite record low ice formation, Canada announced that it would allow seal hunters to slaughter 388,200 harp, grey and hooded seals for 2010.
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March 10, 2010
Melting Out from Under Them
With ice formation at a record low in March 2010, HSI called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to cancel the 2010 seal slaughter.
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March 9, 2010
In Wake of Ecological Disaster, Call for Cancellation of 2010 Commercial Seal Slaughter
With record-low sea ice formation off of Canada's East Coast spelling disaster for harp seals, Senator Mac Harb and Humane Society International/Canada called for the cancellation of the 2010 commercial seal hunt at a press conference in early March 2010.
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February 26, 2010
HSI Celebrates Hope on Hay Island
In February 2010, sealers in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia confirmed to Canadian media that a grey seal hunt on Hay Island was highly unlikely to occur in 2010.
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February 12, 2010
Vancouver Restaurants Deserve Medals
Twelve Vancouver restaurants have pledged not to purchase some or all seafood from Canada's east coast, where the annual slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups takes place.
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February 11, 2010
Temporary Reprieve on Hay Island
In February 2010, the grey seals of Nova Scotia's Hay Island were given a temporary reprieve when the planned slaughter did not begin when expected.
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February 8, 2010
Another Grey Seal Slaughter Set for Hay Island
In early February 2010, it looked as though Nova Scotia's Hay Island would again be the scene of a bloody grey seal slaughter.
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February 3, 2010
Is Baby Seal Bashing Canada's New Olympic Sport?
HSI Canada condemns the joint decision by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Nova Scotia government to allow 2,220 Hay Island grey seals to be slaughtered beginning on or around Feb. 8, just days before the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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January 4, 2010
Seals and Fisheries Interactions
seals and cod
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December 1, 2009
Protect Seals Resources
Background information on seals and the Canadian commercial seal hunt.
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November 19, 2009
Seal Campaign Wins Award
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November 6, 2009
Humane Society International/Canada and The Humane Society of the United States Condemn Opening of Protected Wilderness Area to Commercial Seal Slaughter
Humane Society International/Canada and The Humane Society of the United States condemns the Nova Scotia legislature's passage of Bill 50 amendments to the Wilderness Areas Protection Act to allow the commercial slaughter of baby seals on Hay Island for their fur.
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November 2, 2009
HSI Canada Condemns Canadian Government Request for WTO Consultations on EU Seal Product Trade Ban
Humane Society International/Canada condemns the Canadian government's reported request for consultations at the World Trade Organization in response to the European Union's ban on seal product trade, stating that the move flies in the face of Canadian values and sound economics.
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October 29, 2009
Hay Island Seals Threatened Again
In October 2009, the Nova Scotia government moved to open protected wildlife areas to commercial seal slaughter.
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