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April 9, 2013
Taxpayer-Subsidized Seal Hunt Begins off Canada’s East Coast
HSI/Canada was on location to document cruelty at Canada’s 2013 commercial seal hunt as it opened in the "Front" (the waters northeast of Newfoundland).
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April 3, 2013
Tim Hortons Eliminating Controversial Pig Cages from Supply Chain
HSI/Canada welcomed Ontario-based fast-food giant Tim Hortons' announcement that it would phase out the use of pork from gestation crates.
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April 1, 2013
One Million Seals Saved, But the Fight Continues
Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of HSI/Canada, reflects on her 15th year of witnessing Canada's annual seal slaugher.
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March 27, 2013
HSI/Canada Condemns Government for Failing to Support Shark Fin Bill
HSI/Canada is deeply disappointed by the failure of the federal government to support Bill C-380 to ban the import of shark fins into Canada at Second Reading.
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March 27, 2013
HSI/Canada Condemns Massive Newfoundland Government Subsidy to Sealing Company
HSI/Canada issued a statement in response to an announcement by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador that a $3.6 million loan would be provided to Carino Company Ltd. to bail out the dying sealing industry.
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March 20, 2013
HSI/Canada salue l’annonce du transformateur Olymel de délaisser les cages de gestation controversées
Humane Society International/Canada salue le transformateur de porc québécois Olymel pour sa décision visant l’abandon progressif, d'ici 2022, de l'utilisation de cages individuelles pour les truies gestantes dans les installations d’élevage.
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March 20, 2013
HSI/Canada Welcomes Pork Processor Olymel’s Announcement to Abandon Controversial Pig Gestation Crates
HSI/Canada welcomed Quebec-based pork industry giant Olymel’s announcement that it would phase out the use of gestation crates to confine pregnant sows in its facilities.
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March 20, 2013
HSI/Canada and MP Peggy Nash Host a Screening of "Sharkwater" in Toronto
HSI/Canada and MP Peggy Nash raised awareness about the harm caused by shark finning amongst Toronto Parkdale—High Park constituents by co-hosting a screening of award-winning documentary "Sharkwater."
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March 20, 2013
Overwhelming Majority of Canadians Support a Federal Shark Fin Import Ban, Survey Finds
HSI/Canada is renewing calls for Members of Parliament to support Bill C-380 to ban the import of shark fins into Canada in response to a new Environics poll, which revealed 81 percent of Canadians support such a ban.
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March 14, 2013
HSI and The HSUS Applaud Conservation Outcomes at CITES, Express Concern About Polar Bear Survival
The 16th meeting of the Parties of CITES closed with many positive conservation outcomes, except for the polar bear, whose status remained unchanged despite evidence the species is imperiled.
