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Resources and Reports on Seal Hunting


Animal Welfare aspects of the killing and skinning of seals - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare


Inherently Inhumane: A half century of evidence proves Canada's commercial seal hunt cannot be made acceptably humane
Dr. Mary Richardson, DVM
Submission to the European Food Safety Authority Animal Health and Animal Welfare Panel's ad-hoc Working Group on the Humane Aspects of Commercial Seal Hunting.


Public Morality and the Canadian Seal Hunt
Revd Professor Andrew Linzey, Ph D, DD

Welfare Aspects of the Canadian Seal Hunt
Dr. Andy Butterworth
Dr Pierre Gallego
Professor Neville Gregory
Professor Stephen Harris
Dr Carl Soulsbury

Harp Seal Populations in the Northwestern Atlantic: Modelling Populations with Uncertainty
Professor Stephen Harris
Carl D. Soulsbury
Graziella Iossa


 

We won!

Today, the European Parliament made history when it voted overwhelmingly to ban trade in seal products.

We could not have won this victory without our supporters. Advocates in Europe and around the world sent letters, faxes, and emails showing the decision-makers in the EU that people care deeply about the seals. When we all work together, we can make a real difference for seals and other animals.

Europe has been a primary market for Canadian seal products, and many believe this ban spells the beginning of the end of the slaughter; however, the fight is not over yet. That is why we will continue maintaining economic pressure on Canada's fishing industry through our boycott of Canadian seafood products. We will continue pressing for a strong law in Canada to stop commercial sealing. And we will continue to lobby other nations to ban seal products.

Thank you for being a part of this historic campaign to save the seals. I know we can count on you to stay with us as we bring a final end to Canada's commercial seal slaughter.

Rebecca Aldworth

 
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