A Film to Seal the Deal Nigel Barker brings his new film and a message to protect seals to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. More»
Closer to a Ban The European Commission adopts a proposal to ban European Union trade in the products of cruel commercial seal hunts. More»
Live from the Ice
Imagine There's No Seal Hunt "As we leave Newfoundland—bringing the observation of the 2008 seal hunt to a close—I think forward to a time when this is all over..." Read the rest of Rebecca's journal on Wayne's blog» April 16, 2008, 9:45 P.M.
Until It's Over "For me, the 2008 seal hunt comes down to 3 young seal pups, huddled together on an ice pan...Without warning, bullets ripped across the ice, striking two of them..." More» | Watch» April 14, 2008, 9:16 A.M.
Don't Buy While Seals Die: Boycott Canadian Seafood.
"I pledge not to buy seafood products produced in Canada—such as snow crabs, cod, scallops, and shrimp—until Canada ends its commercial seal hunt for good."
Why boycott Canadian seafood? Seal hunting is an off-season activity conducted by fishers from Canada's East Coast. They earn a small fraction of their incomes from sealing—primarily from the sale of seal pelts to European fashion markets. But the vast majority of the sealers' incomes are from commercial fisheries. Canadian seafood exports to the United States contribute $2.5 billion annually to the Canadian economy—dwarfing the few million dollars provided by the seal hunt. The connection between the commercial fishing industry and the seal hunt in Canada gives consumers all over the world the power to end this cruel and brutal slaughter. Click here to learn more.
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