All Press Releases for Seals

MEPs including C Stilher, G. Wilmott, A McCarthy on the day the Europe
5th November 2012
Russia has officially requested Third Party status at the ongoing WTO case against the EU ban on seal products. This development was welcomed today by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ). "Europeans and Russians are Read more »
IFAW: Grey seal cull not supported by science
23rd October 2012
The Canadian Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans today released a report recommending a mass cull of 70,000 grey seals in the Gulf of St Lawrence, a recommendation the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) calls an unethical and risky gam Read more »
Harper government defiantly proceeds with WTO seal ban challenge
25th September 2012
In a move that ignores economics and threatens international trade relations, the Harper government is moving forward with an expensive challenge of the European Union’s ban on seal products at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Internatio Read more »
Zac and Mika (photo courtesy of Aquarium des Iles)
19th September 2012
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and nearly 140,000 people from across Canada and around the world are elated that Zak and Mika, two young harp seal pups who were slated for death at the Aquarium des Îles de la Madeleine in Queb Read more »
2nd May 2012
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) commends Senator Mac Harb for re-introducing a bill to end the commercial seal hunt and is hopeful a rational debate about it will finally happen in Canada. Despite decades of support from Read more »
IFAW: $3.6 million sealing industry bailout is a waste
5th April 2012
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) condemns the Canadian government's decision to provide $3.6 million in bailout money to a Norwegian company to stockpile seal pelts. The animal welfare group says that using Newfoundland tax dollar Read more »