Presentation to Canada's Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans regarding a proposed grey seal cull, February 2012

kradziszewska — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:20:16 +0000

Publication Date:

Wed, 02/15/2012

In 2011 and into the following year, Canada's Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans undertook a review of proposals to cull grey seals in the Gulf of St Lawrence, and on February 14, 2012 IFAW Science Advisor Dr David Lavigne presented a scientific opinion to the committee.

Economics of Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt - 2009 update

adintino — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:48:46 +0000

Publication Date:

Thu, 10/13/2011

Canada’s commercial seal hunt remains an industry predominantly based on the skins of seals aged 3 weeks to 3 months of age, which made up 99% of the landed catch in 2008.

Economics of Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt - 2011 update

adintino — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:35:26 +0000

Publication Date:

Wed, 06/01/2011

Canada’s commercial seal hunt remains an industry predominantly based on the skins of seals aged 3 weeks to 3 months of age, which made up 99% of the landed catch in 2010.

Ending Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt

adintino — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:15:53 +0000

Publication Date:

Mon, 03/07/2011

Our first campaign, in 1969, was in protest of the Canadian seal hunt. By the 1980s, our work, and the outrage of millions of people around the world, had all but stopped Canada’s brutal hunt. However, thanks to massive subsidies from the Canadian government, seal hunting has returned, and it’s time to stop it once again.

Assessing the hunting practices of Namibia’s commercial seal hunt

Dr. David M. Lavigne — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:10:34 +0000

Staff member:

Dr. David M. Lavigne

Publication Date:

Tue, 06/01/2010

The annual hunt for the Cape fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus occurs at breeding colonies situated along Namibia’s desert coastline. This article focuses on the mode of hunting in the Namibian seal hunt which, it is argued, is inherently unsuited to ensuring humane killing standards that are in keeping with hunting best practices.

Canada’s Commercial Seal Slaughter

adintino — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:44:58 +0000

Publication Date:

Tue, 12/01/2009

Canada’s commercial seal slaughter is neither humane nor adequately regulated. This is confirmed by a number of veterinary reports, and by a growing collection of video evidence. There is increasing consensus that it may be impossible for this killing to ever be made acceptably humane.