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Canada has allowed over one million seals to be killed in the past three years.
With this year’s commercial total allowable catch limit set at 270,000 seals,
this becomes the fourth consecutive year in which the government allocation has
exc Read more »
The team traveled by plane and helicopter and observed a single sealing vessel
as it began hunting seals on the opening day of the Gulf hunt. As expected,
sealers were shooting at seals on small ice pans from their boat. “What we saw
today w Read more »
In recent years, the government has set the yearly TAC around 300,000 animals, a
number well above the sustainable levels estimated by its own scientists. This
year, despite poor ice conditions that could result in 100% natural seal pup
mortality, Read more »
Even the death of thousands of newborn pups in the Gulf of Saint-Laurent due to
global warming has not prompted the Canadian authorities to cancel the hunt as
recommended by the experts. In this particular respect, Canada's attitude can be
qualifi Read more »
“The conditions this year are disastrous. I’ve surveyed this region for six
years and I haven’t seen anything like this.“ said Sheryl Fink, a senior
researcher with IFAW. “There is wide open water and almost no s Read more »
According to the latest reports from scientific agencies in Canada, ice
conditions on Canada’s east coast are shaping up to be among the worst on
record. Current ice conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence appear to be worse
than in 2002, whe Read more »
