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More about seals, the EU and IFAW:
- Commercial Seal Hunting: The EU and the Fight to Protect Seals
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Seals news
We're coming off an inspiring week among peers and experts who are putting their skills to work in telling the story of Read more »
Every April, the ice floes off Canada’s east coast run red with blood as the annual slaughter of harp seal pups takes Read more »
The East Coast commercial seal hunt has started up in Canada for another year, and once again we are hearing the same myths Read more »
Warning this video contains graphic material. IFAW has spent decades documenting what really happens at Canada’s Watch Video »
When Canada and Norway complained about the EU’s 2009 seal trade ban to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Watch Video »
In case you missed it, be sure to WATCH: EU voices united in support of the seal ban – "Taking action Watch Video »
In case you missed it, be sure to WATCH: EU voices united in support of the seal product ban – "An inhumane Watch Video »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is disappointed that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) will be opening the commercial seal hunt early this year, allowing sealers to hunt while harp seal pups are still nursing. Traditionally, the annu Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare condemns any early opening of the commercial harp seal hunt. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) are considering suspending the annual closure of the hunt in mid-March. This is one of the few protections in pla Read more »
Canada’s commercial seal hunt will open once again on the East Coast on April 10th. The Canadian government has not announced the 2016 quota, but it will likely remain at 400,000 harp seals, 60,000 grey seals and 8,200 hooded seals. However, th Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) welcomed today’s adoption by the Council of the European Union of the amended version of the regulation on trade in seal products. The trade ban had to be revised in response to findings of the W Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) welcomed today’s EU Parliament vote for an amended version of the regulation on trade in seal products. The trade ban had to be revised in response to findings of the World Trade Organization (WT Read more »
A recently released study commissioned by the Canadian government recommends the international marketing of seal penises as ingredients in energy drinks. The genitalia would be obtained by killing 140.000 grey seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Read more »
Key issues under discussion regarding the proposed revisions to Regulation (EC) 1007/2009 on trade in seal products
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Position on proposed amendments to draft IMCO report on Commission's proposal to amend Regulation (EC) 1007 / 2009 on tra Read more »
Position paper on the draft AGRI opinion on the Commission's proposal to amend Regulation (EC) 1007/2009 on trade in seal Read more »
The European Commission has tabled a new proposal amending Regulation 1007/2009 on the trade in seal products. The new Read more »
The EU Commission recently released its proposal on how to change the groundbreaking EU seal trade regulation to make it Read more »
The EU Commission today released an amended version of the EU regulations on seal products. The EU trade regulation on seals Read more »
The EU Regulation on the trade in seal products is a groundbreaking piece of legislation designed to tackle one of the Read more »
