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August 20, 2010
Litigant in EU Seal Product Trade Ban Case is Main Buyer of Seal Skins at 2010 Commercial Seal Hunt
The European Commission confirmed that a ban on seal product trade went into effect Aug. 20 in the European Union, despite a limited suspension pertaining to litigants involved in a case before the European Court of Justice. The litigants include many commercial sealing enterprises, including the top two buyers of seal fur from the commercial seal hunt in Canada.
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August 19, 2010
HSI/Canada Statement on Temporary Suspension of EU Seal Product Trade Ban
Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of HSI/Cananda, issued a statement in response to the European Court of Justice's decision to temporarily suspend the European Union prohibition on seal product trade.
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August 19, 2010
EU Seal Product Trade Ban Takes Effect
HSI/Canada applauds the European Union for its ban on trade in seal products from commercial hunts, which formally enters into force on Friday. Newly released video of the 2010 seal slaughter recorded by HSI/Canada shows that commercial sealing remains inhumane.
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April 22, 2010
Chefs for Seals, Nigel Barker Team up on Earth Day to ProtectSeals
The HSUS and Chefs for Seals hosted an Earth Day celebration of Canada’s seal pups in an effort to end the commercial seal slaughter.
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April 20, 2010
On Earth Day 2010, Go Green and Help Animals
The HSUS is celebrating Earth Day with a rally for whale protection and encouraging consumers to make greener choices on their plates and in their backyards.
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April 13, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: Closing Time
The 2010 commercial seal slaughter is slowly winding down. Spring is marching on and, with the warming temperatures, the harp seal nursery is literally melting away. The sealers have killed almost all of the pups in the area we were filming.
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April 12, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: Bear Witness
Because of you, the tragic deaths of these defenseless animals will ultimately bring down the sealing industry. As the images of this cruelty are seen around the world, global markets for seal products are closing, and consumers are taking action to stop the slaughter.
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April 12, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: Tragedy, Hope
The low demand this year means hundreds of thousands of baby seals will survive the slaughter. It has been a hard fight to save them, and our work is not over yet. But it’s reassuring to know that our campaign is working. And it’s working because of you.
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April 11, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: The Slaughter Continues
What words could defend what we have filmed in the past three days? What propaganda could ever counter the cries of a wounded baby seal choking on her own blood? With our evidence being broadcast globally now, let’s see the Canadian government try to explain exactly how “humane” this bloody slaughter is.
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April 10, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: Eyes Wide Open
The ice floes off Canada’s east coast are a place of death right now. But just as the seals are dying, so too is the sealing industry. Every club the sealers bring down on a stricken baby seal, every bullet that tears into a defenseless pup—each one is a deathblow to the future of the slaughter.
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April 10, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: To Be a Baby Seal
The cowards who rip the skins from the backs of these helpless animals must face opponents, and we are those opponents. We must be the voice of every seal pup they have beaten to death to make a quick buck.
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April 9, 2010
Student Set On Saving Seals
In an effort to end the seal hunt, college student Alexis Ulrich is spreading the word about the Canadian seafood boycott.
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April 9, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: Dark Day
It is unimaginably hard to be up here—in a helicopter 1,000 feet in the air-- bearing witness to what is happening. But it is this evidence that is ending Canada’s commercial seal slaughter.
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April 8, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: The Killing Begins
This is one of the worst parts of documenting the seal slaughter ... the knowledge that the killing could have begun, and there is nothing we can do except try to get it on film to share with the world.
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April 8, 2010
Statement from Rebecca Aldworth on Canadian Seal Slaughter
The seal slaughter began in the “front” (the waters northeast of Newfoundland) before sunrise on Thursday.
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April 8, 2010
2010 Seal Slaughter: First Images
Images from the ice during today's senseless slaughter of baby seals in Canada. Please help us shut down this hunt for good.
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April 8, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: They're Coming
This is one of the worst parts of documenting the seal slaughter ... the knowledge that the killing could have begun, and there is nothing we can do except try to get it on film to share with the world.
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April 7, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: Eve of the Hunt
With trepidation in her heart but hope for the future, Humane Society International executive director Rebecca Aldworth watches the sealing boats arrive off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The helpless baby seals have no idea what lies ahead.
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April 6, 2010
Seal Hunt 2010: Countdown Begins
Humane Society International executive director Rebecca Aldworth sends daily updates from the seal slaughter. See images, video, and join our efforts to shut it down for good.
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April 6, 2010
Poll Shows Broad Support Among Newfoundland Sealers for a Federal Sealing Industry Buyout
A poll reveals that half of Newfoundland sealers holding an opinion support a federal buyout of the commercial sealing industry, which would involve fishermen being compensated for their sealing licenses and money being invested in economic alternatives for affected communities.
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March 15, 2010
Canadian Government Increases 2010 Seal Slaughter Quota by 50,000
HSI condemns the irresponsible harp seal quota set by the Canadian government for 2010. Canada will allow seal hunters to slaughter 388,200 harp, grey and hooded seals this year.
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March 10, 2010
Melting Out from Under Them
With ice vanishing from many areas, harp seal pups are facing serious threats before the commercial seal hunt even starts.
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March 9, 2010
HSI, Senator Harb Call for Cancellation of 2010 Commercial Seal Slaughter
Senator Mac Harb and Humane Society International/Canada are calling for the cancellation of the 2010 commercial seal hunt.
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March 3, 2010
McGrath’s Fish House Pledges to ProtectSeals
The HSUS is pleased to announce that McGrath’s Fish House has joined the ProtectSeals boycott of Canadian seafood.
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February 26, 2010
HSI Celebrates Hope on Hay Island
Sealers in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, have confirmed that a grey seal hunt on Hay Island is highly unlikely to occur in 2010.
