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A Sealed Fate

July 28, 2008

by Heather Sullivan Nearly 800 guests, including several television, music and theater stars walked the "white carpet" at The Humane Society of the United States' and Nigel Barker's New York City gallery opening of "A Sealed Fate?"—a photography and film exhibit documenting the lives of baby harp seals killed... full article

Reward Offered After Six Protected Sea Lions Are Killed on the Columbia

May 8, 2008

NOAA Sea lions eat less than 4 percent of salmon atBonneville Dam. The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for killing six federally protected sea lions on... full article

Live From the Ice

April 16, 2008

10:15 P.M. Imagine There's No Seal Huntby Rebecca AldworthAs we leave Newfoundland—bringing the observation of the 2008 seal hunt to a close—I think forward to a time when this is all over. When the skin of a baby seal has no value on the international market, and the Canadian government has finally e... full article

EU to Propose Ban on Seal Products from Inhumane Hunts

April 13, 2008

Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States congratulate European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas for his recent statements that he will propose a ban on all seal products from inhumane hunts. Commissioner Dimas told Reuters late on Saturday that, "We will propose a ban of sea... full article

Ecotourism an Innovative Solution for Seals, Canadian Fishermen

April 11, 2008

by Rebecca Aldworth For years, The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International have worked to put an end to Canada’s commercial seal hunt—and our campaign is having a real impact. An end to the commercial seal hunt could be in sight, with ecotourism emerging as a far more sustai... full article

Seal Kill Observers Document Cruelty, Possible Violations of Marine Mammal Regulations

April 11, 2008

Related Stories Ecotourism an innovative solution for seals, Canadian fishermen. Read more» Why Canada's commercial seal hunt will never be humane. Read more» Today, The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International returned to the ice floes off Canada's east co... full article

Stay of Execution for Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam

April 3, 2008

NOAA The government is targeting sea lions at Bonneville Dam. On April 1, The HSUS negotiated a temporary stay of execution for sea lions with the National Marine Fisheries Service and the states of Washington and Oregon. NMFS had authorized the states to begin shooting as many as 85 sea lions this... full article

Seal Hunt Inherently Inhumane

April 1, 2008

by Katie Carrus Impossible Environment» | Speed of the Hunt» | How Seals Suffer» On March 28, the Canadian commercial seal hunt began in earnest, setting off a wave of killing that will take the lives of 275,000 seals—virtually all pups just... full article

Seal Hunters not Following New Licensing Conditions; Seals Suffer

March 29, 2008

Seal hunt observers documented apparent violations of the new sealing license conditions today in Cabot Strait. International journalists and world-renowned photographer Nigel Barker joined The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International in documenting the inherent cruelty of the commercial ... full article

Baby Seal Slaughter Opens at Dawn

March 28, 2008

Today marks both the opening of this year's Canadian commercial seal hunt—the largest slaughter of marine mammals on Earth—and the 25th anniversary of the European Union directive banning the trade in fur from newborn seals. Marcus Gyger Sealers will begin killing 275,000 baby ... full article

The HSUS and Wild Fish Conservancy File Suit to Stop Sea Lion Killing at Bonneville Dam

March 27, 2008

Bethanie O'Driscoll The government is targeting sea lions at Bonneville Dam. The Humane Society of the United States, Wild Fish Conservancy, and two individual citizens filed suit today in federal court in Oregon, seeking to stop the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) from authorizing the ... full article

275,000 Seals to Die After Hunt Begins March 28

March 24, 2008

by Katie Carrus The Canadian government set March 28 as the start date for the country's annual commercial seal hunt. Nigel Barker LLC 275,000 seal pups like this one will die this year.Sealing boats are already lining up in the Magdalen Islands off the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where the fir... full article

Feds Allow Sea Lion Shooting at Bonneville Dam

March 18, 2008

Bethanie O'Driscoll These sea lions sunning themselves by Bonneville Dam don't know what the government has in store. The Humane Society of the United States announced its strong opposition to a plan approved by the National Marine Fisheries Service today to allow state agents to shoot as ... full article

The Canadian Seal Hunt: An Interview with J. M. Coetzee

March 14, 2008

Basso Cannarsa "My initial reaction was of horror,"said Coetzee of Canada's seal hunt. Nobel-prize laureate John Maxwell "J.M." Coetzee is originally from Cape Town, South Africa. The common themes of humanism and opposition to animal cruelty run through both his fiction and non-fiction lit... full article

Farewell, Fantastic Icy World

March 7, 2008

Nigel Barker Hundreds of seals and their pups were scattered acrossthe ice floes, the sun shining brilliantly down on them. By Rebecca Aldworth Over the past few days, world-renowned fashion photographer and judge on "America's Next Top Model" Nigel Barker used his talent and na... full article

Spectacular Scene Before the Slaughter

March 4, 2008

Nigel Barker "The only sounds you hear are the calls of the newborn seals." By Rebecca Aldworth Yesterday we landed in the magnificent harp seal nursery, about 25 miles off the shores of the Magdalen Islands. It is my tenth year of bearing witness to this woundrous site, and for me, it is... full article

Photographer, Filmmaker, Actress Join The HSUS to Spotlight Seals

March 3, 2008

The HSUS Fashion photographer Nigel Barker and HSUSPresident and CEO Wayne Pacelle in Canada. By Natalie Ragan For the last ten years, nothing has deterred Rebecca Aldworth from documenting the beauty of the baby harp seals on the ice floes of Atlantic Canada, or the inhumane slaug... full article

Expedition to Seal Nursery Spotlights Pups Slated for Slaughter

February 29, 2008

By Rebecca Aldworth Just days ago, The Humane Society of the United States returned from one of the most brutal seal hunts we have ever witnessed—the slaughter of baby grey seals in a protected nature reserve off Nova Scotia. What we saw was horrific, and a haunting reminder of what's to come just ... full article

Stop the Killing of Sea Lions on the Columbia River

February 6, 2008

NOAA Sea lions eat less than 4 percent of salmon atBonneville Dam. On the border between Oregon and Washington, the Columbia River thunders over the Bonneville Dam. During spawning season, thousands of salmon and other fish swim upriver through a series of fish ladders. Flocks of tourists come to... full article

HSI Delivers Court Papers to Japan

February 1, 2008

HSI Australia Delivering the papers.In the wake of the January 15, 2008 ruling by the Australian Federal Court that Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha is in breach of Australian law by killing whales in the Australian Whale Sanctuary, a team from HSI Australia flew to Tokyo on January ... full article

Judge Rules in Favor of Marine Life in Navy Sonar Case

January 10, 2008

Scientists believe that beaked whales have fallen victim to sonar. Whales will be able to swim more soundly through Southern California waters thanks to a federal judge's ruling last week on the Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar in the Pacific region. The Jan. 3 decision bars the Navy from using mi... full article

Rallying for Seals

December 21, 2007

HSUS Seal advocates rally at the Canadian embassy. By Andrea Cimino On November 15, 2007, The HSUS, joined by Greenpeace USA and local animal advocates, observed the official opening day of the 2007-2008 seal hunt season in Atlantic Canada by holding a demonstration at the Canadian embassy in Washin... full article

A Reprieve for Florida Manatees

December 6, 2007

Marty Snyderman Last year was the deadliest for Florida's manatees. By Sharon Young In good news for Florida's manatees, the state announced it will not be slashing the animals' endangered species protections, at least not for now. At a Dec. 5, meeting, animal advocates ... full article

Japan Launches Colossal Whale Hunt in Defiance of Global Ban

November 19, 2007

iStockphoto/Dale Walsh A humpback whale breaches.On November 18, Japan launched its whaling fleet for the Southern Ocean Sanctuary around Antarctica, where the country plans to kill more than 1,000 whales over the next several months. It will be the largest whale hunt undertaken in the South Pacific s... full article

The Right to Bear Witness: The Struggle over Observing the Canadian Seal Hunt Continues

November 15, 2007

The HSUS Canada's government doesn't want witnessesto scenes like this, from the 2006 hunt. Perhaps the Canadian government was hoping for a quick "guilty" verdict when it ordered five members of the ProtectSeals team to appear in a courtroom in the heart of sealing country to defend themselves again... full article