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April 29, 2013
Taking our Evidence Worldwide
With our evidence, we're at the World Trade Organization to show the world the cruelty of the 2013 seal slaughter.
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April 19, 2013
A Banner Year for Stopping Canada's Seal Slaughter
Canada's sealing industry boasts of an expected slaughter of 100,000 baby seals this year as more countries around the world end their trade in seal products, forcing Canada to stockpile unwanted skins.
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April 13, 2013
Baby Seal Dies in Stages
Rebecca Aldworth and the Protect Seals team film a young seal as she dies of a gunshot, impaling, and clubbing at the hands of Canada's sealers.
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April 12, 2013
Three Scenes of Suffering from Canada's Seal Slaughter
Rebecca Aldworth and the Protect Seals team report on three instances from one day when baby seals didn't die quickly during Canada's slaughter.
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April 11, 2013
Boats in the Fog, Seal Blood in the Water
Rebecca Aldworth and our Protect Seals team follow sealers through the fog and witness gruesome scenes of baby seals clubbed and shot to death, sometimes slowly.
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April 10, 2013
Tragedy and Hope at Canada's Seal Slaughter
Sealers killed about 4,450 baby seals on the first day of Canada's seal slaughter, staining the ice and their boats red with blood.
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April 10, 2013
Canadian Seal Slaughter Begins Again
Despite the collapse of the sealing economy, it persists. Guest blogger Rebecca Aldworth reported from the scene of the slaughter.
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April 9, 2013
Taxpayer-Subsidized Seal Hunt Begins off Canada’s East Coast
HSI/Canada was on location to document cruelty at Canada’s 2013 commercial seal hunt as it opened in the "Front" (the waters northeast of Newfoundland).
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April 2, 2013
Canada's Seal Slaughter: Progress against Continuing Horror
Rebecca Aldworth, director of Canadian Wildlife Issues for The HSUS, looks to another seal slaughter, ever more determined to stop it.
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March 21, 2013
Celebrity Chef Brian Malarkey Joins with The Humane Society of the United States to Protect Seals
Acclaimed celebrity chef Brian Malarkey has signed on to The Humane Society of the United States’ Protect Seals campaign to bring Canada’s commercial seal slaughter to an end.
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December 12, 2012
Celebrity Chef Curtis Stone Teams Up with The HSUS’ Protect Seals Campaign
The Humane Society of the United States is proud to announce that celebrity chef Curtis Stone has joined its Protect Seals campaign in an effort to end Canada’s commercial seal slaughter.
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November 15, 2012
More Than 6,000 Establishments Join with The HSUS to End Canada’s Seal Slaughter
The Humane Society of the United States is pleased to announce that more than 6,000 restaurants and grocery stores have taken a stand to protect seals by pledging to avoid purchasing some or all Canadian seafood.
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October 2, 2012
Rewards Offered for Information About Hawaii Wildlife Crimes
The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust are working with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources to offer rewards for information in cases of poaching and designated wildlife-related crimes. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-855-DLNR-TIP.
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July 12, 2012
Seal Hero Strikes Again
Young advocate Martin Welych-Flanagan continues his years-long effort to end the Canadian seal hunt.
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May 4, 2012
Legislature Adjourns with Numerous Bills Passed for Hawaii’s Animals
The Humane Society of the United States, on behalf of its more than 50,000 members and supporters across Hawaii, thanks the State Legislature for its support in passing a number of animal protection bills this legislative session, and urges Gov. Abercrombie to sign the bills into law.
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May 4, 2012
Seal Slaughter is on Life Support, but Not Ready to Die
Rebecca Aldworth anticipates a challenging year for the Protect Seals campaign because of a fur lobby that won’t give up easily, but she is ever more determined to stop the slaughter.
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April 16, 2012
Death on Ice: Seal Pups Die Horribly
Rebecca Aldworth and the Protect Seals team watch miserably as off-season fishermen turn the peaceful ice floes into seal pup slaughterhouses.
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April 12, 2012
Seal Pups Killed off the Coast of Newfoundland
The commercial seal hunt opened early this morning in an area off the Newfoundland coast known locally as "the front," and more than two dozen sealing vessels launched to do their killing.
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April 10, 2012
Canada's Seal Slaughter Begins
The HSUS's Rebecca Aldworth watches helplessly as the first seal pups are clubbed to death in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but with ever greater determination to stop the seal slaughter for good.
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April 3, 2012
HSI/Canada Calls for Sealing Industry Buyout as Largest Seal Fur Processor Closes
Canada's largest seal fur buyer, NuTan, announced Thursday it would stop processing seal skins.
