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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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March 16, 2012
Buffalo Exchange Helps Save Ocean Animals
In recognition of our work to protect marine life, Buffalo Exchange pledged all proceeds from the sale of items priced at one dollar during Buffalo Exchange’s Dollar Day Sale on Saturday, April 21, 2012, as donations to HSI and The HSUS.
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February 3, 2011
Underwater Exposure: "The Cove" Director Louie Psihoyos Turns Lens on Dolphin Hunt
Award-winning filmmaker Louie Psihoyos Turns His Lens on Japanese Dolphin Hunt
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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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November 13, 2009
La Jolla Seals Decision
The HSUS heralds the ruling by Judge Timothy Taylor of the Superior Court of California in San Diego to allow harbor seals to continue living at Casa Beach in La Jolla. In his ruling, Judge Taylor vacated two previous judicial orders that would have required the City of San Diego to disperse the seals and to dredge the beach to ensure the seals did not return.
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May 5, 2009
Victory For Seals!
The European Union has banned the trade in seal products, closing a major market for the fur and saving the lives of untold hundreds of thousands of seals.
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March 16, 2009
Iron Chef Boycotts Canadian Seafood
At the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Iron Chef Cat Cora joins The HSUS' ProtectSeals Campaign and hosts a screening of Nigel Barker's documentary "A Sealed Fate," filmed during the 2008 Canadian seal hunt.
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March 13, 2009
Clearwater has the Power to End the Seal Hunt
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March 5, 2009
Live from the Ice: A Spectacular Nursery
Rebecca Aldworth reports from the harp seal nursery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence just weeks before the Canadian seal hunt.
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March 2, 2009
Landmark Victory for Seals in European Parliament
The EU's Internal Markets and Consumer Protection Committee voted for a strong seal products ban. The next step is a plenary vote.
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February 27, 2009
The Barry Group and Canada's Seal Hunt
It looked like no seals would be killed in the 2009 Canadian grey seal hunt when a NuTan, Inc., part of the Barry Group, offered to buy 200 pelts as "samples."
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January 22, 2009
Hollywood Turns Out for Seals at Sundance
Josh Madden's report from the ProtectSeals' campaign's event at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, featuring a meal from chef Cat Cora and a film by Nigel Barker.
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April 1, 2008
Seal Hunt Inherently Inhumane
Rebecca Aldworth visits seals on the ice floes of Canada and documents the 2008 seal hunt.
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March 14, 2008
The Canadian Seal Hunt: An Interview with J. M. Coetzee
Nobel-prize winner J.M. Coetzee discusses why he opposes Canada's commercial seal hunt.
