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41 Articles match "Seals"
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New Podcast for Week Ending February 13, 2009
In this week’s podcast ending February 13, 2010: **Britain’s Ministry of Defense defends its use of pigs as subjects in explosives testing; **an elephant expert argues for the closing of the elephant exhibit at the Toronto Zoo; **the State of Hawaii seeks to toughen penalties for dog fighting; **Animal rights groups protest the Canadian seal hunt in the shadow of the 2010 Olympics.
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Critter News
- Sunday, February 14, 2010
Alistair Darling Refuses to Eat Seal Meat at G7 Meeting
He refused to eat the seal meat that the local Inuit community offered to the meeting participants, instead eating Arctic char. They're basically making participants choose between eating seal meat or pissing off the Inuits and risk being called racists. Tags: canada UK europe seal hunt inuit seals G Alistair Darling, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, is in Canada for a G-7 meeting. Good for him!
Critter News
- Monday, February 8, 2010
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EU Bans Seal Imports
The New York Times reports that the ban will still allow seal products from traditional hunts by the Inuit people, also known as Eskimos, in Canada and Greenland. Tags: canada europe seal hunters seal And Canada is going to appeal the decision at the WTO. But still...a a
Critter News
- Saturday, August 1, 2009
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Seal
Here is a New York Times story about seal mea
Animal Ethics
- Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Seals
Here is a New York Times story about the seal trad
Animal Ethics
- Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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Canada Up to Its Old Seal-Killing Tricks
We're proceeding as usual." "No person shall use a club or a hakapik to strike a seal older than one year unless the seal has been shot with a firearm," states one of the new rules, posted Saturday in a government publication but not on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans website. However, this rule will have little effect because fewer than than one percent of the seals killed during the annual hunt are older than a year. ...Under Here they go again. Trying to put a humane face on a barbaric practice. The amendments to the Marine Mammal Regulations, which include
Critter News
- Friday, January 2, 2009
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Europe Votes to Ban Seal Products
From the press release: Euro-MPs have voted overwhelmingly for a total ban on the trade in seal products across Europe. A resolution at the end of a three-year campaign, triggered by a public outcry at the annual seal culls in Canada and Norway, condemned the slaughter of seals as "inherently inhumane". Tags: seal hunter That's good news . Labour Euro MP Arlene McCarthy, who helped steer the ban through the European Parliament, said: "This law is a victory for people power and a credit to the campaigners involved."
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Critter News
- Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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Canada Threatens WTO Action on Seal Ban
If Europe bans seal products, Canada may go to the WTO (World Trade Organization) and appeal.
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Critter News
- Sunday, April 5, 2009
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Canada to Push Seal Hunt Agenda at G-7
The second half of the article deals with their attempts at pushing that damn seal hunt. Tags: canada seal hunters Stupid seal The Canadian government is so damn stubborn on this issue. Is it THAT much a part of its economy? Canada needs to stop exploiting its natural resources and move into a more sophisticated type of economy.
Critter News
- Saturday, February 6, 2010
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Seal Meat Served in Canada
And this is despite the bad press received by the annual seal hunts. For time immemorial seal has been eaten -- raw -- as a traditional food by indigenous people such as the Inuit. Now, rustic seal has been carted out by back-to-basics foodies dressed up as a gourmet delight, particularly inspiring diners in mostly French-speaking Quebec province, where there is a devoted food-lovers' culture. Definitely a niche market ,but demand has been increasing. It also has been a traditional food for generations of hunters in Canada's east who serve it up roasted, or sometimes with
Critter News
- Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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Ottawa to Lobby EU Against Seal Ban
They must really be nervous. Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said Monday that Canadian officials will meet with EU politicians in a bid to convince them that Canada's commercial seal hunt is humane and should be exempt from a proposed seal import ban. ...A Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals huntin A ban could deliver a devastating blow to Atlantic Canadian fishermen who rely on the annual hunt as a source of income, shutting down critical shipment points, including Holland and Germany.
Critter News
- Monday, January 5, 2009
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Canadian Prime Minister Eats Seal Meat
He's doing it to show his opposition to the EU's ban on seal products. Tags: canada europe seals huntin Canada plans on appealing to the WTO. Stay classy Harper!
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Critter News
- Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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