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Seal Import Ban Passes EU Committee

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But the bill still needs the the approval of the entire EU assembly and EU governments in order to become law. Canada and Greenland have warned the EU that they could challenge such a ban before the World Trade Organization. Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals. It will be tough.

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Europe Votes to Ban Seal Products

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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".

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On the Edge.

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This June my brother-in-law and I took off to Kangiq (Cape Crauford), the western edge of of the mouth of Admiralty Inlet to Lancaster Sound. We found a spot where the pack ice hadn’t completely come in and stayed for hours, watching curious Ringed Seal watching us. Ringed Seal. Trips Arctic Canada'