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Journalists Arrested During Namibian Seal Hunt

Critter News

Ugly stuff in Namibia, the country with the seal hunting that no one talks about because so few know about it (I mean who thinks about seal hunting in Namibia?) The journalists, who were working on assignment with Dutch lobby group Bont voor Dieren were violently attacked by seal hunters before being detained by police.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. But opposition to its use can be understood if you oppose cruelty. But animal rights groups (albeit not all of them) not only opposed the move, but sued to prevent the poisoning.