Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Vancouver's Olympic organizers have the clout to convince the Canadian government to end the controversial seal hunt on the East Coast. The group will launch a new campaign on Wednesday featuring the 2010 Inukshuk logo clubbing a seal, with the five Olympic rings dripping blood.

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Animal Person

MAY 17, 2009

Like clubbing a seal to death? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. Let's deconstruct the concept: Do you think that people who have spent their lives harming animals by eating them, just like I did and much of my family still does, deserve a second chance? Is fighting and killing dogs the same thing?

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Animal Ethics

JULY 1, 2009

Here is a New York Times story about seal meat.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 5, 2009

Here is a New York Times story about the seal trade.

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Animal Person

MAY 11, 2009

Here's the set-up: The European Parliament endorsed a ban on seal products. But if they continue to just take a fundamentalist position against people who live in the same ecosystem as the seals, then they'll never achieve an end to this activity, because these people rely on this for their living."

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Audubon’s Hog Island Audubon Camp attracts birders of all skills levels every summer and Acadia National Park, Monhegan Island, Machias Seal Island, and Scarborough Marsh are nationally known birding hotspots. There are 461 species on the Maine checklist.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 29, 2009

I am writing to you today to ask for your help in getting this petition signed, sealed and delivered by urging your readers to sign our petition to let the USDA know we won't stand for their deceptive claims. We're currently at 9,556 signatures—96% of the way there!

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