Europe Votes to Ban Seal Products
Critter News
MAY 5, 2009
From the press release: Euro-MPs have voted overwhelmingly for a total ban on the trade in seal products across Europe. Tags: seal hunters. That's good news.
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EU Bans Seal Imports
Critter News
AUGUST 1, 2009
Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals. 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. And Canada is going to appeal the decision at the WTO. victory for now.
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Seal Import Ban Passes EU Committee
Critter News
MARCH 3, 2009
Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals. Nordic EU countries such as Denmark, Sweden and Finland have opposed such a ban, and EU legal experts say it could violate world trade rules. Canada and Greenland have warned the EU that they could challenge such a ban before the World Trade Organization.
Ottawa to Lobby EU Against Seal Ban
Critter News
JANUARY 5, 2009
Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals hunting. 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 The meeting is scheduled for January 21.
Canada and Greenland Defend Seal Hunting
Critter News
JANUARY 22, 2009
Greenland Fisheries Minister Finn Karlsen, dressed in a traditional white Inuit sealskin jacket, insisted such a ban would “have severe and negative consequence for hunters and their families.” “Our Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals. They spoke before a hearing on the proposed ban.
ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2011
Once known as the Canada Jay, but more interestingly by such tags as Camp Robber and Venison Hawk for its habit of hanging around humans and viewing them as a food source. Gray Jay : This drab but charismatic species demonstrates that the more a bird interacts with humans, the more colloquial names it will tend to pick up. Fool-hen, guys?
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