100 Canadian Seal Hunt Ends Early
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APRIL 19, 2010
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UK Hunting Ban Could Be in Jeopardy
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FEBRUARY 21, 2010
It's been five years since the hunting ban was passed in Britain. It bans fox hunting, hare coursing, and stag hunting. Tags: UK fox hunting hare coursing stag hunting You can still flush a fox out with dogs, but you can't kill it. If the Tories take over, it could be in real jeopardy. They are totally against the ban.
South Korea to Become 4th Nation to Hunt Whales
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JULY 20, 2012
whales South Korea Japan huntingThis announcement is considered a major blow to the campaign to end global whaling. It sucks big time.
World Wildlife Fund Removes King Juan Carlos for Elephant Hunting
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JULY 26, 2012
King Juan Carlos may be the King of Spain, but he is no longer the honorary president of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Spain due to his hunting and killing of elephants in Botswana, Treehugger reports. spain blood sport Stupid hunting elephantsGood for them! What a hypocrite! It's not like Spain has enough problems now, it has to have an idiot king. From EcoRazzi.
Elk Hunting For Idiots
Critter News
DECEMBER 29, 2009
That's right, a herd of panicked elk were cornered in a cow pasture and a group of boneheads decided to "hunt" them. Even other hunters were disgusted: "How can you call that hunting?" That can't be called hunting. From the Seattle PI: The killing of about seven elk cornered in a farm pasture in eastern Skagit County has spurred state officials to close the elk archery season in the area and angered others who either witnessed or heard about the killings.
Fallout Continues Over Juan Carlos' Elephant Hunting Trip
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APRIL 23, 2012
As Spaniards grapple with severe austerity measures and 24 percent unemployment, their king is dealing with a different kind of pain — extreme embarrassment over public outrage upon his return from an elephant hunt in Africa that cost nearly $60,000, or more than twice the average salary in Spain. spain blood sport hunting elephantsWhat an idiot. Read the full story on this NPR page.
Newfoundland Seal Hunt Extended
Critter News
MAY 14, 2010
Earlier this week, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea extended the end date of the annual seal hunt from May 15 to May 31. This is because of the poor "harvest" due to bad ice conditions. Poor, poor seal hunters. I'm sorry, but I don't care who makes money off this barbaric practice. It's cruel.
King Juan Carlos, Honorary Head of World Wildlife Fund Spain, Caught in Elephant Hunt
Critter News
APRIL 20, 2012
King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt. africa spain blood sport hunting elephantsFrom the Wildlife Extra News. April 2012. Apparently it isn't the first time the King has been shooting big game in Africa, or elsewhere (Apparently he killed a bear in Russia a few years ago too).
US Groups Fight to Save Polar Bear Hunts
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AUGUST 8, 2009
Now that the species is listed in the US as "threatened," hunters can't import the dead body parts (aka hunting "trophies") in from Canada. Tags: canada blood sport polar bear hunting trophy hunting endangered species Supposedly, environmentalists and animal rights activists have "unfairly made the polar bear into 'the panda bear of North America.'" Waaaaaaa! insert crying baby picture here.) Here's the article from the Globe and Mail.
Japan Set for Whale Hunt Despite Earthquake and Tsunami
Critter News
MAY 2, 2011
The ABC reports five crews from the town of Ayukawa have joined the hunt, even though the tsunami destroyed Ayukawa Whaing's storage facility and carried its fleet of three whaling vessels hundreds of metres inland, where they remain. sea shepherd marine animals whales Japan huntingNothing stops the Japanese whalers! From Radio New Zealand.
Journalists Arrested During Namibian Seal Hunt
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AUGUST 4, 2009
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?) Secret footage smuggled out of Namibia has revealed the brutal reality of the Namibian seal hunt - and the subsequent attack on British journalist Jim Wickens and South African cameraman Bart Smithers. Tags: animal cruelty africa seal hunters seals namibia hunting
PETA to Target Vancouver Olympics Over Seal Hunts
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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. Tags: indigenous hunting canada seals PETA hunting It will be PETA's first Olympics!
New Jersey Bear Hunt to Continue as Planned
Critter News
NOVEMBER 30, 2010
Despite efforts by animal rights activists to stop this hunt, it is scheduled to continue. New Jersey’s first bear hunt in five years is just a week away and set to go on as planned despite a last-ditch effort by several animal rights organizations to have the hunt postponed. The bear hunt, set to take place from Dec. Tags: cull new jersey bears hunting That really sucks. It's a cull to "control the population." From North Jersey.com.
PETA Goes After Canada's Seal Hunt
Critter News
JUNE 16, 2009
PETA has launched a spoof site for the Vancouver Olympic Games over seal hunting. Seal hunting is just plain wrong. I criticize PETA a lot, but in this case I think they are right on the money. I hate the seal slaughter. I think it's barbaric and should be ended. You can go on and on about tradition, but just because something is old doesn't make it good. Slavery used to be a tradition in some societies. I like Canada.
Canada and Greenland Defend Seal Hunting
Critter News
JANUARY 22, 2009
Canadian fisheries ministry representative Garry Stenson said the hunt “is humane, well regulated and sustainable” and that new rules for the hunt were under review to strengthen inspections, monitoring and enforcement of animal welfare rules. It said a ban would decimate isolated east coast communities that are heavily dependent on the annual hunt. Oh, yeah, I forgot about Greenland. They are testifying with Canada against an EU ban on seal products.
Canada to Push Seal Hunt Agenda at G-7
Critter News
FEBRUARY 6, 2010
The second half of the article deals with their attempts at pushing that damn seal hunt. 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. You'd think they were a developing nation with nothing else to offer.
Whale Hunting
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 12, 2008
You can find his recent post on the current state of whale hunting here. Andrew Revkin writes the Dot Earth blog for the New York Times. About Dot Earth By 2050 or so, the world population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of life. In Dot Earth, reporter Andrew C.
Remote-Control Hunting
Animal Ethics
MARCH 11, 2007
Is this sort of hunting any worse, morally, than the traditional sort See here.
WA State Man Loses Hunting License Over Elk Killing
Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2010
This guy is a real piece of work. Click on the link and see the picture. It says it all.
Let the Bloodbath Begin: Canadian Seal Hunt Resumes
Critter News
MARCH 22, 2009
The Canadian government has authorized the killing of 280,000 harp seals. I won't even bother asking the Canadians to stop this barbaric practice. The only way it will end is if the market for this product in Europe dries up. The US already has such a ban in place. From the article, animal activist group Equanimal is working on it from the European end. Here is a link to the Google translated page of this group (it's in Spanish).
Texas May Allow Aerial Hunting of Wild Pigs
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FEBRUARY 19, 2009
This doesn't sound good. Millions of wild pigs weighing up to 300 pounds have been tearing up crops, trampling fences and eating just about anything in their path in Texas. But now they had better watch their hairy backs. A state lawmaker is proposing to allow ordinary Texans with rifles and shotguns to shoot the voracious, tusked animals from helicopters. For years, ranchers in the Lone Star State have hired professional hunters in choppers to thin the hogs' fast-multiplying ranks.
PETA Sets Up Web Site for Olympics
Critter News
FEBRUARY 13, 2010
Go to OlympicShame2010.com see PETA's seal hunt site. Tags: canada seal hunt seals olympics
California Legislators Call for Wildlife Official's Resignation
Critter News
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
He is a proponent of trophy hunting and was photographed with a dead mountain lion in Idaho. fish and wildlife california government mountain lions hunting idaho trophy huntingThe wildlife official in question is the President of the California Fish and Game Commission. Full story here.
Commissioned Study Shows Namibian Seals Worth More Alive than Dead
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Seal tourism brings in more revenue for the African country than the seal hunt. economics seal hunt africa economic development seals namibia huntingThese are the results of a study commissioned by Bont voor Dieren (BvD), Humane Society International (HSI), Respect for Animals (RFA) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), and produced by the Australia-based independent economics consultancy Economists at Large. Excerpted from PR Newswire.
Trophy Hunters Imperil Polar Bears
Critter News
MARCH 23, 2009
They are not hunting for food or for any subsistence whatsoever. It's all about the thrill of the hunt and, sorry to say it, the thrill of the testosterone surge. Therefore, to me it's a slam dunk as to whether trophy hunters should continue to hunt polar bears. If a species' very survival is threatened, then it is impractical to hunt it for mere entertainment. And I don't believe the argument that Inuit villages will collapse without the revenue from these hunts.
Swedish King Wants to Cull Country's Wolf Population
Critter News
APRIL 30, 2012
Because every year the good king runs an elk hunt in Sweden, along with his son Prince Carl Philip. Despite the fact that some 100,000 elk are shot every autumn in Sweden out of an estimated population of 3-400,000, King Gustaf believes that the presence of 200 wolves might spoil his annual hunt, so has been advocating the culling of as many wolves as possible. Yet to hunt the elk, he himself uses hunting dogs.
What is GISHWHES?
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 11, 2015
Supernatural star, Misha Collins, started GISHWHES (Greatest International Scavenger Hunt The World Has Ever Seen), in 2011 to help people have a lot more fun. The hunt takes … Continue reading → The post What is GISHWHES? What is GISHWHES?
"The Cove" Is Getting Attention
Critter News
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
It's a documentary about an annual Japanese dolphin hunt that occurs in the village of Taiji. Tags: oceans dolphin hunt Japan hunting We posted about "The Cove" a few months ago. It's gruesome, bloody and disturbing. It has just been screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Here is a glowing review from Joel Reynolds with the Natural Resources Defense Council. The review is on Huffington Post.
Swiss Activists Try to Ban Seal Products
Critter News
JUNE 21, 2011
canada seal hunt seal hunters SwitzerlandI had no idea that Switzerland is NOT part of the EU. Therefore, the EU's ban on seal products does not apply to them. But activists are trying to change that.
Canada Okays Matching Seal Quota
Critter News
MARCH 27, 2012
The market for Canadian seal pelts has gone dry but the federal government will still allow sealers to kill 400,000 of the marine mammals when the annual hunt opens next Monday. canada seal hunt sealsThis despite a dry market for seal products and a warming climate that is hurting the species? Really, Canada? Really? For the full article, go to The Globe and Mail here.
CA Wildlife Official Photographed with Dead Mountain Lion
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Dan Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, is shown in the photo, holding a mountain lion he reportedly hunted and killed in Idaho, according to Western Outdoor Press, which published the photo. Hunting mountain lion is legal in Idaho, but illegal in California. wildlife management california Stupid mountain lions hunting idahoWhat was this idiot thinking? The full story is below and it comes from kcra.com.
Russia Bans Canadian Seal Imports!
Critter News
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. World Trade Organization canada kazakhstan europe seal hunt belarus trade seals russiaGreat news! But I'm not exactly sure why RUSSIA would ban them. The other two neighbors that banned them are Kazakhstan and Belarus). Apparently, some claim about 90 percent of Canadian sales are to Russia.
On Compassionate Bullets
Animal Person
JULY 15, 2010
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Canada Reaches Seal Product Deal with China
Critter News
JANUARY 16, 2011
canada europe seal hunt seals chinaIn order to offset the loss of the seal product market in Europe, Canada has made a deal with China. I'm not surprised. China as a whole still doesn't have a national conscience about these issues. Although 40 Chinese animal rights groups have protested, they don't really have any political or financial clout to change anything.
Humane Society Puts Pressure on South Carolina's Bear Baying
Critter News
AUGUST 24, 2010
A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. Hunters say the exercise popular in the state's hilly northwestern corner helps them train their dogs on what to do when they come across a bear during a hunt. Tags: animal cruelty blood sport south carolina humane society bears hunting Ugh, this is barbaric and right out of the dark ages. From the AP.
Canadian Prime Minister Eats Seal Meat
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AUGUST 18, 2009
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Apple Rejects Idiotic Seal Clubbing Game
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APRIL 29, 2010
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Canadian Seals In Big Trouble from Melting Ice
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MARCH 26, 2010
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Almost One-Third of Japanese Whale Kill Was Pregnant
Critter News
JULY 12, 2009
Of 679 whales reported to have been killed during the 2008-2009 whale hunt in Antarctica, 304 were female. Tags: whales Japan hunting whaling Leave it to the Japanese. Always classy. From Wildlife Extra. Four of the female whales were lactating, and 192 were pregnant at the time of death. The Japanese government's "Cruise Report" gives gruesome details on the foetuses killed. The four lactating females would each have had a dependent calf that would inevitably have starved to death.
Ottawa to Lobby EU Against Seal Ban
Critter News
JANUARY 5, 2009
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 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. Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals hunting
Northern Arapahoes Given Right to Kill Eagles for Religious Purposes
Critter News
MARCH 19, 2012
bald eagle us fish and wildlife religion native americans hunting us tribesFrom the Seattle PI. A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted a permit March 9 to the Northern Arapaho Tribe allowing it either to kill or capture and release two bald eagles this year.
Sandpiper Species Heading Towards Extinction
Critter News
AUGUST 22, 2010
To prevent the Spoon-billed Sandpiper's extinction urgent action is needed, both to find ways to give local people economic alternatives to hunting birds and to persuade hunters to release any sandpipers they catch. Tags: birds hunting endangered species Really sad. The Spoon-billed Sandpiper, one of the world's most threatened birds, is rapidly heading towards extinction because young birds are being targeted for human consumption.
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