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Seal Slaughter Stopped by Russia. Canada? Not So Much.

Critter News

Kudos for Russian leader Vladimir Putin for stopping the slaughter of seals. The ministry said: “This is a serious step forward to protect Russia’s biological diversity. Activists accused Norwegian companies of encouraging the killing because seal hunting was no longer allowed in their own country.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But most important, they are beginning to starve, because the sea ice they depend on for hunting seals, their main food, is melting at a very rapid rate because of global warming. Instead, it simply seeks to protect bears in the absence of a better national approach to climate change. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan.