Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

But I'm not exactly sure why RUSSIA would ban them. Apparently, some claim about 90 percent of Canadian sales are to Russia. Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry.

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Russia Seals Fur Industry Belarus 100

Critter News

MARCH 22, 2009

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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Slaughter Slaughtered Seals Canada 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

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. They are also endangered by a loss of habitat, as energy companies encroach on more and more of their territory for oil and gas operations.

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Bears 40