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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?) The journalists, who were working on assignment with Dutch lobby group Bont voor Dieren were violently attacked by seal hunters before being detained by police.

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APRIL 26, 2009

EU nations agree to ban on seal products * Ban would lead to trade clash with Norway and Canada * Final approvals seen as a formality. Tags: canada norway europe trade seals. Thanks to Animal Rights Person for the heads up on this. As of last Friday. *

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Animal lovers, here is a great way to help seals and have fun at the same time! If you are in California, check out Run for the Seals ! They hope to raise $100,000 to feed and care for seal pup patients during their busiest time of year – the spring pupping season. The event takes place Saturday, March 10, 2012.

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MAY 5, 2009

From the press release: Euro-MPs have voted overwhelmingly for a total ban on the trade in seal products across Europe. A resolution at the end of a three-year campaign, triggered by a public outcry at the annual seal culls in Canada and Norway, condemned the slaughter of seals as "inherently inhumane".

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JULY 26, 2009

The group is called Seal Sitters and they protect baby seals who have been left on the each while their moms fish. Tags: seattle animal rescue marine life seals. It's a nice story to offset the cruelty of the dead baby tiger in Hanoi.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

They also received the seal of approval from the Audubon Society, which designated woodpeckers as keystone species for their crucial role in… Source Hongbenghe, a small village right at the border of China’s Yunnan province and Myanmar, has a number of woodpeckers.

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MAY 6, 2010

Tags: canada seal hunt seals PETA.

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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 Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals hunting. The meeting is scheduled for January 21.

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APRIL 29, 2010

Tags: canada seal hunt Stupid entertainment seals.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

He's doing it to show his opposition to the EU's ban on seal products. Tags: canada europe seals hunting. Canada plans on appealing to the WTO. Stay classy Harper!

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JANUARY 22, 2009

They are testifying with Canada against an EU ban on seal products. Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals. Oh, yeah, I forgot about Greenland. Both claim that a ban would be devastating. They spoke before a hearing on the proposed ban. The article does say that the Inuit communities would have special exemptions.

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JANUARY 2, 2009

"No person shall use a club or a hakapik to strike a seal older than one year unless the seal has been shot with a firearm," states one of the new rules, posted Saturday in a government publication but not on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans website. The sealers must now feel the seal's cranium to make sure it is broken.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals.

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APRIL 5, 2009

If Europe bans seal products, Canada may go to the WTO (World Trade Organization) and appeal. Tags: canada europe trade seals.

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MARCH 26, 2010

Canadian seals are being screwed by an exceptionally warm winter and lack of ice. Tags: climate canada seal hunt seals. I've been hearing about this from the Humane Society, but haven't posted about it yet. They are dying and starving. And that's not even mentioning the hunters that are after them.

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APRIL 7, 2015

We were woefully under-prepared in terms of planning – which almost kept us from meeting our friends – but we were also surprised and thrilled to learn that not only were Gray Whales migrating past the lighthouse, but Elephant Seals were lounging on a nearby beach! Elephant Seals. White-crowned Sparrow. Think again!

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Critter News

JUNE 16, 2009

PETA has launched a spoof site for the Vancouver Olympic Games over seal hunting. I hate the seal slaughter. Seal hunting is just plain wrong. Warning, they have video of seal clubbing (and it starts automatically when you go to the site). I criticize PETA a lot, but in this case I think they are right on the money.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

I didn’t get a shot of the Marbled Godwit near Seal Rocks in flight but I wanted you to be able to see the bird with wings outstretched so Mia came to my rescue. This bird was one I found near Seal Rock when scouting the Heermann’s Gulls back in October. Click on photos for full sized images.

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JANUARY 1, 2010

Some of the damage was caused by humans who shot, clubbed or threw so-called seal bombs at the mammals. The explosives are tossed into the water to scare away seals from fishing areas. Even though it has been a record year for sick harbor seals, sea lions and elephant seals, experts say it could get much worse.

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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. 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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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

The second half of the article deals with their attempts at pushing that damn seal hunt. Tags: canada seal hunters Stupid seals. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

But the seal industry doesn't care. Dr. Philippe Pibarot has been studying seal heart valves to see if they might be a better transplant option for humans than those from cows or pigs, believing they may be more durable than the other animal tissue. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

He refused to eat the seal meat that the local Inuit community offered to the meeting participants, instead eating Arctic char. They're basically making participants choose between eating seal meat or pissing off the Inuits and risk being called racists. Tags: canada UK europe seal hunt inuit seals G7. Good for him!

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MARCH 25, 2012

Baby Fur Seal Lament – Digital Nomad. Andrew is hanging with some adorable baby Antarctic fur seals in South Geogria, and has posted a video of his encounter. Andrew is hanging with some adorable baby Antarctic fur seals in South Geogria, and has posted a video of his encounter. Check the video out here.

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MARCH 22, 2009

The Canadian government has authorized the killing of 280,000 harp seals. Tags: canada barbarism 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.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Seal tourism brings in more revenue for the African country than the seal hunt. Each year, up to 85,000 seals are killed in Namibia to make just a few dollars from their furs, when they would be worth so much more to the Namibian economy alive," said Claire Bass, WSPA International Oceans Campaign Leader.

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MAY 22, 2015

Instead of Special Weapons and Tactics, think: Sealed With A Trap. Sealed With A Trap. Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feral cats have become above the law. What birds need is their own SWAT team. Here’s the prospective scenario: Neighbor A has a carefully tended backyard, a garden, and two birdfeeders.

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JUNE 21, 2011

Therefore, the EU's ban on seal products does not apply to them. I had no idea that Switzerland is NOT part of the EU. But activists are trying to change that.

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JANUARY 16, 2011

In 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.

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MAY 28, 2011

Check out the shots that Ralph Eldridge got on 24 May at Machias Seal Island off the coast of Maine. What does it look like when there is a true fallout of migrating birds?

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

A judge has found five animal-rights activists not guilty of getting too close to seal hunters during the 2006 hunt off Canada's east coast. The five were charged with coming within 10 metres of seal hunters on March 26, 2006 while filming the annual slaughter in the Gulf of St. Tags: seal hunters humane society.

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MARCH 22, 2009

Kudos for Russian leader Vladimir Putin for stopping the slaughter of seals. Activists accused Norwegian companies of encouraging the killing because seal hunting was no longer allowed in their own country. Maybe Canada can learn something from the former KGB agent and avid hunter about compassion.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

If you would kindly ignore the fact that it eats putrid, bloating seals, it’s adorable. Still, those Ivory Gulls surviving off those putrid seals are tough cookies. Small and white and rounded and basicly cute, could it not be the Turtle Dove to the rest of the Laridae ‘s Rock Pigeons ? It’s pink. Sometimes.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

recently met the National Animal Supplement Council’s nationally recognized standards after a rigorous facility audit, earning the NASC Quality Seal. Only 80 pet supplement companies internationally are able to use the NASC Quality Seal on products. —Pet supplement company Rocky & Bella, Inc. For more information, visit [link].

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JULY 27, 2014

We found a spot where the pack ice hadn’t completely come in and stayed for hours, watching curious Ringed Seal watching us. Ringed Seal. I’d taken along a hydrophone that allowed us to listen to the otherworldly sound of our other common seal, the Bearded Seal. .

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

He leaves enchanted by two mammals, the Emperor Penguin and the Weddell Seal, the only mammals who totally live their whole lives, year-round, in the Antarctic. They are excellent science writers, patiently explaining the physiological processes involved in deep diving in penguins, seals, and human.

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MAY 6, 2011

It was chosen as the national bird by dint of its inclusion in the National Seal of the United States, which happened by an act of the Continental Congress on 20 June 1782. The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States of America.

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