Please speak out for the hundreds of thousands of baby seals in Canada who are beaten or shot to death each year. IFAW is proud to have been consulted on Canada's historic legislative proposal to end the seal hunt.The time to act is now. Please urge Canada to support the Harb Seal Bill.
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(Guelph, Ontario - 27 July 2009) - The Council of the European Union today adopted the regulation to ban the trade of all seal products within the EU. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) applauds the last step of approval before implementation of this momentous legislation. The ban is a significant victory in IFAW’s 40 year campaign to end Canada’s commercial seal hunt.
(Guelph, Canada – 19 June 2009) -The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is condemning the announcement by Fisheries Minister Gail Shea that she will pursue a cull of grey seals, saying that such a cull is a blatant political move and not supported by any science.
(Ottawa, Canada – 5 May 2009) – The European Parliament today voted 550 to 49 in favour of a ban on the trade of all seal products within the EU. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) applauded the decision as a significant victory in IFAW’s 40 year campaign to end Canada’s commercial seal hunt. The ban will forbid the sale of seal products for profit within the EU with an exception for Inuit and other indigenous peoples.
(Ottawa, Canada – 8 April 2009) -As Canada’s commercial seal hunt is set to re-open in the Gulf of St. Lawrence today with another 64,000 pups scheduled for slaughter, IFAW welcomes the news that many sealers may not participate in this year’s hunt due to the lack of markets for seal fur.
