Stop The Seal Hunt: Scientific Reports

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Scientific Reports and Publications

General
	Seals and Sealing 2009 Apparent Violations of Canadas Marine Mammal Regulations Economics of the Seal Hunt IFAW's Hunt Watch Trade Bans on Seal Products IFAW's Seal Watch Seals and Fish Stocks Seals and Global Warming The Inhumane Killing of Seals
IFAW Comments on Proposed Changes to the Marine Mammal Regulations
	25 January 2009 16 December 2008 26 May 2008 4 January 2008 26 September 2007 14 February 2007 3 September 2005 21 February 2002 1 November 1999 December 1998
International Trade
	Why international standards for killing seals will not alleviate animal welfare concerns Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt and the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Conerning Trade in Seals Products
Science and Global Warming
	Commercial Sealing Remains an Important Conservation Issue Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt and the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Conerning Trade in Seals Products. Canadian Public Opinion on a European Trade Ban on Seal Products and the Federal Government’s Support for Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt. Implications of Uncertainty for Canada's Commercial Hunt of Harp Seals. An illustrated guide to the tools used to kill seals in Canada’s commercial seal hunt IFAW’s annual publication Variation in Ice Cover on the East Coast of Canada. Global Warming and the Seal Hunt An investigation of the effects of uncertainty on Canadian harp seal management. Variation in sea ice cover on the east coast of Canada from 1969 to 2002: climate variability and implications for harp and hooded seals.
Veterinary Reports and Humane Killing
	Canada's Commercial Seal Hunt is Not "Acceptably Humane" Veterinary Report. Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt. Prince Edward Island. March 2001 (Burdon et al.) EFSA Report on the Animal Welfare Aspects of the Killing and Skinning of Seals An illustrated guide to the tools used to kill seals in Canada's commercial seal hunt
Economics
	An Overview of the Economic Importance of Canada's Commercial Seal Hunt" The Economics of the Canadian Sealing Industry The Newfoundland Commercial Seal Hunt: An Economic Analysis of Costs and Benefits Economics of Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt - 2009 update
Public Opinion
	Canadian Public Opinion on a European Trade Ban on Seal Products and the Federal Government’s Support for Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt Canadian Attitudes Towards the Commercial Seal Hunt - 2009 update

History of IFAW's Efforts

2006		2006 One million seals killed in just three years
1996		Harp seal quota increased
1987		Commercial whitecoat hunt banned
1983		Ban on whitecoat pelts
1969		IFAW founded

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Why IFAW?

IFAW has led the fight to stop the cruel slaughter of seal pups since the 1960s, resulting in the import ban of newborn whitecoat seal pelts in 1983. Today, with offices in 16 countries, IFAW is the world's leading animal welfare organization, fighting to save seals both on the ice and through vital scientific and market research.

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