Thursday, March 10, 2005

Canadian Seal Hunt Increases

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Back in the 70s and 80s, the Canadian government was allowing baby seals to be clubbed to death for their fur. You can still remember the stories of the brutal killings and of Greenpeace activists spray painting the furs to render them worthless. All of that is behind us now, right?

Not so fast. Recently, Canada announced an astounding increase in the number of seals that can be killed each year. When hunting season begins later this month, up to 350,000 seals may be killed in the span of just a few days... in what would be the world's largest slaughter of marine mammals. Seals older than two weeks are considered fair game. In fact, 95 percent of the seals killed are still no more than four months old.

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