Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. Seal hunting is currently practiced in nine countries: Canada, Denmark (in self-governing Greenland only), Russia, the …

Apr 3, 2018 · Hunting seals may ignite outrage abroad, but it is one of the few issues supported by virtually every Canadian MP, regardless of region or party

Mar 4, 2025 · The primary purpose of seal clubbing, a practice that draws considerable ethical scrutiny, is to kill seals quickly and efficiently in order to harvest their pelts for the fur trade.

Mar 30, 2006 · A commercial vessel rammed an inflatable boat filled with protesters over the weekend, and hunters threw seal guts. Animal rights groups oppose the clubbing and shooting …

Mar 11, 2025 · The practice of clubbing baby seals is a deeply controversial and emotionally charged issue, primarily driven by the pursuit of their valuable pelts.

March 15 is the international day of action against the Canadian seal hunt, with thousands of seals killed as the killing season reaches its peak this spring on the east coast of Canada. Join …

Harp seals are the victims of the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world: the Canadian seal hunt. This slaughter continues for many reasons including the value of the pelts, …

Sep 1, 2015 · When Whelan spots a seal scooting across the ice, he takes out his .22 Magnum, zeroes in from a distance, and fires. In the ensuing moments, he docks the boat, chases the …

Apr 5, 2022 · Seal pups aged three weeks to three months of age are shot with a rifle or killed using a spiked club known as a hakapik. The 2022 commercial seal hunt opens against the …

For six to eight weeks each spring, the ice floes of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the eastern coast of Newfoundland and Labrador turn bloody, as some 300,000 harp seal pups, virtually all …