Most people think that the slaughter of baby seals in Canada is over. It is not. In fact it is worse than ever.
In the last four years the Canadian government has allowed over one and a quarter million baby seals to be brutally slaughtered by clubbing and shooting, with the majority of seals killed aged three months or younger. An independent veterinary study concluded that 42% of seals may have been skinned whilst still conscious. The Canadian government not only defends but also promotes this cruelty.
Opinion polls show that the majority of people in Europe, the US and Canada are opposed to the seal hunt and 73% of British people support a ban on the import of seal products into the UK.
This is the largest most brutal slaughter of marine mammals on the planet and brings shame upon Canada. Respect for Animals is committed to ending this brutality.
Latest Reports
Canada's 275,000 seal slaughter begins
28 March 2008
The Canadian seal hunt – the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world – got underway in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada, today.
Canadian government denies journalists and animal welfare groups permits to document slaughter
27 March 2008
Canada’s commercial seal slaughter will begin half an hour before dawn on Friday, 28 March. However, at this time, Department of Fisheries and Oceans officials have refused to confirm they will issue permits to observers to document the killing for the opening day of the hunt.
MEPs Caroline Lucas and John Bowis speak out about seal hunt
28 March 2008
Alison Steadman speaks out for the seal pups
20 March 2008
Actor Alison Steadman joined Mark Glover and Nicki Brooks from Respect for Animals earlier this month (March 2008) as they visited a harp seal pup nursery to see the wonderful wildlife spectacle of hundreds of newly-born whitecoat seal pups being nursed by their mothers, on the hauntingly beautiful ice floes off Canada’s east coast.
Canadian government sanctions killing of 275,000 seal pups
11 March 2008
Weeks before the start of the Canadian seal hunt, the largest and most brutal marine mammal hunt in the world, the Canadian government has announced that up to 275,000 seal pups can be clubbed and shot to death during this year’s hunt.
Actor Alison Steadman visits seal pup nursery & says Stop the Seal Hunt
3 March 2008
Alison Steadman visited a seal pup nursery on the ice floes off Canada's east coast and called for an end to the largest marine mammal hunt in the world, due to start here, likely killing the very seal pups she saw, later this month.
