Yep, this is still going on. Of course, fueled by the uncaring nations of China and Japan. Read about how China and Japan fuel the seal killing at - http://geari.blogspot.com/2011/01/eu-ban-on-seal-products-from-canada.html
To learn more about the annual Canadian seal slaughter, visit the Sea Shepherd page for seals at http://www.seashepherd.org/seals/
Article:
Sealers, anti-hunt activists reach N.S. island as grey seal hunt gets underway
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/sealers-anti-hunt-activists-reach-n-island-grey-20110224-065057-695.html
By The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – Thu, 24 Feb, 2011 10:21 AM EST
A female grey seal moves over thin ice near the shore in Canso, N.S. in this Jan. …
SYDNEY, N.S. - The grey seal hunt on Nova Scotia's Hay Island got underway Thursday as the weather improved enough to allow hunters, anti-hunt activists and fisheries officers to set out.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans confirmed that all had arrived on the tiny outcrop of rock off eastern Cape Breton.
The department has set a quota of 1,900 animals.
Humane Society International/Canada issued a statement shortly after the hunt began, condemning federal and provincial officials for allowing it to happen in a designated wilderness area.
"What we witnessed is a crime against nature," said Rebecca Aldworth, the society's executive director. "One of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth has just been turned into a killing field."
The society is calling on Ottawa to implement a one-time buyout of the commercial sealing industry and to invest in economic alternatives including ecotourism.
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