Seal Hunt

• Harbour seal with gunshot wounds latest victim of a ‘PR war,’ says Vancouver Aquarium

  The Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre is treating yet another seal with shotgun wounds to its face.

  Environment

  Mar 5, 2019
  
• Seal meat supper? B.C. group calls for West Coast seal hunt

  Would you eat seal meat if it was on the menu?

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2019
  
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• India becomes latest country to ban imports of Canadian seal products

  Indian trade authorities have slapped a ban on imports of seal products, just as Canada's commercial sealers gear up for the annual East Coast seal hunt.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2018
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• Hunters call for more licences, possible seal cull to combat growing population off N.L.

  Canadian seal hunters say that the controlled kill to protect fragile caplin and northern cod stocks from a growing number of seals.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2018
• Seal meat at Toronto restaurant sparks row between animal rights groups, Indigenous activists

  "In Canada we have this huge history of oppressing Indigenous cuisine, and telling Indigenous people how they should be eating," said one academic.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2017
• PETA to hold ‘bloody’ protest against seal dish at Edible Canada restaurant

  Edible Canada, a Granville Island restaurant, is serving seal meat ragu as part of Dine Out Vancouver.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2017
• Seal dish being served during Dine Out Vancouver has everyone talking

  A local chef is getting a lot of attention for a dish he's serving up during Dine Out Vancouver.

  Jan 18, 2017
• The Ministers: Hunter Tootoo watching over Canada’s 3 coasts with a view from the North

  Hunter Tootoo came to Ottawa as a politician in October of 2015, but his road to the capital nearly came through the sport he grew up playing.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2016
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• Pamela Anderson asks Justin Trudeau to cut federal aid for seal hunt

  Pamela Anderson is hoping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hear her out on behalf of seals.

  Canada

  Feb 29, 2016
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• EU parliament votes to boost seal trade ban

  An animal rights advocate is urging the Canadian government to finally abandon its efforts to save the commercial seal hunt after the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to strengthen a trade ban on seal products.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2015