IFAW Strongly Opposed to Sealers' Demands for Early Start to Seal Slaughter
March 24, 2017
March 24, 2017
OTTAWA, Ontario, March 24 -- The International Fund for Animal Welfare issued the following news release:
The International Fund for Animal Welfare condemns any early opening of the commercial harp seal hunt. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) are considering suspending the annual closure of the hunt in mid-March. This is one of the few protections in place for harp seals.
Harp seal pups are born on the ice floes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Late February, and in e . . .
The International Fund for Animal Welfare condemns any early opening of the commercial harp seal hunt. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) are considering suspending the annual closure of the hunt in mid-March. This is one of the few protections in place for harp seals.
Harp seal pups are born on the ice floes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Late February, and in e . . .