2006 News

2006 News Articles

December 12, 2006
Canadian Senator Sees Defeat for the Seal Killers

December 6, 2006
Bracing for new season of seal hunt controversy

November 17, 2006
Council of Europe Calls for Ban of Seal Products in 46 Member Countries

October 29, 2006
Harp Seals May Be Extinct in Two Decades

October 24, 2006
The HSUS Condemns Canadian Government’s Attempts
to Block Observation of Commercial Seal Hunt

October 21, 2006
German Politicians Ban Import of Seal Products

October 20, 2006
The HSUS’ Bearing Witness: Canada’s 2005 Seal Hunt Wins Wild Screen Film Festival ‘Panda’ Award

October 17, 2006
Ottawa considering further restrictions on seal hunt protesters

October 2, 2006
Canada Abuses Power to Defend the Seal Slaughter

September 29, 2006
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans Uses Baseless Charges to

September 29, 2006
Harass Lawful Seal Hunt Observers

September 28, 2006
Seven people face charges as a result of violence in Golf seal hunt

September 28, 2006
Seal Hunt Costs Canada's Fishing Industry Millions

September 21, 2006
Record number of MEPs sign for the seals

September 18, 2006
European Parliament Resolution to Ban Harp and Hooded Seal Products Achieves Historic Record Number of Signatories

September 9, 2006
Paul Watson: Canadian minister declares war on seal defenders

September 8, 2006
Seals Score a Victory in Europe

September 7, 2006
Bring on the seal war, fisheries minister tells activists

September 6, 2006
New EU Trade Resolution to Protect Seals Welcomed

September 6, 2006
European Parliament Declaration Calls for Ban on Harp and Hooded Seal Products

August 18, 2006
Four Canadian Sealers Convicted

August 4, 2006
Statement from The HSUS on Canada's DFO Prediction of Record Profits for the Sealing Industry

June 12, 2006
Loyola’s Folly May Doom the Cod

June 9, 2006
EU legislators step up fight against seal hunt

June 7, 2006
Principal Buyer of Canadian Seal Skins Subsidized by Government to Burn Pelts

May 16, 2006
The HSUS Accepts Apology from Canadian Minister of Fisheries to Seal Hunt Observers

May 15, 2006
Hail Britannia – God Save the Seals!

May 4, 2006
Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Put On Notice of Libel by The HSUS for Seal Hunt Statements

May 1, 2006
Madame Baby Seal Killer Wants to Rule Canada

April 17, 2006
2006 Seal Hunt Cruelty Exposed

April 16, 2006
Paul Watson Challenges John Crosbie on the Seal Slaughter

April 14, 2006
Canada Regresses to the Dark Ages

April 14, 2006
Seal Defenders Escape the Fury of the Mob

April 13, 2006
Sealers Block Environmental Observers From Reaching Seal Hunt

April 13, 2006
Animal-rights activists say harassment prevented them from monitoring seal hunt

April 13, 2006
Hunters 'blockade' seal activists

April 13, 2006
HSUS Seal Watch Team Under Siege in Canada - Mob Prevents Observation of Seal Hunt

April 12, 2006
Bloody Front Opens in Canada: Nearly 120,000 Seals Expected to be Slaughtered in One Day

April 7, 2006
Over 70,000 Seals Killed in Just Two Days— DFO Temporarily Closes Hunt

April 2, 2006
The Ecology of Sealing by Debbie MacKenzie

April 1, 2006
Captain Watson Corrects Attorney Averill Baker’s Knowledge of Sealing

March 31, 2006
Observers banned from watching seal hunt

March 31, 2006
Canadian Government Attempts to Bar Observation of Commercial Seal Hunt

March 30, 2006
Seal Wars! – Report from the Frontlines

March 30, 2006
Canadian Seal Hunt Plus Global Warming Can Equal Disaster for Harp Seal Population

March 29, 2006
Croatia Bans the Import of Seal Pelts

March 28, 2006
Morrissey Boycotts Canada Over Seal Hunt

March 28, 2006
Seal-hunt activists complain police abusing rights

March 28, 2006
Canada 'hindering seal observers'

March 27, 2006 - 2:27PM
Seal hunt protesters arrested

March 27, 2006
Seal hunters ram protesters' inflatable boat In another clash, sealers fling bits of carcasses at activists

March 27, 2006
Seal flippers were thrown at us – activists

March 27, 2006
Canada Gives Green Light for Sealers to Violently Oppose Seal Defenders

March 26, 2006
Protests greet start of seal hunt

March 26, 2006
HSUS Statement on Today's Incidents at the Canadian Seal Hunt

March 26, 2006
Seal “Hunt” Report from Melissa Tkachyk of WSPA Canada from the Gulf of St. Law-rence

March 26, 2006
HSUS Statement on Ramming of Boat Carrying HSUS Employees and Media Documenting Canadian Seal Hunt

March 26, 2006
Canada seal cull gets under way

March 26, 2006
Canadian hunters shoot and club seals

March 25, 2006
HSUS Statement Following Start of 2006 Canadian Seal Hunt

March 25, 2006
Hot Blood in Frigid Waters - The Barbarous Slaughter Has Begun

March 25. 2006
Tempers flare during seal hunt

March 25, 2006
Seal slaughter remains a stain on Canada

March 24, 2006
Heather and Paul McCartney Issue Statement on Start of 2006 Canadian Seal Slaughter

March 24, 2006
Canada’s seal hunt starts Saturday

March 24, 2006
Seal Hunt in Canada Opens on Thin Ice

March 17, 2006
Inuit Politicians Speak Out as Pawns of the Canadian Government

March 16, 2006
Canadian Seal Hunt Quota Set at 335,000

March 15, 2006
New Study: Harp Seal Population Threatened by Over-Hunting--Conservationists Fear Population Could Crash

March 12, 2006
Pride and Prejudice from the New Poster Boy for the Sealers

March 9, 2006
Repercussions from the Knight, the Lady, and Danny Boy’s Seal Debate

March 6, 2006
Sir Paul McCartney Takes on the Doofus Department and Wins

March 4, 2006
Seal Hunt Supporters Worry Beatle Star Power Will Have Impact

March 4, 2006
Activists threaten to sue over access to seal hunt

March 4, 2006
Beatle Power Overwhelms Defender of Seal Slaughter

March 3, 2006
CNN LARRY KING LIVE
Interview With Paul McCartney, Heather Mills McCartney

March 3, 2006
McCartney calls for seal cull ban

March 3, 2006
Overwhelming Public Support for the McCartneys' Visit to the Seals

March 2, 2006
Paul McCartney Joins Brigitte Bardot, Martin Sheen, and other Seal Lovers

March 2, 2006
Paul and Heather McCartney put spotlight on seal hunt

March 2 2006
McCartney stands up for doomed seal pups

February 28, 2006
McCartneys head to Canada to protest seal hunt

February 26, 2006
Canadian Government Encouraged Criminals to Kill Seals

February 19, 2006
Canadian National Newspaper Editorial Condemns the Canadian Seal Slaughter

February 16, 2006
Canadian Seal Slaughter Condemned In the British Parliament

February 13, 2006
Sealing Industry Future On Thin Ice

January 12, 2006
Seal-hunt activist broke law, court rules

Paul and Heather McCartney put spotlight on seal hunt

Seal hunters ram protesters' inflatable boat In another clash,sealers fling bits of carcasses at activists
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HSUS Seal Watch Team Under Siege in Canada - Mob Prevents Observation of Seal Hunt

336,000 harp seals killed and landed in Canada in 2006