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2007 News Articles
December 19, 2007
EFSA Report to European Commission Finds Canada's Commercial Seal Hunt Inhumane
November 28, 2007
Austrian Chancellor Backs Seal Product Ban

November 28, 2007
St. John's store bans local author's anti-sealing children's book

October 19, 2007
Dutch government to ban trade in seal products
October 19, 2007
Trial of Five Seal-Hunt Observers Put on Hold Until May, 2008
October 19, 2007
Videotapes key evidence in trial of observers accused of violating seal hunt rules
October 18, 2007
The Whole World Is Watching as Crown Prosecutors Present The DFO’s Case Against Five Observers In A Quebec Courtroom Today
October 18, 2007
MP's call over seal hunt trail
October 17, 2007
Trial of Seal Hunt Observers Threatens the World’s Right to Witness the Largest Annual Slaughter of Marine Mammals
October 17, 2007
Observers charged with violating seal hunt rules go on trial
October 14, 2007
Man arrested filming seal killing
October 01, 2007
Martin shows zeal over seal imports ban
September 26, 2007
The Canadian government is trying to block observation of the seal hunt
September 26, 2007
Canada files complaint over seal block
September 26, 2007
Commission throws out complaint against seal hunt
September 25, 2007
Mexican animal rights groups' complaints against seal hunt dismissed
August 27, 2007
Groups Urge NAFTA Environmental Commission to Investigate Canada’s Failure to Enforce Humane Regulations of Seal Hunt
August 15, 2007
Seals become trophies
August 15, 2007
Namibia: Seal Advocacy Group Ruffles Feathers
August 3 , 2007
Nunavut, Greenland plan Europe tour to counter anti-sealing lobby
August 1, 2007
Ottawa prepares WTO challenge on Belgian seal ban
August 1, 2007
Seal appeal pits animal rights v. trade
July 31, 2007
Canada to launch World Trade Organization challenge over Belgium's seal ban
July 30, 2007
House of Representatives Passes Resolution Condemning Canadian Seal Hunt
July 28, 2007
Canadian Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Government Incompetence
July 27, 2007
Sealing ship rescue operation cost $3.4-million: report
July 23, 2007
Respond to Dutch seal ban, Inuit group asks Ottawa
July 17, 2007
The Netherlands bans trade in seal products
July 17, 2007
EFSA to look into seal hunting practices
July 11, 2007
EFSA to prepare a scientific opinion on the animal welfare aspects of killing and skinning seals
July 8, 2007
Kill 'Them' All - Namibia Orders Sealers, As Environmental Conditions Worsen
July 7, 2007
Activists launch protests against African seal cull
July 6, 2007
Larger Namibian Seal Hunt Prompts Outcry
July 6, 2007
Namibia's Seal Hunting Season Begins Amid War of Words
July 6, 2007
Namibia: Anti-Sealing Campaign Not New, Repetitive
July 6, 2007
Seal hunt flouts laws, Mexican group says
June 25, 2007
IFAW: Canada’s 2007 commercial seal hunt crawls to a halt
May 31, 2007
Cumbrian MP heads seal trade petition

May 31, 2007
U.S. Congressional Resolution Urges Immediate End to Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt

May 26, 2007
EU lawmakers pelt Canada over “slaughter” of Seals
May 18, 2007
Netherlands Bans Trade in Seal Products

May 18, 2007
'Unanimous' support for seal cull

May 18, 2007
International seal conference likely to be held in Halifax
May 7, 2007
No acceptance for killing baby seals
May 7, 2007
Animal rights group goes seal-hunting at Inuit's invitation
May 6, 2007
Italy denounces seal hunting. Rome is preparing to pass a law banning hides import.
May 5, 2007
Last trapped sealing ships now free
May 3, 2007
Sealers stuck in ice pass the time with cards, movies
May 2 , 2007
Sealing important for economy of Atlantic Canada
April 30, 2007
Victoire for the seals: France after other European countries declares itself for the embargo
April 30, 2007
Trading Fighting Words with an Advocate of Death
April 30, 2007
Fight back against seal hunt 'misinfo': MPs
April 28, 2007
St. Paul had a word for them
April 27, 2007
Comment reveals seal hunt cruelty
April 25, 2007
Austria Gives Full Support to the Seals
April 25, 2007
IFAW Applauds Austrian Parliament for National Seal Skin Ban
April 25, 2007
Fisheries Minister Responds to Danish Politician's View on Seal Hunt's Humaneness
April 24, 2007
Ice gods may kill seal hunt
April 24, 2007
Canada - the Errand Boy and Welfare Provider for Sealers
April 24, 2007
Seals escape cull as hunters are trapped in ice
April 23, 2007
Sealer Admits Killing Seals for Fun
April 23, 2007
Stuck sealers go with the floe
April 23 , 2007
Hunters not to blame in seal deaths: officials
April 22, 2007
A gruesome discovery
April 21, 2007
Seal boats coping with ice crisis
April 20, 2007
Austrian parliament votes to ban sale of seal skins
April 20, 2007
Over a Dozen Sealing ships Lost in the Ice
April 20, 2007
Persistent pack ice off N.L. continues to trap 100 sealing vessels
April 20, 2007
There are viable alternatives to seal slaughter
April 20, 2007
Weather Lets Seals Escape Annual Hunt
April 19, 2007
Neptune’s Rage Ravishes Sealers in Crushing Ice
April 19, 2007
Supplies low for ice-bound N.L. sealers
April 19, 2007
Frustration and sleepless nights as sealers wait for N.L. ice to retreat
April 18, 2007
Media tour on seal hunt may be 'too late,' Europeans say
April 18, 2007
Crushing ice puts home-bound N.L. sealers at risk
April 18, 2007
Frozen assets
April 16, 2007
Seal hunt protesters pull out of Newfoundland
April 15, 2007
Sealing Boat Sunk in Newfoundland
April 14, 2007
Port au Choix fisherman says his livelihood has been lost, along with his burned out boat
April 14, 2007
Weather Helps Baby Seals on the Labrador Front
April 13, 2007
Heavy ice keeps dozens of vessels from seal hunt
April 13, 2007
Most uneventful seal hunts in years
April 13, 2007
European seal import bans violate Human Rights
April 12, 2007
Seal hunt set to open on the Front off northeastern Newfoundland on Friday
April 11, 2007
Sealers poised for hunt off N.L. coast
April 9, 2007
Seal Advocates Advance Efforts as Slaughter Continues
April 9, 2007
Northern Peninsula seal hunt hampered by weather
April 8, 2007
A Tale of Two “Industries”
April 6, 2007
Seal Hunt Enforcement Officers Turn a Blind Eye to Sealers Violating Regulations
April 6, 2007
Canada: Copter may have disrupted seal hunt
April 6, 2007
Nursery Tales: Harp Seal Pups
April 5, 2007
Seal Hunt Observers Document Gruesome Killing

April 5, 2005
Climate change turns seal cull into a damp squib

April 5, 2007
Seal harvest on thin ice: Cuzner
April 5, 2007
The Killing Fields of Canada–The Annual Seal Hunt
April 4, 2007
'It's Cruel And Needless'
April 4, 2007
Seal hunt closing in southern Gulf
April 4, 2007
Seals Need Protection from Hunting and Climate Change
April 4, 2007
Seal Hunt Opens Again Amidst Outcry
April 4, 2007
Too little, too much ice causing problems for sealers
April 4, 2007
Cruel Canadian Seal Hunt Begins in Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence
April 4, 2007
MP's support to stop cruel cull
April 3, 2007
Massacred for fashion - the annual slaughter of seals
April 3, 2007
All Eyes Look North as Sealers Converge on Seals
April 3, 2007
Political Maneuvers: MP Cuzner to observe seal hunt
April 3, 2007
Animal rights groups prepare to observe critical northern Gulf hunt
April 3, 2007
Warming Thins Herd for Canada's Seal Hunt
Pups Drown in Melting Ice; Government Reduces Quotas
April 3, 2007
2 boats out of 40 eligible participate as Canada's highly criticized annual seal hunt begins
April 2, 2007
IFAW observers witness hunting activity on opening day of Canada’s commercial seal hunt
April 2, 2007
Controversial Seal Hunt Delayed 2nd Year Due to Ice Breakup
April 2, 2007
Canada Begins Their Extermination of the Seals
April 2, 2007
Few Pups Seen on Opening Day of Canada's Seal Hunt
April 2, 2007
Canada's 2007 Commercial Seal Hunt Starts Today - 270,000 Seal Pups Are Set to Be Slaughtered
April 2, 2007
Canadian Government Blocks Observation
April 2, 2007
Climate change: Canada's cruel harvest
April 1, 2007
Meltdown
March 30, 2007
Ottawa's lies about seal hunting
March 30, 2007
Lack of ice kills thousands of seals but cull will continue
March 29, 2007
Canadian Officials Silent on Inhumane Conduct of Seal Hunt
March 29, 2007
Animal Welfare Experts Appalled by Number of Seals to Be Slaughtered
March 29, 2007
Activists say Canadian hunt will jeopardize seals threatened by global warming
March 29, 2007
Canada government announces massive hunt of 270,000 seals despite global outcry
March 29, 2007
Quota for seal hunt reduced sharply
March 29, 2007
Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans Authorizes Killing of 270,000 Harp Seals
March 29, 2007
Activists protest Canadian seal hunt
March 29, 2007
Celebrities Hold Emergency Conference Regarding the Canadian Seal Hunt of 2007
March 29, 2007
Ice culls harp seal kill
March 29, 2007
IFAW outraged by authorized slaughter of 270,000 harp seal pups
March 29, 2007
Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Minister Hearn Announces 2007 Management Measures for Atlantic Seal Hunt
March 28, 2007
Fisheries officials to announce East Coast seal hunt amid disaster warnings
March 28, 2007
Canada will soon rule on seal hunt
March 27, 2007
Canadian Hunt to Commence Despite High Seal Pup Losses
March 27, 2007
Latest news on the 2007 Canadian seal hunt
March 27, 2007
Canada To Decide Shortly On Holding Seal Hunt -Govt Spokesman
March 27, 2007
Seal hunt might be on ice due to lack of it
March 27, 2007
Lack of Ice Set to Kill Start of Canada Seal Hunt
March 27, 2007
Global Warming Disaster as Thousands of Harp Seal Pups Perish: Experts Call for Annual Seal Hunt to Be Cancelled
March 26, 2007
Plan to Halt the Seal Hunt on Prince Edward Island
March 26, 2007
Canada urges EU not to ban seal imports
March 26, 2007
Innovative Online Conservation Campaign Seeks 300,000 Actions to Save 300,000 Seals
March 23, 2007
Activists set to protest, seal hunt might not happen
March 23, 2007
Officials say seal hunt could be called off
March 22, 2007
U.S. Senate Resolution Calls for End to Inhumane Canadian Seal Hunt
March 22, 2007
Global warming may spell end of seal cull
March 22, 2007
Environmental and Animal Protection Groups Say Stop the Commercial Seal Hunt
March 22, 2007
Animal protection groups call for end to seal hunt due to thin ice in Gulf
March 21, 2007
Senate Floor Statement on Seal Hunt Resolution
March 21, 2007
Call off the Butcher from Newfoundland
March 21, 2007
Seal hunt quota delayed
March 20, 2007
Fisheries officials say poor ice in Gulf may affect this year's seal hunt
March 20, 2007
A Monumental Effort for the Seals
March 19, 2007
Climate Change Threatening Canada's Seals
March 18, 2007
Animal Welfare Aspects of the Seal Hunting
March 18, 2007
The hypocrisy of DFO
March 15, 2007
Pro, anti-seal campaigns step up across Canada
March 15, 2007
Opposing sides in seal-hunt dispute step up campaigns in Canada, Europe
March 15, 2007
This lady lives for seals
March 14, 2007
Harp seal population at risk due to global warming
March 14, 2007
How Real Conservatives View the Canadian Seal Slaughter
March 14, 2007
Dutch group seeks end to seal hunt
March 14, 2007
Cathy Kangas Urges Sealers to Throw Down Their Hakapiks
March 14, 2007
IFAW urges Prime Minister Harper to call off seal hunt
March 14, 2007
Is the mass killing of sea mammals 'sustainable' ecologically and economically?
March 13, 2007
Let the Annual Canadian Persecutions Begin!
March 13, 2007
Climate Change Threatening Canada's Seals
March 2, 2007
DFO admits seal hunt not well-monitored, regulated or humane
March 2, 2007
Liberal critic defends seal hunt
March 1, 2007
Seal hunt supporter takes shots at German boar hunt
March 1, 2007
Sealers fear industry collapse despite federal, N.L. efforts to promote hunt
February 27, 2007
N.L. minister 'displeased' with proposed German ban on seal products
February 24, 2007
Fisheries minister says Canada supports seal hunt
February 24, 2007
Global warming endangers harp seal pups - report
February 22, 2007
Move seal office from Charlottetown, fishermen urge Ottawa
February 14, 2007
Ottawa considers new rules to keep seal hunters, observers further apart
February 14, 2007
MP calls for seal fur ban
February 13, 2007
Top three seal hunt myths
February 8, 2007
Anti-sealing groups welcome call for imports ban
February 8, 2007
HSUS Welcomes British Government Call for European Ban on Seal Product Trade
February 8, 2007
Britain calls for EU ban on seal products; Cdn cull 'disturbing'
February 8, 2007
Greenland to Challenge Belgium If Sealskin Is Banned
February 3, 2007
Feds get jump on annual seal hunt PR battle
January 27, 2007
HSUS Statement: European Commission Response is a Positive Step Towards European Union Ban on Seal Products
January 26, 2007
Canadian Government Confusion Exposes Incompetence
January 26, 2007
EU rejects legislators' appeal for total ban on Canadian seal products
January 26, 2007
HSUS Statement: European Commission Response is a Positive Step Towards European Union Ban on Seal Products
January 25, 2007
Belgium becomes first EU country to ban all seal products
January 22, 2007
Assault charge stayed against sealer
January 21, 2007
Cut in seal hunt quotas possible for this year
 
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Global Warming Disaster as Thousands of Harp Seal Pups Perish: Experts Call for Annual Seal Hunt to Be Cancelled

 

Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Minister Hearn Announces 2007 Management Measures for Atlantic Seal Hunt

215,388 seals slaughtered for their fur in 2007

 

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