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The Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt 2007

Rebecca's Journal April 5, 2007
Rebecca's Journal April 7, 2007
Cruel Hunt Moves North, April 5, 2007
04.04.07 - Hunt Begins in Northern Gulf
Day One of the 2007 Seal Hunt
2007 Seal Hunt Begins. Slaughter Without Witnesses
Join Rebecca Aldworth in Gulf of St. Lawrence
HSI Shows Cruelty of Canada
EU Representative Condemns Seal Hunt
Canada Won't Stop Hunt. 270,000 to be Slaughtered
Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. 2007 Seal Hunt Update
Report from the Ice
Global Warming Kills Before Sealers Can
Canada: No Ice, No Seals in 2007
Life of a Baby Harp Seal


  • Rebecca's Journal April 5, 2007 Seal Slaughter Moves North.
    Join Rebecca Aldworth and the Protect Seals team as they track Canada's cruel seal hunt in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. (Graphic)



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  • Rebecca's Journal April 7, 2007 Cruelty Up Close
    As Canada's seal hunt enters its fourth brutal day, hunters leave a bloody trail across the ice floes of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. HSUS' Rebecca Aldworth reports. (Graphic)



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  • Cruel Hunt Moves North, April 5, 2007
    Hunters Search for Seals. The Protect Seals Team follows sealers in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence as they search for seal pups who survived the catastrophic ice conditions. (Graphic)

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  • 04.04.07 - Hunt Begins in Northern Gulf

    Join longtime hunt observer Rebecca Aldworth as she and the Protect Seals Team scour the Gulf of St. Lawrence for Canadian sealers hunting this year's few surviving baby seals.

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  • Day One of the 2007 Seal Hunt.
    For the first time in nine years, Rebecca Aldworth is denied access to the opening day of Canada's cruel baby seal slaughter.

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  • 2007 Seal Hunt Begins. Slaughter Without Witnesses.
    As Canada launches its cruel hunt for baby seals in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, observers are denied access. Few Seal Pups to be Found Plenty of Ice, No Baby Seals. (Graphic)

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  • Join Rebecca Aldworth in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence as she discovers the first solid ice, but few baby seals -- just days before Canada's cruel seal hunt begins. (Graphic)

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  • HSI Champions Seals in Europe Campaign Shows Cruelty of Canada.
    Humane Society International pushes Europe to ban the import of Canadian seals skins days before the start of the seal hunt. (Graphic)

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  • EU Representative Condemns Seal Hunt "We must stop the hunt."
    EU representative, Gitte Seeberg, Denmark, condemns seal hunt after Canada visit.

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  • Canada Won't Stop Seal Hunt. 270,000 Pups to be Slaughtered
    Canada announces plans to kill 270,000 baby seals, even though melting ice already has killed hundreds of thousands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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  • Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. 2007 Seal Hunt Update.
    HSUS's Rebecca Aldworth reports on the ice conditions over the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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  • Report from the Ice.
    Canada's 2007 seal hunt
    Rebecca Aldworth reports from the ice just days before Canada's seal hunt is set to begin off the coast of Newfoundland instead of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. (Graphic)

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  • No Seals Left to Slaughter. Global Warming Kills Before Sealers Can.
    See why it's time to push Canada to end the cruel hunt for the few baby seals who have survived on the rapidly melting ice floes. (Graphic)

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  • Canada: No Ice, No Seals in 2007. View of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
    HSUS's Rebecca Aldworth surveys the ice conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence just days before the controversial harp seal hunt is set to begin.

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  • Life of a Baby Harp Seal.
    Why should you speak up for seals? Witness three weeks in the life of a baby harp seal.

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March 13, 2007, Animal Voices. Dr. Lavigne, executive director of the International Marine Mammal Association (IMMA) and science advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) will share findings from a joint study about changes in sea ice cover from 1969-2006, the potential impact of these changes on harp and hooded seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off the East coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the relationship between the research findings and global warming.

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