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ProtectSeals slideshow 2008
From the harp seal nursery before the slaughter

Seal Species Brochure
Learn details about both harp and hooded seals, including their average size, life spans and locations

Marine Mammal Regulations


Seal Hunt Question & Answers
Get answers to the most common questions asked about the seal hunt, including why IFAW is opposed to the hunt and whether the Canadian government still subsidizes it.


Seals Around the World

Handbook for Sealers


Seals Fact Sheet

Covers everything from seal hunt economics to trade bans on seal products and IFAW’s seal hunt monitoring activities.

Slideshow
Photos from last year’s 2006 hunt and the 2007 IFAW Canadian Seal Hunt Campaign.

A Crusader for the Seals
HSUS slideshow. Rebecca Aldworth and the seal hunt.


Slideshow
HSUS 2007 seal hunt slideshow.

The Economic Value of the Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt
By Rebecca Aldworth, Humane Society of the United States


Why the Government of Canada Supports the Commercial Seal Hunt
By Rebecca Aldworth, Humane Society of the United States


Brian Skerry
View Brian Skerry’s extraordinary harp seal photos


A betrayal of the facts
Those who have witnessed the slaughter of seal pups know the truth of this unacceptable activity, says Rebecca Aldworth


Statistics
Harp seals killed and landed in Canada

2006 336,000 1994 61,176 1982 166,739
2005 317,672 1993 25,175 1981 202,169
2004 365,971 1992 67,428 1980 169,526
2003 289,512 1991 52,588 1979 160,541
2002 312,367 1990 60,162 1978 161,723
2001 226,493 1989 65,304 1977 155,143
2000 91,602 1988 94,046 1976 165,002
1999 244,552 1987 46,796 1975 174,363
1998 282,070 1986 25,934 1974 147,635
1997 264,204 1985 19,035 1973 123,832
1996 242,717 1984 31,544 1972 129,883
1997 65,391 1983 57,889 1971 230,966



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