Is it ok to eat seal meat? Includes opinion poll.
Those in favour of seal hunting will tell you that there is nothing wrong with seal meat and that it is as healthy and nutritious as beef, poultry, mutton or pork. They will tell you that the seal hunt...
View ArticleNumerous seal mortalities reported along Namibia’s coast
On 18 December 2013, Namibia’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources sent out a press release regarding “Observed Cape Fur Seal Mortalities along the Namibian Coast.” Apparently the Ministry has...
View ArticlePress release – Namibia tourism comes under fire from seal hunt activists
Date 7 May 2014 To: All media contacts Subject: Namibia Tourism comes under fire from seal hunt activists In an ongoing campaign against what they call a “barbaric and unnecessary slaughter” the...
View ArticleNamibia seal hunt draws to close as pups evade clubs
Namibia, the biggest hunter of seals after Canada, licenses right holders to kill the fish-eating mammals during a harvesting season that starts in July, seeking to profit from selling fur and adult...
View ArticleNamibian Fisheries Minister Continues to act Illegally
ONE of the main players in Namibia’s horse mackerel fishing sector, Namsov Fishing Enterprises, on Monday waged a courtroom battle with the minister of fisheries and marine resources in an attempt get...
View ArticleHatem Yavuz fok You Too! – Our retort to seal killer
A Turkish businessman has launched a new fur brand in reaction to criticisms over the killing of thousands of seals, calling it “Hatem Yavuz Fok You.” Hatem Yavuz, who controls 82 percent of the...
View ArticleErdoğan rants over seal hunt activists
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once again criticized international responses to crises in Gaza and Syria on Monday, saying those who protest “the slightest of human rights violations” in certain...
View Article25 854 seal pups massacred in Namibia’s lowest “seal harvest”
Windhoek – Namibia’s annual seal harvest will drastically fall short of the set quota this year, “the lowest catch ever”, even as the nation says it is discovering new seal colonies extending into...
View ArticleNail in the Coffin for Norwegian Seal Hunt
Norway’s much-criticised commercial seal hunt could grind to a halt following parliament’s decision to scrap a hefty subsidy for the controversial practice. A majority of lawmakers voted late Thursday...
View ArticleSeal hunt subsidy adds insult to injury
Seal hunt subsidy – superfluous and unfair Canada’s beleaguered seal hunt is finding itself under ever increasing pressure as the culture of cruelty gasps its dying breaths. Yet another seal hunt...
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