This baby seal is between 3 and 12 weeks old -- and likely a victim of the commercial seal hunt. Please click photo for clarity.
Seal Hunt Enforcement Officers Turn a Blind Eye to Sealers Violating Regulations, Attempt to Stop HSUS' Documentation
NEWFOUNDLAND
While observing the Canadian seal hunt in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence Thursday, The Humane Society of the United States filmed and observed numerous apparent violations of the Marine Mammal Regulations that govern the commercial hunt. These violations include sealers failing to ensure the seals were dead prior to hooking and dragging them, and sealers clubbing seals on the face, jaw and neck instead of the skull.
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http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/sealers_violating_regulations.html
Please also see:
Humane Society of the United States http://www.hsus.org
STOP THE SEAL HUNT
http://www.stopthesealhunt.com
Canadian Seal Hunt Opens Again Amidst Outcry
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/05/332/
NEWFOUNDLAND
While observing the Canadian seal hunt in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence Thursday, The Humane Society of the United States filmed and observed numerous apparent violations of the Marine Mammal Regulations that govern the commercial hunt. These violations include sealers failing to ensure the seals were dead prior to hooking and dragging them, and sealers clubbing seals on the face, jaw and neck instead of the skull.
MORE
http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/sealers_violating_regulations.html
Please also see:
Humane Society of the United States http://www.hsus.org
STOP THE SEAL HUNT
http://www.stopthesealhunt.com
Canadian Seal Hunt Opens Again Amidst Outcry
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/05/332/