Geneva- Switzerland The World Trade Organization has released it’s findings regarding the 2009 EU ban which forbids the trade in marine mammal products such as skins, meat and oils from the commercial seal hunts. The ban, which has seen legal challenges from Norway, Canada and Namibia has been upheld. The WTO concluded that although the …
Tag Archive: Seal Cull
Nov 24
Shutting down the seal hunt markets
The biggest blow to the sealing industry came in 2009 when the 27 nations of the EU joined the USA and Mexico in instituting a ban on the import of products derived from marine mammals. These products include skins, meat and oils from the commercial seal hunts In 2011, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan followed up …
Nov 09
Puppets, Politics and Propaganda. Harper and the Hunt.
South Dildo, Canada Keith Hutchings, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture has announced that the provincial government will splurge another $38 700.00 of the tax payers money on a propaganda campaign to help Carino Processing LTD with a branding and marketing strategy for its seal products. This amount is over and beyond the $3.6 million the …
Oct 21
Seal Burger with Foie Gras Topping.
It has come to our attention that Côté-Est, a restaurant based in Quebec, has had the ultimate troll-burger on its menu since 2012. Seal meat patty topped with foie gras. To add insult to injury, this revolting concoction, surely the brainchild of a warped and sick individual desperate for attention, has been named “Phoque Bardot” …
Aug 08
Habitat Loss and Proof That Culling Does Not Work
This post will explain why we are so concerned for the Cape fur seal. It is a synopsis of a media presentation that was delivered by ourselves, on behalf of Seal Alert SA. Each year, Namibia “culls” up to 86,000 Cape fur seals. What is the government hoping to achieve by slaughtering these animals? Are …
Jul 14
Tweet Storm to Save Namibia’s Seals
80,000 baby seals are savagely beaten to death on the beaches of Namibia. Undercover footage of this barbarity reveals that these seals receive multiple beatings before they are rendered dead or unconscious. This senseless massacre, which is anything BUT humane, is undertaken to satisfy the whims of greed and profit. It is the largest slaughter …
Jul 05
Opinion Poll. Should Sweden authorize a licensed seal hunt?
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has asked the government to authorize a seal hunt to limit a growing seal population along the Swedish coasts that they claim is damaging the fishing industry. But Mikael Karlsson, from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, is against the proposal. “We’ve waited until the population is big and strong …
Jul 04
Shocking new footage of Namibia seal hunt
Thursday, 4 July, 2013 Earthrace Conservation today released graphic footage captured by covert filming of the annual seal massacre on one of Namibia’s highest security beaches, Atlas Bay, a lucrative diamond mining area. The footage shows dozens of seal pups being driven across the beach to be clubbed to death by a team wielding pick …
Jun 09
Open Letter to SA MP RE her Calls to Reintroduce Seal Slaughter
By the early 1900’s, Cape fur seals in Southern Africa had been hunted to the brink of extinction and government was forced to intervene. The slaughter continued in South Africa under regulations of the government until 1990. Millions of seals were brutally slaughtered for their fur, oils and genitals. Namibia is now the only country …
Aug 20
Hatem Yavuz – The Butcher of Namibia
Hatem Yavuz, aka The Butcher of Namibia, is the man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of seals – both in Canada, as well as in Namibia. Yavuz is an Australian national who holds dual citizenship with Turkey. He is the honorary consulate of Namibia to Turkey and, as their diplomat, has both …