Animal Welfare Triumphs as European Commission Proposes Strengthening the EU Ban on Cruel Seal Product Trade
(firmenpresse) - MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 02/06/15 -- The European Commission has today proposed strengthening the European Union ban on seal product trade, closing previous loopholes and appearing to bring it into compliance with recommendations from the World Trade Organization. Humane Society International praised the Commission for defending animal welfare in the face of constant legal challenges from Canada and Norway. In 2014, following the latest such challenge by Canada and Norway, the WTO upheld the right of the EU to ban trade in seal products, but noted some inconsistencies in the exemptions in the ban. In response the EU Commission has proposed making the EU ban even stronger than it was before.
Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of Humane Society International/Canada, stated:
"We applaud the European Commission for taking this crucial step forward in preserving the European Union ban on products of commercial seal hunts. The proposed amendments strengthen the ban by clarifying the exemption regarding traditional Inuit hunts, while eliminating a needless exemption for products of marine mammal management hunts. It appears the Canadian government challenge of the EU seal product trade ban at the WTO has backfired, in that products from the Canadian commercial seal hunt are still prohibited from being sold in the EU. This is great news for seals; since the EU ban went into effect, prices for seal fur in Canada have dropped, and more than one million baby seals have been spared a horrible fate."
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