IFAW: Canada's Commercial Seal Hunt is a Cruel, Unnecessary Waste
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 04/08/15 -- It was announced today that Canada's commercial seal hunt will open once again on the East Coast on Sunday, April 12. Despite receiving tens of millions in public funds and support over four decades, the commercial seal hunt is at one of the lowest points in history. This morning, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced an additional $2 million bailout loan for the beleaguered sealing industry, making this the fourth year in a row that the industry has required a loan.
For the last twenty years, government, industry and lobby groups have attempted to develop additional uses for seals, everything from fuel to pepperoni, and they have failed. Canadian government data indicates that - despite a policy of "full utilization" - over 90% of the seal is discarded and the commercial seal hunt is still primarily for fur. Despite the use of tens of millions of dollars in public funds, the commercial seal hunt has been declining since 2006.
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is calling on the Government of Canada to stop the waste of tax dollars and to stop the waste of life. IFAW is asking the government to stop providing the commercial sealing industry with taxpayer-funded subsidies and to bring the commercial seal hunt in line with other hunts for wildlife and make it mandatory for the entire animal to be landed.
Quotes from Sheryl Fink, Director of Canadian Wildlife Campaigns
Canada's commercial seal hunt is a horrific waste that has no place in modern society. When seals from the commercial seal hunt are killed, they are not eaten and the whole animal is not used. Over 90% of seals killed are for fur - they are skinned and their bodies are thrown back in to the ocean or left to rot on the ice.
Twenty years ago Canada's commercial seal hunt was nearly dead. But, after the collapse of the cod fishery, the Canadian government attempted to deflect attention from the controversy by providing subsidies to the industry. In the two decades since, the commercial sealing industry has received tens of millions in public money that have failed to create an economically viable industry.
The commercial seal hunt has been declining since 2006, and data from the 2014 hunt indicate that it is at one of the lowest points in history. People do not want seal products, and there are 35 countries around the world that now ban them. The commercial seal hunt is unnecessary, and it's time to transition sealers out of it.
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About IFAW
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) was established in 1969 and its founding campaign was in opposition to Canada's commercial seal hunt. IFAW has more than 40 years of experience raising awareness, documenting and opposing the cruel commercial hunts for seals in Canada and around the world.
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Michelle Cliffe
Communications Officer
Telephone: +1 647 986 4329
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Twitter: (at)MichelleCliffe or (at)IFAWCanada
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Datum: 08.04.2015 - 17:15 Uhr
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