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SEALERS KILLED OVER 31,764 HARP SEAL PUPS IN CANADA, MOST IN JUST A WEEK AND A
HALF. THAT FIGURE IS THE "LANDED VALUE." SOME ARE WOUNDED AND SLIP AWAY, ONLY TO
DIE LATER AFTER PROLONGED SUFFERING.


THIS IS DESPITE THE POOR SEA ICE THIS YEAR, THAT PROBABLY CAUSED MANY PUPS TO
DROWN BEFORE THEY COULD SWIM.


LAST YEAR, CANADIAN FISHERMEN KILLED OVER 39,922 HARP SEAL PUPS.



HARP SEAL PUP SURVIVOR LOOKS OUT AT SLAUGHTERED SEAL PUP CARCASSES. PHOTO:
STEWART COOK, IFAW.


 

Please contact Canadian officials to demand that they call off the seal "hunt"
due to the high likelihood that many pups will drown this year, before they even
learn to swim.

 

The DFO reported that 39,922 seals were "landed" last year. That means more were
killed. Some are not recovered by sealers but die later.

This year, the ice was almost non-existent throughout the Gulf of St. Lawrence
during the pupping season. In 2022, there was also poor sea ice in the Gulf, and
the DFO in the Magdalen Islands, the usual focal point of sealing in the Gulf,
would not disclose the number of seal pups killed in the Gulf. This means few
seal pups were killed in this phase. However, many may have died from drowning.
More and more, seal mothers are pupping further to the north due to the lack of
sea ice; but those who venture into their usual pupping areas and give birth may
not be able to find sea ice sturdy enough to withstand windy weather conditions
and higher than normal temperatures.

In 2021, the ice for pupping in the Gulf was better than in many recent years. A
large mass of ice floes on the northwest side of the Magdalen Islands in March
could have supported many harp seal pups. It also could have made for easy
access to the pups for Magdalen Islands sealers. Thankfully, the ice shifted,
leaving sealers empty-handed. Read more here.

HELP STOP THE SLAUGHTER.

There are many ways to help, from simply making donations that allow us to
educate people in Canada and around the world about what is happening, to
organizing outreach and protest events in your town. Learn how you can help.

 

WHEN ARE HARP SEALS KILLED?

Canada's harp seal 'hunt' takes place over several weeks, usually starting in
late March or April and ending in May. Most seals are killed in the first two
weeks though. The pace of killing is fast. If sealers find a thick pan of ice,
they will club or shoot every seal on it as fast as they can. Learn more about
the Canadian seal 'hunt' here.

ARE HARP SEALS AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE?

In many years, thousands to tens of thousands of harp seal pups drown before
they are able to swim, due to a lack of sturdy sea ice. In 2021, the sea ice in
the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a major pupping area, was at record low levels during
the pupping time in February. This means that most of the seal pups who were
born on the ice in that area probably drowned.

 

CANADIAN FISHERMEN ARE PUSHING FOR MORE SEALING - IN FACT, FOR CULLING SEALS

On both the west and east coasts of Canada, commercial fishermen are calling for
culls or increased "harvests" of seals and sea lions because they say these
animals are overpopulated and are eating too many fish. They claim the pinnipeds
are causing declines in fish populations or preventing depleted stocks from
recovering and are interfering with their fishing activities.

Please visit our website and click on the link there to watch our new film,
"Seals and Sea Lions: Scoundrels or Scapegoats?"

 

 

THIS SLAUGHTER IS NOT ONLY APPROVED BY CANADA'S GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT
PROMOTES, SUBSIDIZES, AND FACILITATES THIS SLAUGHTER. WHAT ROLE DO POLITICS AND
PROPAGANDA PLAY IN THE PERSISTENCE OF THIS ATROCITY?

Canada's government has a long history of funding and promoting the commercial
seal 'hunt'. The government agency responsible for managing the seal 'hunt', the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, has a history of using seals as scapegoats
when they failed to manage fisheries well. Read more about the government's role
in sealing.

 

 

WONDERING WHY THESE SEALS ARE KILLED?

Atlantic Canadian off-season fishermen choose to go off seasonal unemployment
insurance early to kill harp seal pups for their fur. But there's more to it
than this. Politics and scapegoating seals are factors, too. Read more about the
Canadian seal 'hunt' here.

ARE SEALERS INUIT / FIRST NATIONS?

Those who kill the seal pups are off-season commercial fishermen in Atlantic
Canada. This is distinct from Inuit sealing and occurs in different regions. The
commercial fishermen club and shoot harp seal pups each year in their nurseries
on the ice floes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off the coast of Newfoundland and
Labrador. Almost all of the harp seals killed are pups between 3 weeks and 3
months of age.

 

Watch these videos and learn about pinnipeds, what is happening to them, and how
you can help.

OUR SHORT FILM "SEALS AND SEA LIONS: SCOUNDRELS OR SCAPEGOATS?

A TV commercial that we aired in Canada in 2018

A TV commercial that we aired in the U.S. previously

 

 

 

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CAPE FUR SEAL PUPS ARE BLUDGEONED TO DEATH IN NAMIBIA FROM JULY 1 TO
MID-NOVEMBER


Cape fur seal pups rescued by the late Francois Hugo, who ran a rehabilitation
center in South Africa


NAMIBIA'S CAPE FUR SEAL MASSACRE IS BRUTAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RECKLESS

A small group of Namibian men separate a group of nursing Cape fur seal pups
from their mothers each day in their coastal rookeries, from July 1 to
mid-November. The seal pups are then corralled some distance from the herd and
beaten and stabbed to death.

The daily massacre in the crowded seal reserves causes panic and chronic stress
for the seals.


Clubbers killing Cape fur seals. Photo: Earthrace Conservation

Cape fur seals have also suffered mass die-offs due to the poor availability of
prey in many years.

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAPE FUR SEAL MASSACRE?

Read more here.

WANT TO HELP STOP THE MASSACRE?

Find out how here and at furseals.org.





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