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Actor Lays Down The Law On Seal Hunting

April 24, 2013

(CELEBRITY ACTIVISM) Actor Jude Law is joining celebrity activists like Ke$ha and Sarah McLachlan and speaking out against the annual Canadian seal slaughter. The Sherlock Holmes star recently teamed up with PETA and wrote a letter urging the World Trade Organization (WTO) to uphold the EU’s ban on seal products. The handsome Brit wrote, “I’m writing to urge the panel to uphold this ban, which is in line with the wishes of compassionate people all around the world, including the majority of European citizens. Even local sentiment is turning, and a lack of markets has led Canadian officials to seriously examine whether the slaughter should end.” The WTO’s final hearing on the issue will be held on April 29. Read on to find out what Law proposes would be a better solution for sealers and seals. — Global Animal

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Un-Seal This Deal (VIDEO)

April 12, 2013

(WILDLIFE) On Tuesday, the Elmer Fudds of the world finally came out of their icy hovels, in order to partake in Canada’s now infamous seal hunt. Although the commercial hunt is widely panned by the majority of Canadian citizens, and increasingly obsolete, it has refused to fade away completely. The Canadian Government is no doubt the biggest enabler of this barbaric practice, over funding at great lengths to sustain a needless industry, with the use of taxpayers’ money. Read on to find out more about Canada’s commercial seal hunt and the concerns revolving around this obsolete and inhumane practice. — Global Animal

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Polar Bear Trade Ban Rejected

March 12, 2013

(WILDLIFE PROTECTION) A U.S. proposal to end the global trade of polar bear parts has been shut down at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. The ban proposal met opposition from Canada, Greenland, and Norway, countries that all have a financial stake in this sad trade. Approximately 800 bears are killed each year—most of them in Canada—and their pelts and heads, among other things, are sold internationally. Canada is also the only nation home to polar bears that allows hunting the animal for sport. It’s a shame that despite the major decline in polar bear populations due to climate change, these animals are still being killed for their skin. Read on to learn more about why this unfortunate trade is still legal. — Global Animal

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Feds Bust Narwhal Tusk-Smuggling Ring

January 4, 2013

(OCEANS) MAINE — Government officials have broken up a narwhal tusk-smuggling ring in which, for nearly a decade, two Canadians have been transporting the whales’ ivory tusks from the Canadian Arctic into Calais, Maine. The tusks, which can grow up to eight feet long, sell for thousands of dollars each, but are illegal to import in the U.S. Continue reading to learn more about this underground demand for narwhal tusks in the U.S. and the illegal cross-border exchange. — Global Animal

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MLB Pitcher & Pit Bull Thrown Curve Ball

November 15, 2012

(PIT BULLS) CANADA — This Tuesday, a blockbuster trade in Major League Baseball sent pitcher Mark Buehrle to Canada, but he and his dog might have problems settling in, seeing that Ontario has enforced a ban on pit bulls since 2005. This is not the first time Buehrle and his family have faced trouble moving to a new location solely because of the breed of their dog, Yahoo! Sports reports. Miami-Dade County, where his previous team the Miami Marlins were located, also enforces a law that does not allow pit bulls, or any other type of dog that resembles the breed. Read on to learn more about the issue. — Global Animal

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UPDATE: Harp Seals’ Lives Spared

September 17, 2012

(ANIMAL WELFARE) Two harp seal pups slated for death at the Aquarium des Iles in Quebec, Canada were granted temporary reprieve on Saturday due to an overwhelming public outcry from animal activists all over the world. The six-month-old pups, Zak and Mika, were to be killed on Saturday after the aquarium in the Gulf of St. Lawrence closed for the summer. However, the decision has been temporarily reversed as a petition targeting the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to spare the seals’ lives has garnered over 150,000 international signatures. Read on to learn what’s next for Zak and Mika. — Global Animal

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Harp Seals Face Slaughter At Aquarium

September 14, 2012

(ANIMAL WELFARE) Two six-month-old harp seal pups are scheduled to be killed this Saturday September 15, when the Aquarium des Iles in Quebec, Canada closes for the winter. The two pups, Zak and Mika, were taken as newborns from the wild this spring by Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO-MPO) and placed on display for the summer. The aquarium accepted the young seals despite knowing they would not be released back into the wild at the end of the season, but instead slaughtered in the name of ‘research.’ — Global Animal

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Mysterious Mass Animal Deaths Plague Lake Erie

September 6, 2012

(ANIMAL NEWS) CANADA — Residents along Lake Erie were woken up by a smell that was similar to a septic tank backing up yesterday, when tens of thousands of dead fish and sea gulls washed ashore. The scene is reminiscent of earlier this month when thousands of dead fish washed up along the Texas shore, and when birds seemed to fall dead from the sky in Arkansas in 2011. Researchers have ruled out many reasons for the deaths and are still looking to make sense of this strange phenomenon. Is this really just another coincidence, or a direct result of the damage humans have done to the planet? Read on for more eerie details. — Global Animal  

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