Newfoundland Anti-Sealing Campaign- STOP THE SEAL HUNT CANADA

Newfoundland Anti-Sealing Campaign

The Canadian commercial seal "hunt" is the largest mass slaughter of marine mammals in the world. Canada intends to kill over 325,000 seals this spring with an additional 10,000 harp seal quota for an aboriginal allowance! Meat is sold to the Asian pet food market; in 2004, only Taiwan and South Korea purchased seal meat from Canada, the season for the commercial hunt of harp seal is from November 15 to May 15. Most sealing occurs in late March in theGulf of St. Lawrence, and during the first or second week of April off Newfoundland, in an area known as the Front. This peak spring period is generally referred to as the "Canadian Seal Hunt"