HALIFAX -- The annual East Coast seal hunt starts Monday against a backdrop of ongoing trade and court challenges in Europe and renewed claims from animal welfare groups that the 400-year-old industry is dead in the water.
"They have been spreading misinformation about the Canadian seal hunt and Canadian seal products for as long as I've been in this position," Shea said in an interview from Vancouver. "It's grossly unfair. We've done a lot of work in ensuring that our Canadian seal hunt is humane." Fisheries Minister Gail Shea