Posts Tagged ‘seals’

• European Union bans the trade of seal products

  Today the European Parliament voted 550 to 49 in favour to ban the trade of all seal products (such as fur and omega-3) within the European Union. The new EU-wide legislation is meant to send a clear signal to Canada …

• The annual seal hunt in Canada starts, over 280000 seals to be slaughtered

  The annual seal massacre in Canada has started. This year the Canadian government has set a target of over 280000 baby seals to be clubbed to death and skinned to provide coats, hats, handbags and other accessories for the fashion …

• The North Pole could be ice-free in just five years

  Last week the ice at the North Pole melted at an “unprecedented rate.” And that has some scientists worrying that the Arctic could become ice-free during the summers as early as 2013, the Guardian reports. The storms over the Alaska’s …

• The Caribbean monk seal is now extinct due to human causes

  Photo from “The Fisheries and Fisheries Industries of the United States”, by George Brown Goode (1887). The Caribbean monk seal has gone “the way of the dodo” and been officially listed as extinct by the US Government. The Caribbean monk …