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Paul McCartney supports Brussels Rally for Seals
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Today (Tuesday 1 July) activists from across Europe met in Brussels for a mass rally in support of a European Union ban on the seal product trade. An announcement on the trade is expected from the European Commission later this month.
A video statement from Paul McCartney was broadcast at the rally.
Read more...Trial of Seal Hunt Observers Ends
Friday, May 09, 2008
The trial of the five observers charged with breaching regulations at the 2006 seal hunt ended today with judgement being reserved until 24 October 2008.
Read more...Judge Refuses to Hear Expert Testimony Showing the Innocence of the Accused in Seal-Hunt Trial
Thursday, May 08, 2008
During the second day of the trial, Judge Jean-Paul Decoste refused to hear testimony from a world-renowned forensic video expert. Despite allowing the video into evidence yesterday, today the judge ruled that expert testimony to the effect the video scientifically proved that the accused were outside the 10m limit, would not alter the outcome of the case and therefore refused to let the expert, Grant Fredericks testify.
Read more...The DFO’s Case Against Seal Hunt Observers Begins Again Today
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
HAVRES-AUX-MAISONS, QUEBEC: The trial of five seal hunt observers begins again today after being adjourned on 19 October 2007.
The charges relate to technical violations of Canada’s Fisheries Act during the 2006 commercial hunt.
Canada’s 275,000 seal slaughter begins
Friday, March 28, 2008
The Canadian seal hunt - the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world - got underway in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada, today (Friday 28 March) as animal welfare campaigners looked to the European Commission to act swiftly and decisively to help put an end the annual slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups.
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Press releases
- Design Against Fur - student design exhibition with a conscience!
- PAUL McCARTNEY, CHRISSIE HYNDE AND UK MPS BACK FUR BAN IN ISRAEL
- CANADA ANNOUNCES MASSIVE INCREASE IN SEAL SLAUGHTER
- Mary McCartney Champions Design Against Fur Competition
- UK Students take top prizes in Design Against Fur Animation Competition
- Court Declares Seal Hunt Observers Innocent
- Coalition of animal protection groups calls for Irish support for seal import ban
- Sign up to our petition - tell retailers to go Fur Free
- EU SEAL IMPORT BAN TO BE PROPOSED TODAY
- Paul McCartney supports Brussels Rally for Seals
- Canada’s 275,000 seal slaughter begins
- Canadian government denies journalists and animal welfare groups permits to document slaughter
- Canadian government sanctions killing of 275,000 seal pups
- MAJOR EU STUDY HIGHLIGHTS CRUELTY OF SEAL HUNTS
- EU Announces Ban on Cat and Dog Fur Imports
- Sickened by cruelty: MEPs and seal hunt observers condemn Canada’s 2007 bloody slaughter
- ANTI-SEALING GROUPS WELCOME GOVERNMENT CALL FOR URGENT EUROPEAN BAN ON SEAL IMPORTS
- European Commission announce that the cruel trade in cat and dog fur is to be banned
- COUNCIL OF EUROPE CALLS FOR MEMBER STATES TO BAN SEAL IMPORTS
- Design Against Fur 2006 Grand Final winner announced and 2007 competition is launched
- Heart rendering seal hunt footage wins prestigious Wildscreen Festival film award
- New EU Trade Resolution to Protect Seals Welcomed
- Petition to Parliament: 30,000 say ‘stop seal imports into UK’
- Heather and Paul McCartney renew plea
- Vigils for Doomed Seals in Canada
- Canada’s Shame - 2006 Hunt Quota Announced
- Heather and Paul McCartney visit Canadian seal pups and call for an end the seal hunt
- New film shows - for first time - killing of fur farmed mink in Ireland