Critter News

JANUARY 2, 2009

The amendments to the Marine Mammal Regulations, which include strengthened federal enforcement, come just over a month after newly appointed federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said Canada is "going straight ahead for the 2009 hunt. The sealers must now feel the seal's cranium to make sure it is broken. We're proceeding as usual." "No

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Seal tourism brings in more revenue for the African country than the seal hunt. Each year, up to 85,000 seals are killed in Namibia to make just a few dollars from their furs, when they would be worth so much more to the Namibian economy alive," said Claire Bass, WSPA International Oceans Campaign Leader.

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Critter News

MARCH 22, 2009

Kudos for Russian leader Vladimir Putin for stopping the slaughter of seals. Activists accused Norwegian companies of encouraging the killing because seal hunting was no longer allowed in their own country. Maybe Canada can learn something from the former KGB agent and avid hunter about compassion.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2014

As a result the sea ice has become more unstable, endangering the Inuit who hunt and work on the bay and the ducks who can no longer rely on their instincts to find open water. There are some scenes that may be tough for some viewers, including a seal hunt and a mass die-off of eiders, but the documentary is the more powerful for them.

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Critter News

JANUARY 16, 2011

In order to offset the loss of the seal product market in Europe, Canada has made a deal with China. I'm not surprised. China as a whole still doesn't have a national conscience about these issues. Although 40 Chinese animal rights groups have protested, they don't really have any political or financial clout to change anything.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

And, they wear tuxedos, which seem to provide camouflage while they are swimming, where leopard seals, sharks, and other creatures would like to make a meal of them. So, which came first, the underwater flight, the ability to hunt fish, the exceptional ability to live in the cold, or the tuxedo-camouflage? Salas-Gismondi, R.,

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Observing it negotiate swaying and swishing palm fronds was akin to seeing a seal swim through a kelp forest. Can’t go wrong with large macaws: Blue-and-yellow Macaw There were more than a couple Sulphury Flycatchers hunting among the vegetation – it was probably a decade since I had last laid eyes on one.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2013

They have their own unique hunting technique – they”dip” their heads in the water and walk on the bottom of streams, using their tail and wings to get downward pressure and even “swim” underwater. White-throated Dippers nest by the water, usually in a crack or hollow in the rock or bridge support.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Unfortunately we have only ever seen dead Barn Owls in the Broome area and one day it would be nice to see a bird hunting over the land. The road was under water in three sections and the Masked Lapwings and Black-winged Stilts were using the clarity of the water over the sealed road and the lack of hiding places to their advantage.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

These two species make a good living eating seal carcasses and even hunting the chicks of other seabirds, and are correspondingly among the strongest legged of any of the petrels. Throughout the petrel and albatross order there are suposed to be only two species, the two large and vulture-like giant petrels , that feed on land.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

In this week’s podcast ending February 13, 2010: **Britain’s Ministry of Defense defends its use of pigs as subjects in explosives testing; **an elephant expert argues for the closing of the elephant exhibit at the Toronto Zoo; **the State of Hawaii seeks to toughen penalties for dog fighting; **Animal rights groups protest the Canadian seal hunt in (..)

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Critter News

JANUARY 10, 2010

News from last week: *A US Federal Judge rejects claims that Ringling’s Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus mishandles endangered Asian elephants; *A primate at a Charles River laboratory facility dies from being run through a commercial washer; *Miss Newfoundland defends the Canadian seal hunt; *Cambodian prosecutions of illegal logging and wildlife (..)

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Critter News

JANUARY 31, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 30, 2010: **A Mercy for Animals video spurs calls for a ban on tail docking in the State of New York; **Animal rights activists try to stop construction of a bullfighting ring in Beijing; **A PETA protestor gets a pie in the face for protesting against the Canadian seal hunt; **And legislation is proposed in China (..)

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Animal Person

MAY 17, 2009

Is what he did like hunting? Like clubbing a seal to death? Let's deconstruct the concept: Do you think that people who have spent their lives harming animals by eating them, just like I did and much of my family still does, deserve a second chance? Is fighting and killing dogs the same thing? Like skinning a mink?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2013

Sperm Whales feed deep, diving to the bottom of the trench, hunting for a while, then rising again to catch a breath. The boat moves quickly past interesting things; Northern Giant Petrels , Buller’s Shearwaters , White-capped Albatrosses , New Zealand Fur Seals (I understand they will pause to see dolphins).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The bacteria that laid me low earlier this year is a zoonosis, causing problems for New Zealand’s endemic seals as well as visitors to Borneo. Hunting, the bush meat trade, habitat loss, population increases, they all have a part to play in this story. This lake is close to the cave. My photo of the cave was bad, sorry.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Abel Tasman is popular for its easy hiking trail along the coast and kayaking, keep an eye out for New Zealand Fur Seals and Spotted Shags. Nelson The sunniest part of New Zealand is situated at the northern end of South Island and is close to two great parks, Abel Tasman to the north and Nelson Lakes to the south.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another item they feed on is hunting edible bird nest swiftlets, which are quite common in edible swiftlet houses in Sabah, Malaysia ( source ). The first attempt in hunting was made by the male hornbill which was seen snapping at a passing swiftlet, but was unsuccessful.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2017

It was hunting season and the men appeared to be mostly targeting the Eurasian Wigeon. The following morning we were up early to make a crossing and were delighted to see a Grey Seal lounging around beside the causeway and another actually on the causeway, which soon moved for pedestrians! Causeway as the tide drops on dusk.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Resident birds, such as this Gray Ghost (Northern Harrier) photographed hunting near Disposal Road one winter by Ron Shields, are well represented, as are migrants and rarities. Bird banding helps Meadowlands naturalists analyze how to manage the landfills and wetlands for their benefit.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

But most important, they are beginning to starve, because the sea ice they depend on for hunting seals, their main food, is melting at a very rapid rate because of global warming. They are also endangered by a loss of habitat, as energy companies encroach on more and more of their territory for oil and gas operations.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. I don't see what they get out of it, unless they want to impress Europe, which has already banned seal products. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry. Excerpted from the Globe and Mail.

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Critter News

JUNE 21, 2011

Therefore, the EU's ban on seal products does not apply to them. I had no idea that Switzerland is NOT part of the EU. But activists are trying to change that.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2011

Northern Fulmar ( Fulmaris glacialis ) will continue to throng in the bay, dipping and soaring with the winds, and entertaining kids who lure them close with chunks of seal blubber. Ermine will hunt lemmings under the snow, haunting them in their lairs. A Purple Sandpiper ( Calidris maritima) alone.

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Critter News

APRIL 19, 2010

It ended early as a result of low demand for pelts (due to the European ban on seal products) and the lack of ice floes. Tags: canada europe seal hunt seals.

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Critter News

MAY 14, 2010

Earlier this week, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea extended the end date of the annual seal hunt from May 15 to May 31. Poor, poor seal hunters. Tags: canada seal hunters seals. This is because of the poor "harvest" due to bad ice conditions. It's cruel. I would think they deserve better too.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Vancouver's Olympic organizers have the clout to convince the Canadian government to end the controversial seal hunt on the East Coast. The group will launch a new campaign on Wednesday featuring the 2010 Inukshuk logo clubbing a seal, with the five Olympic rings dripping blood.

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Critter News

MARCH 22, 2009

The Canadian government has authorized the killing of 280,000 harp seals. Tags: canada barbarism seals. I won't even bother asking the Canadians to stop this barbaric practice. The only way it will end is if the market for this product in Europe dries up. The US already has such a ban in place.

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Critter News

MAY 6, 2010

Tags: canada seal hunt seals PETA.

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Critter News

APRIL 29, 2010

Tags: canada seal hunt Stupid entertainment seals.

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Critter News

MARCH 26, 2010

Canadian seals are being screwed by an exceptionally warm winter and lack of ice. Tags: climate canada seal hunt seals. I've been hearing about this from the Humane Society, but haven't posted about it yet. They are dying and starving. And that's not even mentioning the hunters that are after them.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

But the seal industry doesn't care. Dr. Philippe Pibarot has been studying seal heart valves to see if they might be a better transplant option for humans than those from cows or pigs, believing they may be more durable than the other animal tissue. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.

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Critter News

JANUARY 5, 2009

Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said Monday that Canadian officials will meet with EU politicians in a bid to convince them that Canada's commercial seal hunt is humane and should be exempt from a proposed seal import ban.A Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals hunting.

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Critter News

AUGUST 18, 2009

He's doing it to show his opposition to the EU's ban on seal products. Tags: canada europe seals hunting. Canada plans on appealing to the WTO. Stay classy Harper!

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Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

The New York Times reports that the ban will still allow seal products from traditional hunts by the Inuit people, also known as Eskimos, in Canada and Greenland. Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals. And Canada is going to appeal the decision at the WTO. victory for now.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

In fact, should anything smaller than an elephant seal wander into the territory it will be rewarded not only with copious amounts of warm milky guano but a thorough battering. Some gulls are particularly good at hunting the Ashy Storm-petrel, a species which also has its stronghold on this island.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And whether the return is a permanent one or not remains to be seen as those factors sealing my fate as a regular contributor are still binding me to this day. But no, there is another reason for this surprisingly creative way of describing the gruesome killing of a creature: the characteristics of hunting in Germany.

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