On Tuesday 5th May in an historic vote for animal welfare the European Parliament voted by a huge majority (550 – 49) to ban trade in all seal products derived from commercial slaughter. The ban will be implemented in 2010 and will help save hundreds of thousands of seals that are brutally clubbed, shot and […]

The European Parliament will be voting on May 5th on proposals to ban trade in all seal products derived from commercial slaughter. This is a fantastic opportunity to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of seals that are brutally clubbed, shot and often skinned alive each year in Canada and around the world.   […]

Russia has stated it will end its annual slaughter of 35,000 seals. The Country has now stopped killing very young seals (whitecoats) and has pledged to protect older seals too. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called the hunt a “bloody industry” and said “it is clear that our hunt should have been banned a […]

On Monday 2nd March, the European Parliamentary Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, voted in favour of a comprehensive ban on trade in all seal products. This is a vital step in our campaign to see a complete ban on the import of seal products into the European Union. The Seal Protection Action Group (SPAG) […]

The Canadian Government has proposed new regulations governing the country’s annual mass cull of around 350,000 seals which begins again this March. The new regulations have been introduced in an attempt to make the hunt appear more humane, with the threat of a European Community ban on all seal products an increasing possibility this year. […]