Sealers Take Aim at Last Surviving Harp Seal Pups As Newfoundland Seal Hunt Opens

U.S. Newswire › April 08, 2010

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NEWFOUNDLAND, Canada, April 8 After disastrous ice conditions in March caused many harp seal pups to perish prematurely, Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is now allowing open fire on the few seals that survived. Today, IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) is set to observe hunting activity off the coasts of Newfoundland.

Twenty-three sealing vessels from Newfoundland and Labrador have hailed out in search of concentrations of seal pups on whatever ice is still available.

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Sealers Take Aim at Last Surviving Harp Seal Pups As Newfoundland Seal Hunt Opens

"In the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence we witnessed harp seal ...

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