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Article: IFAW: Canada Kicks Off Annual Hunt for Baby Seals
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 29, 2005
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CHARLOTTETOWN, Canada, March 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Canada's annual
hunt for baby seals began today according to IFAW (International Fund
for Animal Welfare -http://www.ifaw.org ). Over the next several
weeks up to 319,500 baby seals will be killed for their fur. Canada's
annual seal hunt is the largest marine mammal hunt in the world with
a three-year kill quota of almost one million seals.
Last year, according to statistics provided by the Canadian
government, 365,971 seals were killed and 96.6 percent of those were
less than 3 months old. Seals are skinned for their pelts and then
sold to fur distributors to feed the demand of the fashion industry.
"Many people mistakenly think Canada ...