ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland — The global recession, plummeting pelt prices and the prospect of a European ban on seal products dramatically lowered the number of seals killed in this year’s hunt, ...

CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island -- The film image shows a hulking seal hunter walking across the ice in pursuit of a baby seal as it wobbles to escape. The hunter stomps on the seal's tail, raises ...

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This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. TORONTO — Canada’s annual seal hunt got under way Thursday despite a ...

OFF CANADA'S EAST COAST — Canadian hunters started shooting and clubbing harp seal pups Saturday at the start of an annual hunt that is the focus of a tech-savvy protest by animal-rights groups. This ...

Thousands of sealers armed with clubs, rifles and spears headed for the ice floes off eastern Canada on Tuesday for the world’s largest seal hunt, one expected to bring poor coastal communities ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Good news. Thick ice is slowing sealing boats from reaching the baby harp seals in ...

Much like the infamous Fenn's Treasure, a group has hidden treasure containing "$1 million in gold coins minted from Agnico ...

A Harp seal pup lies on an ice floe in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near Charlottetown, Canada. Joe Raedle/Getty Images On April 10th, the non-aboriginal seal hunt officially began on the East Coast of ...