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, ...

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 ...

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, Canadian officials said Thursday.

Ottawa - Canada is the victim of "an international propaganda campaign" by animal rights activists and will not stop its controversial seal hunt, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday, one day ...

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Anyone who’s seen a baby harp seal knows there isn’t much that can melt hearts quicker than the bulging, innocent black eyes and snow-white coat of the adorable pups. But many U.S. citizens are ...

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 ...

TORONTO -- 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, Canadian officials said ...

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 ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Mark Small is fed up with being portrayed as a bloodthirsty killer for his part in an annual cull in which about 300,000 young seals are shot or clubbed to death on ice floes off ...

For those of you who have visited Habs’ tough guy Georges Laraque’s website, you are likely well aware of his devotion to PETA. On Wednesday, Mr. Laraque appealed to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen ...

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, April 13, 2011 (ENS) – Canada’s annual seal hunt opened Monday off northeastern Newfoundland in an area called The Front, but few sealers went to the ice amid low demand for ...