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Gallery Partial Ban on Seal Trade
The EU published the regulation on the partial trade ban of seal parts and products within the EU in the “Official Journal of the European Union” on the 31st October 2009.
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The Regulation 1007/2009 entered into force on the 20th November 2009 but won’t be fully implemented until the 20th August 2010.
An estimated 900,000 seals are murdered each year by hunting. Around one third of the world trade in seal products either passes through or ends up in the EU market. The partial ban is not perfect due to the loopholes it contains (See 1st Link) but it is hoped that it will cause a severe blow to the seal hunting industry which is most notably carried out by Canadian seal hunters. Seal hunting involved scenes of seals been beaten to death by |
 bludgeons and hakapiks and later skinned alive. |
Mep’s vote for part ban on Seal trade The European Parliament voted for a partial ban on the trade of seal derived products on the 5th of May. This will include the placing on the EU market, the import into the EU, the export from the EU and the transit through
Council of EU agrees with Part Ban on Seals trade. The Council of the European Union voted for a part ban of the seal trade. In their press release of the 27th July, the Council states the basics of the so called strict conditions for placing products made from parts of
Canada Seal Hunt Protest Like every year, Canada will once again start the mass murder of seals for their skins , in the next weeks. Organised by ARAN, a protest will take place outside the EU Parliament Offices, Dublin 2. Why the EU Parliament Offices instead of the Canadian Embassy this year? In
Trade Ban of Seal Fur. Action Alert On the 4th and 5th of May, the European Parliament will discuss and vote on a trade ban of seal fur or products using parts derived from seals. Each year nearly about 900,000 seals are killed in Canada, Russia, Namibia, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Norway
Seal Ban Go-Ahead By Vincent Moss, Acting Political Editor | 14 May 2006 Sunday Mirror UK MINISTERS are to back a Europe-wide ban on the import of seal skins. The move comes after a Sunday Mirror investigation in March highlighted the horrific slaughter of thousands of seals during the annual cull in Canada. It
Why Does the Seal Hunt Continue? The government condones the hunt by making public claims that it is “humane” and “sustainable.” Regardless of their claims, however, no killing can ever be defended: Seals will have their basic rights to live free from suffering and exploitation violated. The excuses the Canadian Government gives for