Canadian seal hunt gets under way
Taipei Times [Taiwan]
Some 12,000 sealers armed with rifles and spears launched for the ice floes and islands off eastern Canada on Monday in the world's largest seal hunt, accompanied by protesters condemning the US$20 million harvest as barbaric. Hunters are allowed to kill 350,000 young seals this year, the largest number since the government instituted quotas in the 1960s. The harp seal population is burgeoning at 5.2 million and pelts are garnering record prices of about US$50 each.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/04/14/2003136613
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Some 12,000 sealers armed with rifles and spears launched for the ice floes and islands off eastern Canada on Monday in the world's largest seal hunt, accompanied by protesters condemning the US$20 million harvest as barbaric. Hunters are allowed to kill 350,000 young seals this year, the largest number since the government instituted quotas in the 1960s. The harp seal population is burgeoning at 5.2 million and pelts are garnering record prices of about US$50 each.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/04/14/2003136613
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 14. Apr, 23:03
