The department has increased this year’s seal hunt quota by 50,000 animals to a total of 330,000 because hunting restrictions have resulted in a rising seal herd population, estimated at 6.9 ...

TORONTO, April 3 -- Hunters and animal rights activists face off on the ice this week as Canada's annual seal hunt begins, but a succession of unusually warm winters in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ...

Escalating a sporadic, 35-year-old protest campaign, opponents of Canada’s seal hunt are advocating a travel boycott, pushing their cause in the U.S. Senate, even recruiting Paris Hilton.

Six animal rights activists observing Canada’s annual harp seal hunt were arrested Sunday for getting too close to hunters killing the animals off the eastern coast. IE 11 is not supported.

TORONTO — Canada’s annual seal hunt started Monday, under pressure from a possible European Union ban on imported seal products. The world’s largest marine mammal hunt was called "inherently ...

Canada Expands Seal Hunt, Amid Protests A seal hunt is under way in Newfoundland, where the Canadian government has granted hunters a higher quota for seals.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Canada’s fisheries minister courted ...

TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's annual seal hunt started Monday, under pressure from a possible European Union ban on imported seal products. The world's largest marine mammal hunt was called "inherently ...

GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE (AP) -- Sealers took to the thawing ice floes off the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, the first day of Canada's contentious seal hunt, confronting animal rights ...

TORONTO -- About 12,000 sealers with rifles and spears headed for the ice floes and islands off eastern Canada on Monday in the world's largest seal hunt, followed by protesters ...

A Feb. 10 commentary in The Buffalo News titled, “Let’s urge Canada to stop killing baby seals” included a number of misleading and erroneous statements regarding the seal hunt in ...