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Safer Fate for Seals

By on April 15, 2008 in Humane Society International, Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
Safer Fate for Seals

More news from Rebecca Aldworth, our director of Canadian wildlife issues. She’s been monitoring the seal hunt and speaking to press throughout the world about the horror of this slaughter. As we leave Newfoundland—bringing the observation of the 2008 seal hunt to a close—I think . . . 

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The Hunt Goes On

By on April 10, 2008 in Humane Society International with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
The Hunt Goes On

The HSUS’s ProtectSeals team has returned to Canada, where the slaughter of baby seals is set to resume tomorrow. As our team makes preparations to document the hunt, I’ve asked Rebecca Aldworth to provide an update. © Nigel BarkerA seal pup seen on March 27. . . . 

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Sea Lions be Dammed

By on March 31, 2008 in Humane Society International with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle

Our team is still bracing itself and documenting the seal hunt on the ground in Canada and conveying to the world the absolute horror of this archaic slaughter. But even as we try to cope with the slaughter of baby seals in this nursery—a mass . . . 

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Bearing Witness

By on March 29, 2008 in Humane Society International with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
Bearing Witness

Posted by Rebecca Aldworth Today I saw defenseless baby seals slaughtered without mercy on Canada’s ice floes. It is with a very heavy heart that I write this, following eight unbearable hours of bearing witness to the slaughter.  © The HSUS/Kathy MilaniA sealer, moments before . . . 

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Unwanted Observers

By on March 28, 2008 in Humane Society International with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
Unwanted Observers

Posted by Rebecca Aldworth Once again, the Canadian government is doing everything in its power to block documentation of the commercial seal hunt. Today, as sealers maneuvered their vessels through the ice floes, searching out baby seals, our permitting nightmare continued. We received a call . . . 

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Talk Back: Sympathy for Seals

By on March 28, 2008 in Humane Society International with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle

Readers have sounded off in the run-up to this year’s Canadian seal hunt. Among the comments we’ve received: Thank you, HSUS, for attempting to help create a seal watch industry. About 10 years ago, I had the privilege of traveling to the ice floes of . . . 

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No Cameras Permitted

By on March 27, 2008 in Humane Society International, Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
No Cameras Permitted

I am heartsick about what’s about to occur in Canada—the slaughter of baby seals that is set to start tomorrow. But I am grateful for the presence of Nigel Barker and my HSUS colleagues who are there to document what occurs and to broadcast the . . . 

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Fleeting Peace

By on March 4, 2008 in Humane Society International with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
Fleeting Peace

It’s not every day that you get a chance to walk on water. But that’s what my colleagues, Nigel Barker, and I did yesterday. We flew into a stiff headwind and went 25 miles from the edge of Prince Edward Island and landed the helicopter . . . 

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Calm Before the Slaughter

By on March 3, 2008 in Humane Society International, Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
Calm Before the Slaughter

I am feeling a great sense of anticipation as our team is about to head to the ice floes in Atlantic Canada to see the seals, in advance of the slaughter which is set to begin later this month. We are here to refocus a . . . 

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Humane Society Undercover

Humane Society Undercover

For the last few days, I’ve written about the riveting and revolting images from an HSUS investigation of a southern California slaughter plant. Millions of Americans have subsequently tuned in to newscasts that showed workers at the facility abuse and torment cows too sick or . . . 

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You Asked: Winning Worldwide

By on January 10, 2008 in Humane Society International with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle

Last week, a comment from blog reader Sara caught my eye. It builds on my blog from yesterday about some exciting developments in Europe. Today, I offer a broader round-up of some of our international advocacy. Q. Can I request that you detail some more . . . 

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Allies for Change

By on January 9, 2008 in Animal Research and Testing, Humane Society International with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
Allies for Change

The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International do not restrict their work to the boundaries of the United States. We live in the era of globalization, with information, commodities, people and animals moving routinely across national borders. With our economic and . . . 

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