Seal Hunt 2008
October 17, 2008: Court Declares Seal Hunt Observers Innocent
August 1, 2008: HSI-Canada and The HSUS Warn Fisheries Ministers: Do Not Expand Grey Seal Hunt
July 28, 2008: A Sealed Fate
July 23, 2008: European Union Moves Toward Ban on Seal Product Trade
May 9, 2008: Seal-Hunt Observer Trial Concludes; Judge to Rule in October
May 7, 2008: Crown Unable to Suppress Crucial Evidence in HSUS and HSI Seal-Hunt Observer Trial
May 7, 2008: Judge Refuses to Hear Expert Testimony Showing the Innocence of the Accused in Seal-Hunt Observer Trial
May 6, 2008: HSI and The HSUS Seal-Hunt Observers: Video Evidence Proves Innocence
April 18, 2008: Historic Crossroads for Seals
April 15, 2008: Safer Fate for Seals (blog)*
April 13, 2008: EU to Propose Ban on Seal Products from Inhumane Hunts
April 11, 2008: Seal Kill Observers Document Cruelty, Possible Violations of Marine Mammal Regulations
April 11, 2008: Ecotourism an Innovative Solution for Seals, Canadian Fishermen
April 10, 2008: The Hunt Goes On (blog)*
April 4, 2008: Through the Eyes of LITTLESEAL: An Interview with Canadian Author Morgan Pumphrey
April 1, 2008: Seal Hunt Inherently Inhumane
March 30, 2008: Cover-Up Continues: DFO Restricting Journalists' and Seal Hunt Observers' Access
March 29, 2008: Seal Hunters Not Following New Licencing Conditions; Seals Suffering
March 29, 2008: Sealers' Deaths Underscore Danger of Hunt
March 28, 2008: Baby Seal Slaughter Opens at Dawn
March 27, 2008: Canadian Cruelty Cover-up?
March 27, 2008: 275,000 Seals to Die After Hunt Begins March 28
March 14, 2008: The Canadian Seal Hunt: An Interview with J. M. Coetzee
March 11, 2008: DFO Panders to Commercial Fishing Interests
March 7, 2008: Farewell, Fantastic Icy World
March 4, 2008: Nigel Barker and The HSUS: Seals Worth More Alive Than Dead
March 4, 2008: Fleeting Peace (blog)*
March 4, 2008: Spectacular Scene Before the Slaughter
March 3, 2008: British Actor Alison Steadman Visits Seal Hunt Nursery
March 3, 2008: Photographer, Filmmaker, Actor Join HSI/The HSUS to Spotlight Seals
March 3, 2008: Calm Before the Slaughter (blog)*
February 29, 2008: Expedition to Seal Nursery Spotlights Pups Slated for Slaughter
February 24, 2008: Horror on Hay Island
Live from the Ice
HSI Canada's Rebecca Aldworth bears witness to the 2008 hunt.
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* Blogging from the ice in 2008 will be Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) President & CEO Wayne Pacelle, HSI's Rebecca Aldsworth, and photographer and "America's Top Model" judge Nigel Barker. HSI Canada will link to the blog where it appears on on the HSUS web site.
