European Union Moves Toward Ban on Seal Product Trade

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Source: Humane Society International

In 2006, Swedish Green MEP Carl Schlyter observed the Canadian commercial seal hunt with Humane Society International.

Shortly thereafter, he sponsored a Written Declaration in the European Parliament, calling for an EU ban on the sale of seal fur pelts and other seal products in all 27 EU-member nations.

The Written Declaration was passed with the endorsement of 425 Members of the European Parliament, a record level of support.


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Today, in an historic step forward in the campaign to end cruel commercial seal hunts, the European Commission responded by adopting a proposal to ban most trade in seal products within the European Union.


Read more: http://www.hsus.org/hsi/oceans/seals/eu_seal_product_ban_proposal.html