Green Options » seal product ban http://greenoptions.com/tag/seal-product-ban Posts tagged 'seal product ban' Tue, 05 May 2009 16:42:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en European Union Votes to Ban Seal Products http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/05/european-union-votes-to-ban-seal-products/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/05/european-union-votes-to-ban-seal-products/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 16:42:09 +0000 Marika Collins http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/05/european-union-votes-to-ban-seal-products/

Members of European parliament voted this morning to ban seal products, further tightening the noose on Canada’s archaic and cruel commercial seal hunt. With members voting 550 to 49 in favor of the ban, Europe has sent Canada a clear message: Europeans do not support the hunt.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) welcomed the EU decision. The ban represents a welcome victory in the IFAW’s forty year campaign to end the hunt.

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