AR-News: New Demand Drives Canada's Baby Seal Hunt

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[from New York Times]

CAP-AUX-MEULES, Quebec, March 30 — Commercial hunting of baby seals is
back and even bigger than when it stirred a global outcry two decades ago.

Horrified by the clubbing of infant harp seals, animal rights advocates
swayed public opinion against the hunt. Environmentalists joined the
campaign, fearing that the species was being depleted. World sales
collapsed. Even Canada reacted with revulsion and began stiffening
regulations on the kill.

Now, Canada has lifted the quota to a rate unheard of in a half century,
buoyed by new markets in Russia and Poland, and changing environmental
calculations. A recovering market has turned into a quiet boom.

full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/international/americas/05SEAL.html

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