TORONTO (Reuters) - Hundreds of villages in Atlantic Canada that depend on seal hunting for much of their livelihood are already feeling a sharp economic pinch from a European ban on seal products ...

TORONTO, April 19 -- More than 100 fishing boats struggling to return from the annual seal hunt with about 400 people aboard were trapped in shifting pack ice off Newfoundland, helpless as an Arctic ...

GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE — Sealers took to the thawing ice floes off the Atlantic Ocean on the first day of Canada’s contentious seal hunt Saturday, sparking confrontations with animal rights activists ...

A seal hunt is under way in Newfoundland, where the Canadian government has granted hunters a higher quota for seals. Hunting advocates say decades of prohibition have nullified any concerns over a ...

GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE (AP) — Infuriated sealers trying to fend off animal-rights activists flung seal guts at the inflatable boat filled with protesters — in the first of what promised to be many days ...

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A P.E.I. biologist who witnessed this year's seal hunt says food store chains in the U.S. that claim the harvest is inhumane are wrong. At least four retail chains are boycotting seafood from Canada, ...

Another celebrity is planning to come to Canada to protest against the seal hunt – former French movie legend Brigitte Bardot. However, Bardot will not receive a warm welcome from the country's ...

Since its lowest point in the 1970s, the Baltic ringed seal population has grown from about 5,000 to 25,000 individuals. Behind this increase are hunting bans and the phasing out of environmentally ...

GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE (AP) -- Sealers took to the thawing ice floes off the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, the first day of Canada's contentious seal hunt, confronting animal rights activists who claim ...