350,000 Seals Face Death On Canadian Ice Fields; Fur Fetches (Pounds) 30 a Pelt and Makes Return to Catwalks
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THOUSANDS of hunters armed with spiked clubs and rifles fanned out across the ice floes of Newfoundland at dawn yesterday as the largest seal hunt in half a century began.
The aim was to cull about 140,000 young harp seals within the next two days. In all, 350,000 seals are likely to be killed by the end of May.See the full content of this document
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350,000 Seals Face Death On Canadian Ice Fields; Fur Fetches (Pounds) 30 a Pelt and Makes Return to Catwalks
The hunting of seals dwindled to almost nothing off Canada's east coast 25 years ago in the face of international outrage. The U...
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