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Pelts, Pups and Protest: The Atlantic Seal Hunt
Those beseeching eyes were impossible to avoid. In the 1970s images of fuzzy white seal pups were everywhere as activists fought to end the seal hunt in Canada. Seals have been harvested for generations on the floes of the Atlantic coast, but concerns about killing methods and conserving the herd virtually ended the practice in the 1980s. The threat of too many cod-eating seals resurrected the hunt, and today anti-cruelty activists monitor an industry that's at its strongest in decades.		Educational activities about Pelts, Pups and Protest: The Atlantic Seal Hunt

	A dying industry		New rules to protect seals		Defending the hunt
	As the market for seal products declines, CBC looks at the history and traditions of the seal hunt. (Radio; runs 14:21)		Charges of cruelty prompt the Canadian government to enact seal protection regulations. (Radio; runs 4:10)		Norwegian seal hunters demonstrate their tools and say their way of making a living has been misrepresented. (TV; runs 7:37)

	'Barbaric and cruel'		The media campaign escalates		European Parliament endorses import ban on sealskins
	Hunt opponents say the harp seal is under threat of extinction and take their protest to the floes off Newfoundland. (TV; runs 5:04)		The Newfoundland government is on a mission to change public opinion about the seal hunt. (TV; runs 18:47)		Five million signatures on a petition and hundreds of letters from Canadians deal a blow to the sealing industry. (Radio; runs 10:45)

	U.K. boycott threatens Canadian fishery		Ottawa ends large-scale seal hunt		Who had cod for dinner?
	The anti-sealing campaign in the United Kingdom lobbies grocery chains to stop stocking fish products from Canada. (TV; runs 17:28)		A ban on the harvest of whitecoat seal pups and offshore hunting of older seals effectively kills the seal hunt in Canada. (TV; runs 2:25)		Fisheries minister John Crosbie suggests seals are to blame for the collapse of Canada's cod industry. (TV; runs 7:32)

	The seal hunt makes a comeback		Video prompts calls for more enforcement		Minister increases seal quota
	With an already expanded quota for harp seals, Ottawa ponders allowing the return of large commercial operations. (TV; runs 2:07)		Bloody scenes from the 1996 seal hunt prompt some Newfoundlanders to question the industry. (Radio; runs 2:34)		Seal hunters can now take a total of 975,000 seals over the next three years. (Radio; runs 6:28)

LINKS Topic from Les Archives de Radio-Canada on the same subject Chasse au phoque : désastre écologique ou économique? Related Topics from CBC's Archives Greenpeace: Always Bearing Witness Has Confederation Been Good for Newfoundland? CBC.ca CBC News In Depth: Seal Hunt External sites Seals and Sealing in Canada: Department of Fisheries and Oceans International Fund for Animal Welfare: Saving Harp Seals The Seal Fishery The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links.

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