Canada's Contentious Seal Hunt Begins

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PLEASE FORWARD AND CROSSPOST Judy Reed <AnimalVoicesNewsSat, 29 Mar 2008 01:38:51 -0700Canada's Contentious Seal Hunt Begins AnimalVoicesNews~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>Source: APLink: <http:// news.lp.findlaw.com/ap/i/1101//03-28-2008/20080328075007_18.html>Friday, March 28, 2008 Canada's Contentious Seal Hunt BeginsTORONTO (AP) - Canada's contentious annual seal hunt has started.Fisheries and Oceans Canada spokesman Phil Jenkins says 16 vessels headed to the ice floes in the southern Gulf of the St. Lawrence before dawn Friday.Jenkins says only a small number of seals have been killed so far because of heavy ice conditions.Animal rights groups are receiving observer permits and expect to monitor the hunt later Friday.Sealers and the Fisheries Department defend the hunt and say it provides supplemental income for isolated fishing

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