Global warming is resulting in dramatically reduced ice coverage in the Gulf of St Lawrence and off Newfoundland.
Scientists have recorded poorer-than-average ice conditions off the East coast of Canada for the past 9 out of 11 years. The result—even more deaths for harp seal pups.
In the face of this new threat, the commercial seal hunt must end.
Read more about the conditions of the ice cover between 1969-2006 (PDF).
IFAW has led the fight to stop the cruel slaughter of seal pups
since the 1960's, resulting in the import ban of newborn whitecoat
seal pelts in 1985. Today, with offices in 15 countries, IFAW is the
world's leading animal welfare
organization, fighting to save seals both on the ice and through vital
scientific and market research.
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