Animal welfare and the harp seal hunt in Atlantic Canada
Much attention has been given over the years to animal welfare issues surrounding the seal hunt in Atlantic Canada. However, very little information is available on this subject in the scientific literature. This article reports the results of observations made by representatives of the Canadian Vet...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:339547 2023-05-15T16:33:44+02:00 Animal welfare and the harp seal hunt in Atlantic Canada Daoust, Pierre-Yves Crook, Alice Bollinger, Trent K. Campbell, Keith G. Wong, James 2002-09 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC339547 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12240525 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC339547 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12240525 © Copyright and/or publishing rights held by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Scientific Text 2002 ftpubmed 2013-08-29T20:29:13Z Much attention has been given over the years to animal welfare issues surrounding the seal hunt in Atlantic Canada. However, very little information is available on this subject in the scientific literature. This article reports the results of observations made by representatives of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association at the hunt in recent years and compares them with observations made by members of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The conclusion is that the large majority of seals taken during this hunt (at best, 98% in work reported here) are killed in an acceptably humane manner. However, the small proportion of animals that are not killed effectively justifies continued attention to this hunt on the part of the veterinary profession. Text Harp Seal PubMed Central (PMC) Canada |
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Much attention has been given over the years to animal welfare issues surrounding the seal hunt in Atlantic Canada. However, very little information is available on this subject in the scientific literature. This article reports the results of observations made by representatives of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association at the hunt in recent years and compares them with observations made by members of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The conclusion is that the large majority of seals taken during this hunt (at best, 98% in work reported here) are killed in an acceptably humane manner. However, the small proportion of animals that are not killed effectively justifies continued attention to this hunt on the part of the veterinary profession. |
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