A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt: A critique
In a recent article in this journal (Butterworth and Richardson. A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt. Marine Policy 2013;38:457–469), the authors argued that “generally accepted principles of humane slaughter cannot be carried out effectively or consistently...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:eee:marpol:v:43:y:2014:i:c:p:367-371 2024-04-14T08:12:47+00:00 A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt: A critique Daoust, Pierre-Yves Hammill, Mike Stenson, Garry Caraguel, Charles http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X13001541 unknown http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X13001541 article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:27:34Z In a recent article in this journal (Butterworth and Richardson. A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt. Marine Policy 2013;38:457–469), the authors argued that “generally accepted principles of humane slaughter cannot be carried out effectively or consistently during the Canadian commercial seal hunt”. The present review purports to show that these authors' conclusions were incorrect because they were highly selective in their treatment of the information available and made no attempt to consider other perspectives. In addition, their reliance on anecdotal video sequences to support some of their points was seriously flawed since a vast proportion of these sequences failed to meet fundamental criteria of scientific rigor. The article by Butterworth and Richardson [5] failed to provide an unbiased presentation of the available data and therefore did not bring further clarity to the debate on the Canadian commercial seal hunt. Seal hunt; Animal welfare; Marine mammal regulations; Harp seal; Pagophilus groenlandicus; Article in Journal/Newspaper Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Butterworth ENVELOPE(66.733,66.733,-70.700,-70.700) Slaughter ENVELOPE(-85.633,-85.633,-78.617,-78.617) |
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In a recent article in this journal (Butterworth and Richardson. A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt. Marine Policy 2013;38:457–469), the authors argued that “generally accepted principles of humane slaughter cannot be carried out effectively or consistently during the Canadian commercial seal hunt”. The present review purports to show that these authors' conclusions were incorrect because they were highly selective in their treatment of the information available and made no attempt to consider other perspectives. In addition, their reliance on anecdotal video sequences to support some of their points was seriously flawed since a vast proportion of these sequences failed to meet fundamental criteria of scientific rigor. The article by Butterworth and Richardson [5] failed to provide an unbiased presentation of the available data and therefore did not bring further clarity to the debate on the Canadian commercial seal hunt. Seal hunt; Animal welfare; Marine mammal regulations; Harp seal; Pagophilus groenlandicus; |
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Daoust, Pierre-Yves Hammill, Mike Stenson, Garry Caraguel, Charles A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt: A critique |
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Daoust, Pierre-Yves Hammill, Mike Stenson, Garry Caraguel, Charles |
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A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt: A critique |
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A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt: A critique |
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A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt: A critique |
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A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt: A critique |
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A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt: A critique |
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review of animal welfare implications of the canadian commercial seal hunt: a critique |
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