A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt: A critique

• Main Authors: Daoust, Pierre-Yves, Hammill, Mike, Stenson, Garry, Caraguel, Charles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Butterworth; Slaughter; Harp Seal; Pagophilus groenlandicus
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X13001541

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...