A harp seal that was rescued near death in Lavallette and nursed back to health by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center was spotted this week after making his way to Nova Scotia in Canada. The harp ...

A harp seal that was rescued near death in Lavallette and nursed back to health by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center was spotted this week after making his way to Nova Scotia in Canada. The harp ...

RANKIN INLET, Nunavut — Canada’s governor general ate a slaughtered seal’s raw heart in a show of support to the country’s seal hunters, a display that a European Union spokeswoman today ...

About 70,000 harp seals were hunted this year out of a commercial quota of 273,000 animals, a Fisheries and Oceans Canada spokesman said. The long hunt ended earlier this week.

Reynolds said she called 911 and went outside to try to keep the seal safe from cars and other hazards while waiting for police to arrive. She said the animal was not grateful for her help.

Indeed, the population of seals on Canada’s east coast is now 6 million, three times what it was in the 1970s, making them a major threat to fish stocks. (See TIME’s Pictures of the Week.) ...

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Canada begins seal hunt, under EU fire L.A. Times Archives March 24, 2009 12 AM PT Associated Press ...