Posted to the web 1 August 2008 Adam Hartman About 80 000 Cape fur seals, most of them pups, will be killed during this year's Namibian seal cull despite international calls by animal rights activists to stop the slaughter. The annual cull started on July 1 and will continue until November 15. The Namibian Government maintains that the culling is done sustainably and is an important source of income for otherwise disadvantaged Namibians. A South African seal activist, Francois Hugo of SA Seal Alert, is calling for an international ban on Namibian seal products. He is lobbying for a total end to the killing of baby seals. Hugo says that the Cape Fur Seal is an endangered species and that the population is decreasing fast. According to Deputy Director Moses Mohongurere of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources,...
[read full story]
Your Web Site
