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Offbeat News tagged with seals

A Happy Christmas in Store for Seals
Offbeat  (tags: animals, seals, environment, wildlife, protection )

Cher
- 15 days ago - rspca.org.uk
Four seal pups have been named after shops and the centre is appealing to local shops and businesses for a minimum donation of £10 in return for the opportunity to sponsor a seal and give it a name.
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Whales Save Seal From Orcas
Offbeat  (tags: animals, whales, seals, environment, wildlife )

Cher
- 22 days ago - guardian.co.uk
There are plenty of stories of cetaceans saving humans. Indeed, Jonah was rescued by a whale when he was thrown overboard, and there have been tales of dolphins assisting swimmers in distress or shielding them from circling sharks.
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Sparky the Giant Seal Unveiled
Offbeat  (tags: animals, seals, Olympics, slaughter, environment )

Cher
- 29 days ago - blog.peta.org
We've teamed up with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to inflate Sparky and put him on a mission to educate Canadians about the annual seal slaughter. Sparky is set to visit each city that the torch travels to until it reaches the final
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Canadian Politicians to Dine on Seals?!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, seals, seal meat, politicians, Canada, environment )

Cher
- 30 days ago - blog.peta.org
Well, I just lost my appetite. And it's thanks to the announcement that a "members-only" restaurant will soon be serving seal meat to politicians and journalists who work on Canada's Parliament Hill.
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Surprise Seal Spotting at Santa Claus Parade
Offbeat  (tags: animals, seals, Santa Claus Parade, environment, protest, Seal slaughter )

Cher
- 32 days ago - blog.peta.org
A Christmas gift just isn't a Christmas gift if it's not sealed with a kiss, which is why our snuggly seal jumped aboard a float at Toronto's Santa Claus Parade:
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Air Canada: That's a Wrap
Offbeat  (tags: Air Canada, airplanes, Peta, ads, environment, seals )

Cher
- 100 days ago - blog.peta.org
When PETA caught wind of Air Canada's financial woes, we flew into action with a tempting offer that could help keep the company flying sky high and save thousands of seals from being slaughtered on Canada's ice floes each year. PETA V.P. Dan Mathews
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Bert and Cameron Star in Latest Podcast
Offbeat  (tags: animals, seals, podcast, environment, wildlife )

Cher
- 139 days ago - rspca.org.uk
Tune in to our latest podcast featuring common seals, Bert and Cameron, alongside a huge array of wildlife ranging from gull chicks to hedgehogs.
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Row Erupts Over Governor General's Seal Taste
Offbeat  (tags: animals, ecosystems, habitat, humans, nature, freedoms, family, food, green, activists, culture, education, freedoms, interesting, rights, politics, women, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalwelfare, society, ancient, health, history, seals )

Dave
- 205 days ago - thestar.com
She came, she cut, she ate -- and now, after gobbling seal heart raw, Governor General Michaelle Jean is tasting the inevitable wave of political indigestion.
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San Diego Wants to Use Recording of Barking Dogs to Drive Seals From Popular Beach
Offbeat  (tags: popular beach, recordings of dog barking, seals, san diego )

Simone
- 208 days ago - google.com
Officials in San Diego are hoping that a dog's bark is worse than its bite. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports the city plans to seek court permission to use recordings of barking dogs to discourage seals from taking up residence at the popular Child
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US Airways: PETA's 'End the Seal Slaughter' Billboard?
Offbeat  (tags: seals, hunt, Canada, peta, AnimalWelfare, airplanes, killing, wildlife, protection, unusual )

Cher
- 239 days ago - blog.peta.org
With the 2010 Olympics approaching, people are looking to book their travel to the Games sooner rather than later. So, we'd like to let would-be passengers know that there may be a reason (or 338,200 reasons) to skip that trip to Canada.
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Seal Warriors
Offbeat  (tags: paul watson, seals, wfl endangered stream live, join )

Claudia
- 261 days ago - wflendangeredstreamlive.org
Captain Paul Watson, Founder, Executive Director of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will speak live to an international audience on "Seal Warriors", a special podcast presentation by WFL Endangered Stream Live
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The Harper Seals Sing "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"   video
Offbeat  (tags: seals, baby seals, canadakillersofbabyseals, HSUS, IFAW, Boycott Canadian SeaFood, no buyers for seal pelt )

In A Mirr
- 282 days ago - youtube.com
A new band has formed their aim is to raise awareness of Canadas commercial seal hunt through their music! They'll will be performing in Toronto at Yonge and Dundas Square on Saturday 14th March at 2pm and in Ottawa on Sunday 15th March at 1pm (William St
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Best Link on Canadian Seal Hunt
Offbeat  (tags: seals, baby seals, canadian seal slaughter, discover, Newfoundland, Labrador )


- 555 days ago - touringnewfoundland.com
..When the largest mass slaughter of marine mammals on the planet takes place in Canada each spring, it's the people of Newfoundland and Labrador who can proudly boast a contribution of up to 90% of the seal killing work force!..
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