SEAL MEAT TAINTED WITH CRUELTY TO BE BANNED FROM EUROPE
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) importers of seal meat will have to ensure the livestock were killed humanely in future, if new proposals from the European Commission are approved. It has tabled a regulation banning the trading of seal products within, into, and from the EU if producers have killed and skinned seals causing pain, distress and suffering. "Trade in seal products would only be allowed where guarantees can be provided that hunting techniques consistent with high animal welfare standards", said the Commission. The EU would impose a ...
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