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Seal cull on hold pending deal  -  Jun 28, 2009
Independent Online..."The world market for seal skins, particularly Namibian Cape fur seal skins, is dead, but Namibia refuses to announce an end to its cruel seal clubbing ...

Namibia: Dutch Ban On Seal Products Won't Stop Local Culling  -  Jun 22, 2007
AllAfrica.comTo add fuel to the fire, the Dutch Minister of Environment, Gerda Verburg, on Wednesday announced that a new law banning all imports of Cape fur seal ...

Namibia: Seal Culling Carries On Despite Pressure  -  Aug 1, 2008
AllAfrica.comHugo says that the Cape Fur Seal is an endangered species and that the population is ... He said the Cape fur seal was listed in Appendix 2 of Cites, ...

Dispatch Online - Your premier Eastern Cape news site  -  Sep 6, 2005
Dispatch OnlineBut it will still be rough and tough on the Bluff for Hobie, a four-year-old Cape fur seal relocated from Port Elizabeth's Bayworld. ...

SAVAGED BY A SEAL  -  Nov 2, 2005
Scottish Daily RecordA CAPE fur seal ripped off a woman's nose when she tried to help it back into ... A wildlife expert warned Cape fur seal, a tourist attraction in the area, ...

Cape fur seals studied  -  Jul 17, 2006
ucsc.eduTo understand the habitat needs of the Cape fur seal, the researchers ... The Cape fur seal is currently one of the most abundant fur seals in the world. ...

Namibia becomes new killing ground for seals | Article from Oakland …  -  Jul 5, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchRecently, however, both the Netherlands and Germany have specifically banned the import of Cape fur seal products. Cape fur seals depend on their mothers' ...

The Chiel - End of an old 'friend'  -  May 18, 2009
Dispatch OnlineYOU may recall the stories here and pictures in local newspapers of a big Cape fur seal that hung around the Nahoon and Gonubie estuaries in recent years ...

Namibia:Seals Become Trophies  -  Aug 15, 2007
AllAfrica.comOn the Internet the proprietor of Kataneno Hunt, Heiko Binding, says that "hunting for Cape Fur Seal bulls at the coast not far from Swakopmund can be ...

Picture: The unlucky star in a new Jaws movie  -  Nov 19, 2006
Daily MailBut this unfortunate cape fur seal got to experience those infamous teeth only ... The cape fur seal is an inquisitive and friendly animal and will often ...

Namibia becomes new killing ground for seals  -  Jul 5, 2007
$2.95 - Daily Review, The - NewsBankRecently, however, both the Netherlands and Germany have specifically banned the import of Cape fur seal products. Cape fur seals depend on their mothers' ...

Namibia Becomes Killing Ground For Cape Fur Seals  -  Jul 7, 2007
Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive...focused on Canada's sealing industry, Europe banned the import of products made by baby harp and hooded seals, but the Cape Fur seal escaped notice .

fur seal -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 5, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaBritannica online encyclopedia article on fur seal: any of several eared seals of the family Otariidae valued for the quality of their fur.

Japan South African Fur Seal Pictures from August 18, 2007 | HighBeam...  -  Aug 18, 2007
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchFind pictures of Japan South African Fur Seal from August 18, 2007 in the AP Images collection at HighBeam Research.

Namibia becomes killing ground for Cape Fur seals .  -  Jul 7, 2007
Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive...focused on Canada's scaling industry, Europe banned the import of products made by baby harp and hooded seals, but the Cape Fur seal escaped notice .

Million-dollar bid to end seal clubbing  -  Dec 3, 2009
The NamibianTHE brutal clubbing to death of thousands of Cape fur seal pups on the Namibian coast might come to an end if a South African animal welfare group can raise ...

Boat cruise home for sub-polar visitor  -  Sep 23, 2005
Cape Argus - Cape Argus (subscription)He is a young sub-Antarctic fur seal - similar-looking but biologically different from the familiar Cape fur seal of the south-western South African and ...

Namibia becomes killing ground for Cape Fur seals .  -  Jul 7, 2007
Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive...focused on Canada's sealing industry, Europe banned the import of products made by baby harp and hooded seals, but the Cape Fur seal escaped notice .

Holland bans import of Cape fur seals  -  Feb 5, 2008
Legalbrief - Legalbrief (subscription)...report quotes Francois Hugo of SealAlert-SA who has expressed the hope that the scientific review would lead to a full EU ban on Cape fur seal imports.

Charles Maxwell: Shark Photographer Gallery Two  -  Jan 19, 2010
National Geographic..."A Cape fur seal framed by sardines (Sardinops ocellatus). An animal not normally associated with the warm waters of KwaZulu-Natal, seals, like many other ...

Hunting seals cruel, financially not viable  -  Jun 19, 2009
Namibia EconomistFrancois Hugo of Seal Alert-SA said the world market for Namibian Cape fur seal skins, in particular, was “dead�. He said Namibia was “hell bent� on ...

Namibia: Seals Starving to Death  -  Dec 18, 2006
AllAfrica.comAccording to the Director of Resource Management in the ministry, Dr Moses Maurihungirire, based on the full examinations of a live adult Cape Fur seal and ...

The moment a cheeky seal refuses to let go as a fisherman reels in...  -  Jan 8, 2010
Daily MailIt was as the anglers were returning from a fishing trip in the Indian Ocean that the sea lion - commonly known as a Cape fur seal - made its move. ...

It I SATURDAY, JULY I Hf HERALD-TRIBUNE Namibia becomes killing …  -  Jul 7, 2007
Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive...focused on Canada's sealing industry, Europe banned the import of products made by baby harp and hooded seals, but the Cape Fur seal escaped notice .

Shark savior: UM researcher Neil Hammerschlag wants you to know …  -  Sep 4, 2006
Free with registration - Miami Herald - AccessMyLibrary.comAt two tons and 17 feet, she has the ability to thrust herself completely out of the water as she captures her prey, the Cape fur seal. ...

SPCA to seek MCM's help to save seal colony  -  Jan 8, 2008
Independent OnlineThis was prompted by the discovery of at least 100 Cape fur seal carcasses there last week. A Canadian tourist found the dead seals and said they may have ...

Namibia: Million-Dollar Bid to End Seal Clubbing  -  Jun 30, 2009
AllAfrica.comTHE brutal clubbing to death of thousands of Cape fur seal pups on the Namibian coast might come to an end if a South African animal welfare group can raise ...

Charles Maxwell: Shark Photographer Gallery One  -  Jan 18, 2010
National GeographicAmong the white shark s favorite prey is the Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus). As seals are far more agile than white sharks and will usually escape ...

Namibia: In Defence Of The Seal Harvest  -  Jul 12, 2006
AllAfrica.com...available biological information, seal stocks in Namibia were currently in a healthy condition and that the Cape Fur Seal was not in any way endangered.

Namibia's seal slaughter on schedule  -  Jun 29, 2008
Independent OnlineConcessionaires, granted licences last year, would be allowed to kill a total of 80 000 Cape fur seal pups and 6&nbs;000 bulls during this year and next ...

Playing tag with great whites  -  Jul 4, 2005
Independent OnlineThere's also a dummy seal, Flatty, made of styrofoam, which bobs behind the boat on another rope, providing the silhouette of a Cape fur seal which is the ...

Dead seal pups shock Elands Bay residents  -  Jan 4, 2008
Independent OnlineThe tourist, who has been a commercial fisherman for 24 years and asked not to be named, said he found the Cape fur seal carcasses on New Year's Day, ...

Online plea to save seal pups  -  Jul 6, 2009
Dispatch Online...“Hatem Yavuz even offered to delay for two weeks the culling of the Cape fur seal pups and the shooting of 6000 bulls by his Namibian partner companies ...

South Africa hotels for all tastes  -  Mar 13, 2005
Times OnlineBoat trips are provided to the breeding grounds and to a nearby island to view the Cape fur seal. Guests can also take 4x4 drives, hike with resident ...

Namibia vows to continue seal harvesting  -  Aug 16, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald...which has been outspoken in opposition to the hunting of the endangered Cape Fur seal for their pelts, as well as other animal rights organisations, ...

Seals fleeing Namibian cull wash up in SA  -  Nov 12, 2006
Independent OnlineCape fur seal pups and bulls are washing up on beaches in Cape Town and along the West Coast, apparently dying of starvation. ...

Protect The Helpless  -  Jan 17, 2010
The NamibianTHANK you for highlighting once again the plight of the Cape fur seal, which appears to be under ever-increasing pressure, and hats off to Namibian ...

Seal survivor named Tuff  -  Dec 2, 2009
Dispatch OnlineA MALE Cape fur seal at the East London Aquarium, which had been found in a bad state washed up on Gulu Beach four years ago, has since been named by ...

Namibia: Govt's 'Word Maths' Doesn't Add Up - Animal Activists  -  Jul 2, 2007
AllAfrica.comOver the years, Seal Alert has campaigned vigorously against what it calls the "killing and murdering of baby seals of the endangered Cape Fur Seal species" ...

Sharks' hunting strategies revealed  -  Dec 23, 2008
Independent OnlineAnd one of their favourite prey species, the Cape fur seal, has worked out a few counter-strategies to avoid ending up as shark breakfast. ...

World Cup 2010: the best things to do in South Africa – shark diving,...  -  Nov 27, 2009
Telegraph.co.uk...here not by chumming (the process of throwing fish entrails and oil into the water) but by the 60000-strong Cape fur seal colony on which they feed. ...

A visit to the "McDonalds drive-through" for sharks  -  Nov 24, 2009
Telegraph.co.ukWith a 60000-strong Cape Fur seal colony to gorge on it, is not hard to see why they keep coming back. It is not just the abundance of sharks but their ...

Camera Catches Shark Attack  -  May 29, 2007
Photonics.comSAN DIEGO, Calif., May 29, 2007 -- Photron Inc.'s ultima APX camera was behind a killer shark attack of a Cape fur seal at dawn, off the southern tip of ...

SUPERMUM'S 14 PUPS; pets AND THEIR people Bumper brood for …  -  Jan 25, 2009
Pay-Per-View - The People - HighBeam ResearchTHIS two-week-old female Cape Fur seal pup is getting set for swimming lessons by zoo ... park, near Ilfracombe, Devon. But the pup - one of only three born ...

Until overfishing is stopped, seals will seek alternative food  -  Apr 4, 2006
Cape Argus - Cape Argus (subscription)...and still the authorities refuse to intervene to protect not only the Cape Fur Seal but the ocean's bounty from rampant overfishing. ...

Travel: Sampling Cape Town's delights  -  Jun 1, 2005
Hornsey and Crouch End JournalSadly it was not the season for whale watching but we also visited a Cape Fur seal colony. By the time we returned to Cape Town we had driven two and-a-half ...

Article: HOPE FOR SEAL PUP.(News) - Sunday Mirror (London, England) …  -  Oct 15, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Sunday Mirror - HighBeam ResearchCape Fur seal Open wide ... Great White breaks surface at 35mph Can't catch me ... one seal makes a bid for safety Great escape ... seal flips away from ...

Taking the Desert Express across Namibia for stunning views and...  -  May 18, 2009
Daily MailShortly after we set sail the captain welcomed on board an extra 'passenger' - a Cape Fur seal called Fluffy. A flap was dropped at the back of the boat and ...

Seal pup rescued at beach.(News) | Article from Sunday Mirror...  -  Oct 15, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Sunday Mirror - HighBeam ResearchCape Fur seal Open wide ... Great White breaks surface at 35mph Can't catch me ... one seal makes a bid for safety Great escape ... seal flips away from ...

New TACs demand better control of catches  -  May 20, 2005
Namibia EconomistSince 2001, a three-year rolling TAC has been applied to the Cape Fur Seal sector. The TAC does not change unless the status of the stock or the environment ...

Weekend Post: Lifestyle Feature  -  May 31, 2008
Weekend PostRobberg or Cape Seal is so called because it has always provided refuge to the Cape Fur Seal. Today there is rookery of seals numbering approximately 400. ...

Animal Activists Threaten Anti-Seal Hunting Demos - by Desie Heita  -  Jun 16, 2009
New EraIn the e-mail to the Turkish businesses, Seal Alert is asking the businesses to "politely cease the purchasing [of] Cape fur seal products from Namibia" . ...

Namibia's seal hunt triggers outcry  -  Jul 10, 2007
Legalbrief - Legalbrief (subscription)A report in The Globe & Mail notes that recently, both the Netherlands and Germany have specifically banned the import of Cape Fur seal products.

Brutal Namibian seal hunt caught on film – Journalists attacked  -  Sep 20, 2009
Wildlife ExtraThe Cape Fur Seal tourist permit, provided by Namibia, says it is “unlawful to kill, disturb, or injure any animal.� Hypocritical that the government can ...

Reality bites in shark business THE ENVIRONMENT  -  Sep 19, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Canberra Times - Factiva, from Dow Jones...the Atlantic and Indian oceans collide, is one of the world's most dense populations of great white sharks, thriving on prolific cape fur seal colonies. ...

Underwater Photography & Video Portal  -  Jul 6, 2006
DivePhotoGuide.comAbout 60000 Cape fur seal pups will be stabbed or clubbed to death this year during Namibia's annual sealing season. From July to mid-November, ...

Ahab would be proud  -  Jun 11, 2006
Sunday Tribune - Sunday Tribune (subscription)...journeying along the beach towards the launch area, stopping along the way to have a look at a very weak Cape fur seal which had just emerged from the ...

Anchor Down  -  May 20, 2006
South African Star - The South African StarApart from observing the workings of the mine, the three-hour tour stops at a Cape fur seal colony and a visit to the oyster farm. ...

Big adventure in Kleinbaai  -  Sep 17, 2007
iAfrica.comAlthough the rough water kept many seals out of the water the day we were there, it wasn't long until an inquisitive Cape fur seal streamed gracefully ...

Programme News Springwatch returns  -  May 23, 2009
Daily PostAnd he won a Bafta for the BBC's Planet Earth, when he captured a great white shark leaping out of the water to catch a Cape fur seal.

Animal rights groups seek Namibian exports boycott  -  Jul 24, 2007
Legalbrief - Legalbrief (subscription)The Namibian government insists the clubbing to death of some 80 000 cape fur seal pups and 8 000 male adults each year is designed to prevent seals from ...

THE JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT COLUMN  -  Feb 1, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Evening Standard - Factiva, from Dow JonesI was more than nervous until it revealed itself as a Cape Fur Seal, looking every bit as if it was enjoying itself. I have never come out of the surf ...

Mother's Day holiday ideas  -  Feb 9, 2009
TravelBite.co.uk...the AfriCat Foundation - a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of the country's big cats - and also visit a Cape fur seal colony, ...

Undersea spectaculars found on 5 continents  -  Oct 18, 2009
YourWestValley.comSeven exhibition galleries consist of the Atlantic Ocean gallery, the Indian Ocean gallery, the Cape Fur Seal exhibit, a predator exhibit, a kelp forest ...

Article: Photron's high-speed camera captures shark attack for BBC.( …  -  Jun 1, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Advanced Imaging - HighBeam ResearchThe ground-breaking, super-slow-motion segment shows a great white shark attacking a Cape fur seal at dawn, off the southern tip of South Africa. ...

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央视国际...原文:A Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) undulates in rhythm with fronds of kelp in the waters off Gansbaai, South Africa. ...

Naturliga utflykter frÃ¥n Kapstaden  -  Nov 29, 2009
Upsala Nya TidningPå Seal Island mitt ute i False Bay söder om Kapstaden lever inte mindre än 74 000 sälar av den lokala rasen cape fur seal. I de fiskrika vattnen frodas ...

Namibian seal clubbers, aided by police, use force to keep truth ...  -  05 Aug 2009
Examiner.comCan any tourist who takes a single picture of Namibia's largest tourist attraction, its Cape fur seal population on the remote desert coastline,

Seal arrests spark negative reports  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
InformanteHugo said Namibia nursing seal cull is the cruellest slaughter on earth, and that the Cape Fur Seal is an endangered species, insisting that Namibia is seen

Big teeth, big bucks  -  ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
iAfrica.comThis once-sleepy little fishing village is close to an enormous Cape fur seal colony, which becomes a seasonal larder for a large transient population of

Mother's Day holiday ideas  -  Feb 9, 2009
TravelBite.co.uk,...and also visit a Cape fur seal colony, see big game in Etosha National Park and spend Mother’s Day itself on spectacular desert dunes at Sossusvlei.

80000 Seals still to be killed at Namibia  -  Aug 4, 2008
Divemaster,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

Cheap Last Minute Travel Deals & Ideas  -  Aug 5, 2008
Travel Connect,...to a Cape fur seal colony, big game viewing in Etosha National Park, adrenalin adventures in Swakopmund and the spectacular desert dunes at Sossusvlei.

Holland bans import of Cape fur seals  -  Feb 4, 2008
Legalbrief (subscription),...report quotes Francois Hugo of SealAlert-SA who has expressed the hope that the scientific review would lead to a full EU ban on Cape fur seal imports.

Dutch government to ban trade in seal products  -  Oct 18, 2007
Namibian,...bodies in the EU and countries outside the EU. The US and Mexico has maintained their ban on Cape fur seal imports, as Belgium and Germany did recently.

Paddling one’s own canoe can be a breeze  -  Oct 20, 2007
City Press,We spot a Cape fur seal, flippers aloft, and later a pied kingfisher. The locals in our group describe numerous sightings of Knysna turacos, narina trogons,

Seals become trophies  -  Aug 15, 2007
Namibian,A local hunting operator, Kataneno Hunt, is offering hunting trips to shoot Cape Fur Seal bulls. On the Internet the proprietor of Kataneno Hunt,

Namibia: Culling Cause of Seal Population Explosion, Says 'Seal ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
AllAfrica.com,OVER 70 years of seal culling along the Namibian coast has led to unnatural population growth of the Cape Fur Seal, with far too many female seals having

Seal Alert, Real Alert?  -  Aug 17, 2007
Namibian,...with suggestions on how to handle the current situation, but also to educate all and through research, work on sustainability of cape fur seal colonies.

Namibia to Continue Seal Harvesting  -  Aug 15, 2007
Forbes,...which has been outspoken in opposition to the hunting of the endangered Cape Fur seal for their pelts, as well as other animal rights organizations,

'Culling increases Namibian seal population'  -  Jul 29, 2007
Independent Online,...to come up with alternatives to culling and managing the country's growing Cape fur seal population would be addressed at next month's meeting.

Namibia: Seal Foes Pow-Wow  -  Jul 25, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...the United States of America, Mexico, Croatia, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and South Africa have banned the import of Cape fur seal products.

Animal rights groups seek Namibian exports boycott  -  Jul 23, 2007
Legalbrief (subscription),The Namibian government insists the clubbing to death of some 80 000 cape fur seal pups and 8 000 male adults each year is designed to prevent seals from



Seals fleeing Namibian cull wash up in SA  Nov 12, 2006
By Eleanor Momberg. Cape fur seal pups and bulls are washing up on beaches in Cape Town and along the West Coast, apparently dying of starvation. ... - Independent Online, [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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