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protecting seals

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled that the government has the right to ban the commercial killing of newborn harp and hooded seal pups, called bluebacks, during Canada's yearly hunt.

Earlier the government's authority to prohibit the sale of blueback skin under the Fisheries Act's Marine Mammal Regulations was challenged by Ford Ward, a Newfoundland sealer. The Canadian government argued that the killing of young seals led to

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