“Unwelcome and misguided initiative” could undermine Inuit seal hunt, Shewchuk says

CHRIS WINDEYER

People in Ottawa enjoy a feast of seal meat earlier this year. Eastern Arctic ringed seal populations are believed to number in the millions. (FILE PHOTO)People in Ottawa enjoy a feast of seal meat earlier this year. Eastern Arctic ringed seal populations are believed to number in the millions. (FILE PHOTO: nunatsiaqonline.ca)

Nunavut’s environment minister blasted an American proposal to list bearded and ringed seals as threatened under that country’s Endangered Species Act. Full story from nunatsiaqonline.ca