NL Ban hakapiks at seal hunt, premiers tell Ottawa CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2008 8:05 AM PDT | Last Updated: April 15, 2008 ...

He said hakapiks are only used if a seal is still alive when sealers try to haul the animal onboard. Small said he knows of no safer nor more humane way to dispatch an animal than a hakapik.

April 15 may be tax and tea-party day in the U.S., but it’s baby-seal death day in Canada. Although the season began March 23 (19,411 down), the largest phase was to begin Wednesday, during ...

The two premiers are asking Ottawa to act quickly. Mr. Okalik said that rifles, used by the Inuit and hunters on the East Coast, are the "most humane and efficient way of killing the animals." If ...

Yesterday may have been tax and tea-party day in the U.S., but it was baby-seal-death day in Canada. Although the season began March 23 (19,411 down), the largest phase was to begin yesterday ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn says he will look into banning hakapiks in the Canadian seal hunt. *No charge for 4 weeks then billed as $19 every four weeks (new ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. , Nicholas dePencier Wright, March 4. Nicholas dePencier Wright’s assertion that we (read, Newfoundland ...

(Older seals are usually shot with rifles.) Those who favor hakapiks argue that they are efficient and humane. Efficient because they allow for a "clean kill," meaning the pelt isn't damaged.