Wednesday
May202009
Sale of Seal Products Banned in European Union
May 20, 2009 Kyriaki (Sandy) Venetis 
Stock photo.
STRAUSBOURG, France- The trade of seal products in the European Union has been banned as a result of an overwhelming vote in the European Parliament earlier this month.
The 550 to 49 vote forbids the sale of seal products for profit within the EU, with an exception for Inuit and other indigenous peoples.
Robbie Marsland, the United Kingdom director of The International Fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Mass., exclaimed, “The Parliament has hammered the final nail in the coffin of the sealing industry’s market in the EU.