The Canadian seal cull, which takes place each spring off the country’s east coast, has become an annual showdown between campaigners and the Canadian authorities. It sees as many as 300,000 harp seals shot or clubbed to death for their fur and other byproducts, including oil, meat and body parts prized for aphrodisiac purposes.Repeatedly condemned […]
by Brian McCombie – Friday, July 21, 2023 On June 16, 2023, the British House of Lords had what is termed a “second reading” of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Act 2023, a proposed law which would stop hunters in that nation from bringing back taxidermy mounts of numerous wildlife species across the globe. The […]
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Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer.SubscribeNewsletter By Mack LamoureuxSometimes, when Pat Morrin has people over, a certain taxidermied creation—one with a big beard, brooding eyes, and a jutting snout—tends to catch the eye of his company. “What is that thing,” they’ll ask the taxidermy collector and brocker, looking the creature up and […]
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An expert examined the rugs and thought both of the tigers had been killed after 1947A woman who tried to sell two rugs made from tiger skins on eBay has been given a suspended prison term.Prosecutors said they came from a type of tiger that became extinct in the 1980s, and one of the dead […]