Seal meat: On March 9, seal meat is set to be served to Canada's parliament as part of a protest to the European Unions ban on seal hunting last May. Ottawa is fighting the ban, which includes all seal products, including clothing, meat, and oil. Supporters of seal hunting say that the annual hunt, in which 270,000 seals are killed in March and April, is sustainable and provides an integral income to isolated communities in Canada. Here, activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrate outside the Canadian Embassy in Washington against the hunting of seals.

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