Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a hunter as he clubs a harp seal pup on the opening day of Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 28 March 2008 . This seal was struck by the hunter and wounded before it escaped into the water. This is known as seal that has been struck and lost. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW HANDOUT
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a hunter as he clubs a harp seal pup during Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 29 March 2008. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a sealer dragging a hooked harp seal pup during Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 29 March 2008. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW HANDOUT
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a sealer clubbing a seal as another watches nearby during Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 29 March 2008. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW HANDOUT
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a sealer clubbing a harp seal on an ice pan while another aims a rife from the bow of a vessel during Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 29 March 2008 . EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a hunter as he clubs a harp seal pup on the opening day of Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 28 March 2008. This seal was struck by the hunter and wounded before it escaped into the water. This is known as seal that has been struck and lost. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW HANDOUT
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a hunter as he clubs a harp seal pup during Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 29 March 2008. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a hunter as he clubs a harp seal pup on the opening day of Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 28 March 2008. This seal was struck by the hunter and wounded before it escaped into the water. This is known as seal that has been struck and lost. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW HANDOUT
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a hunter as he clubs a harp seal pup during Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 29 March 2008. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a hunter as he clubs a harp seal pup during Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 29 March 2008. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a seagull looking at a seal carcass during Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 29 March 2008. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW
Handout photo released 30 March 2008 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) showing a hunter as he clubs a harp seal pup on the opening day of Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 28 March 2008. This seal was struck by the hunter and wounded before it escaped into the water. This is known as seal that has been struck and lost. EPA/STEWART COOK / IFAW HANDOUT
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