Icy Battleground
Canada the IFAW and the Seal Hunt
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Marine Biology, Environmental Science, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy
| Author: | Donald Barry | ISBN: | 9781550812947 |
| Publisher: | Breakwater Books Ltd. | Publication: | April 20, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Breakwater Books Ltd. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Donald Barry |
| ISBN: | 9781550812947 |
| Publisher: | Breakwater Books Ltd. |
| Publication: | April 20, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Breakwater Books Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
Icy Battleground is the first comprehensive account of the forty-year political controversy over the seal hunt. With a foreword by the Honourable John C. Crosbie, it traces the rise of the anti-sealing protests, the emergence of the Inte ational Fund for Animal Welfare, its vigorous and unrelenting campaign to end commercial sealing, and its strategies in mobilising pressure in Canada and abroad. It also assesses the Canadian gove ment's counter-strategies to continue the hunt as well as the challenges that emotionally targeted campaigns like the seal hunt pose for gove ment decision-makers.
Icy Battleground is the first comprehensive account of the forty-year political controversy over the seal hunt. With a foreword by the Honourable John C. Crosbie, it traces the rise of the anti-sealing protests, the emergence of the Inte ational Fund for Animal Welfare, its vigorous and unrelenting campaign to end commercial sealing, and its strategies in mobilising pressure in Canada and abroad. It also assesses the Canadian gove ment's counter-strategies to continue the hunt as well as the challenges that emotionally targeted campaigns like the seal hunt pose for gove ment decision-makers.
