Governor General Michaelle Jean, the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as Canada's head of state, gutted the seal and swallowed a slice of the mammal's organ late Monday after an EU vote earlier this month to impose a ban on seal products on grounds that the seal hunt is cruel. (treehugger.com)
The first exception — the «indigenous peoples» exception — allows seals products resulting from seal hunts by Inuit and other indigenous communities to be marketed within the EU. (europeanlawblog.eu)
The EU seal products ban and the prohibition on the import of cosmetics tested on animals are identified as examples of producer - based initiatives. (europeanlawblog.eu)