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By Stephen Leahy

A hunter prepares to strike a seal with a hakapik. / Photo credit: IFAW/S. Cook.

Seal Hunt Extends to Ice Floes

Canada will continue the annual killing of thousands of seals beginning April 12 on ice floes off the Labrador Peninsula. Animal rights activists are calling for a boycott of Canadian seafood.

Dead seal pup in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. / Photo credit: IFAW/S. Cook.

By Patricia Grogg

Celebration for Cuba's Caibarién Coast

Children are working to clean up a bay in northern Cuba, and convincing residents to change their polluting habits. In May they will celebrate all that the ocean gives their community.

By Julio Godoy

Customs Operations Go Green

The United Nations is training police, attorneys and judges to halt global smuggling of dangerous substances and endangered species.

In this section, Tierramérica shares letters from our readers. If you'd like to send us your comments, please write to: cartas@tierramerica.org.

Global warming will mean more lightning in Brazil… Drought-fueled fires hit Cuban forests… Spectacled bear rescued in the Andes… Funds approved for Honduran eco-projects…

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