Whole Foods is the latest company to respond to the Humane Society of the United States call for a ban on Canadian seafood.

HSUS claims that hundreds of thousands of seals are slaughtered every year.

"The hunt is undeniably cruel—baby and juvenile seals are clubbed or shot to death primarily for their pelts—many are skinned while still alive and conscious. The U.S. has long banned imports of seal products, but the market for seal pelts in Europe provides an incentive for the sealers to take to the ice every spring to kill as many seals as they can. This year's hunt, with over 300,000 seals slaughtered, was the largest killing of marine mammals in the world."

See Humane Society press release.
Humane Society boycott page.