Jude Law Wants Seal Fur Ban To Stay Put

Jude Law has written to the World Trade Organisation to urge it to uphold a European Union ban on seal fur.

The British actor was writing on behalf of animal protection group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta).

The EU banned commercial trade in all seal products in its member states in 2010 amid concerns about the animal welfare aspects of hunting seals.

But the ban is being challenged by the Canadian government, and the WTO is holding a hearing later this month to settle the dispute.

A baby harp seal awaits its fate in Canada

Peta has enlisted a number of celebrities over the years to help its campaigns against fur farming, factory farming, animal testing and the use of animals in entertainment.

These include Morrissey, Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin, Stella McCartney and Alicia Silverstone.

But the best known is probably former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, who stripped off for Peta's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign.

A Canadian hunter uses a hakapik, a type of club, to kill a seal

Under EU regulations, the placing on the market of all seal products is banned.

"Seal products" means all products, either processed or unprocessed, deriving or obtained from seals.

These include seal meat, oil, blubber, organs, raw fur skins, fur skins that have been tanned or dressed and articles made from fur skins.

Seal hunting is currently carried out in six countries - Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Russia.

Canada's largest market for seals is Norway, which is not part of the European Union.

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