McCartney blasts Canada over seal hunting

Paul McCartney has written an angry letter to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin over the country's harp seal hunting, only days after the premier was criticised by Bono over the country's foreign aid.

The animal-loving ex-Beatle sent Martin a letter on Wednesday appealing to him to ban the controversial practice. The Canadian government insists the north west Atlantic harp seal population is currently stable at 5.9 million, after raising the hunting quote to 319,517 earlier this year.