Former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson has joined other celebrities in a new ad campaign to save seals from the annual hunt on Canada’s East Coast.

Canadian officials defended the start of the annual seal hunt as a financial necessity for isolated communities, as sealers faced pressure from a possible European Union ban.

A coastguard icebreaker and a ship owned by a conservation group collided today as tensions mounted over the annual Canadian seal hunt.

IRISH animal rights activists yesterday backed French actress Brigitte Bardot's call to ban Canada's annual seal hunt.