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Debate Over Seal Hunting In Greenland Resumes

The Inuit people of Greenland are trying to get a ban on the sale of seal products overturned.

The European Union imposed that ban five years ago, and the Inuit say it has destroyed their livelihoods because it has wiped out the export of seal fur.

The BBC’s Malcolm Brabant reports.

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  • Malcolm Brabant, freelance journalist reporting for the BBC.

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