Call for better seal protection
The animal groups claim seals are killed by fishermen
The Scottish Seals Forum is being asked to back calls to the Scottish Executive for a comprehensive review of the Conservation of Seals Act 1970.
The campaigners said the basis of a new Protection of Seals Act should be that any killing of seals is prohibited except in specific, very exceptional circumstances, when any killing would be licensed, regulated and recorded.
Scotland is home to globally important populations of grey and common (harbour) seals.
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