EU faces pressure to act on Canada seal hunt

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• Seal hunt will start this week off Canada's Atlantic coast; it's been criticized as cruel
  
• Animal rights activists up pressure on EU to take stand against annual hunt
  
• Spokeswoman won't say if EU is considering import ban or other sanctions
  
• Canadian authorities set this year's total allowable catch at 275,000 seals
  
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