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Greenpeace Protester Al Johnson throws him self over a baby seal as Norwegian seal hunter looks on
Greenpeace Protester Al Johnson throws him self over a baby seal as Norwegian seal hunter looks on

Greenpeace Protester Al Johnson throws him self over a baby seal as Norwegian seal hunter looks on

Date3/16/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Greenpeace Protester Al Johnson throws him self over a baby seal as Norwegian seal hunter looks on. Before you kill him; kill me first; Johnson said to him. The sealer returned to his ship; in background.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008268F
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Greenpeace member falling over baby seal to protect in from it's hunters
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n Throw Man Onto Group of Demonstrators, mpt by pickets to seal off U
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Seal-hunt protesters in Totonto, above: Readers, in letters at left, condemn the annual hunt and demand it be ended
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Chained to a cause, Seal hunt protester Merlin Andrews chained herself to a desk in the federal fisheries department office on Keele St. yesterday alo(...)
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