Here are the first images from a photo shoot with Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills McCartney, taken in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Sir Paul and Heather Mills McCartney were invited to venture out onto the ice floes of Canada by the Humane Society of the United States to draw international attention to the plight of the harp seals.
Rolf's field notes: "It has been an amazing experience to be out on the ice floes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the McCartneys. We had a very intense time on the ice with several 2-4 day old white harp seal pups, although it was very cold which made photography very difficult. The harp seal pups were at peace in their pristine white surroundings and it was extremely sad knowing that most of the seals we photographed would be either be bludgeoned or shot to death in just a few weeks, by men.
After spending almost all day with Sir Paul and Heather Mills McCartney then having a private dinner with them and just a few other... (... more information below the photos)
Baby Animals Baby harp seals are really cute animals, this pup is being nuzzled by its mother on the ice floes on the Gulf of St Lawrence in Canada. |
Animals Canada The Humane Society organised a visit by Heather and Paul McCartney to the ice floes of Canada to protect these animals from the annual seal hunt. |
Animal Rights Ambassadors for animal rights and respect for animals, Heather and Paul McCartney spend time on the ice with a baby harp seal. |
Animal Tracks An aerial view of the ice floes with animal tracks of Harp seals zig zagging across the ice in the Gulf of St Lawrence in Canada. |
Animal Love Getting close to a cute and cuddly looking animal, a baby harp seal during a visit to the ice floes on the Gulf of St Lawrence in Canada. |
Animal Rescue In a bid to rescue this animal from the seal hunt, Heather and Paul McCartney visited the harp seals on the ice floes in Canada. |
Animal Eyes This baby harp seal is a really cute animal with large dark eyes seen here on the ice floes of the Gulf of St Lawrence in Canada. |
Animal Habitats The ice floes of the Gulf of St Lawrence in Canada are the perfect habitats for an animal such as the Harp Seal. |
Animal Humane Society A really cute animal, baby harp seals born on the ice floes on the Gulf of St Lawrence were the centre of attention by the Humane Society. |
Amazing Animals Harp Seals are pretty amazing animals who are well equipped to withstand the brutally cold conditions of the Atlantic Ocean during winter. |
Animal Behaviors This female harp seal displays typical behaviors of an animal with their young, popping out of her ice hole to keep watch over her cute pup. |
Animal Environments The ice floes of the Gulf of St Lawrence in Canada is one of the best animal environments for harp seals to give birth to their pups. |
Iles De La Madeleine An aerial view of the Iles de la Madeleine situated in the Gulf of St Lawrence and fringed by Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island. |
Aerial Seals An aerial view of Harp Seals on the pack ice in the Gulf of St Lawrence in the Atlantic region of Canada. |
Aerial St Lawrence An aerial view of the pack ice in the Gulf of St Lawrence in Canada, home and nursery of the baby harp seals. |
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Cute Harp Seal A cute 3 day old harp seal baby with its mother on the Ice of the Gulf St. Lawrence in Canada. |
Heather And Paul McCartney Heather and Paul McCartney looking at a pup harp seal in the Gulf of St.Lawrence |
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... people, the most striking thing was just how "down to earth and how emotionally involved in the harp seal issue they were". It is regretful what some media have written about them, trying to put them in a bad light. From personal experience I can asure you that the McCartneys are great people!
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