The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Fur_Seal_Convention_of_1911" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911">North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911</a> banning open-water <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_hunting" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Seal hunting">seal hunting</a>, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.