Canada | Please Stop Butchering Baby Seals

Contact The Canadian Minister of International Trade:

"Over the past four years, more than one million seals — almost all just weeks-old babies — have been brutally killed for their fur. Many people think the Canadian seal hunt ended decades ago. But it hasn't — it's set to begin again in a matter of days.

Ignoring findings from independent scientists and veterinarians, The Canadian government has set the kill quota for 2008 even higher than last year — an astonishing 275,000 seals will be clubbed and shot over the next few months. Scientists warn that the seal hunt poses a threat to the survival of seal populations, particularly as harp seals now face the added threat of global warming. And veterinary panels have concluded that the slaughter results in "considerable and unacceptable suffering," noting that sealers often fail to comply with anti-cruelty laws."

Click here now to tell Mr. Emerson that the seal hunt is bad for the Canadian economy, bad for tourism, and bad for Canada — and that it is time to end the commercial seal hunt for good.

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And the Humane Society.

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