Canada's response to the World's outcry against this horrendous crime towards their seals and babies is quoted as follows:
Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, on Thursday warned the European Commission president not to prohibit Canadian seal skins, arguing that public pressure for a ban is based on misinformation from activists.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper told European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, according to a statement, "that it is imperative for European Union member nations to consider their next steps carefully as they discuss any measure that would restrict or exclude the sale of seal products within their borders."
The two leaders met on the sidelines of a G8 summit in Japan.
Harper said Canada's hunt is "humane, sustainable and regulated," and added "public pressure within the European Union to curb the sale of seal products is based on misinformation from anti-sealing organizations and extremist groups."
Each year, anti-sealing activists clash with sealers and Canadian fisheries officials on Canada's Atlantic coast, denouncing the hunt as cruel.
Protestors have called for a complete halt to all trade in seal furs, but World Trade Organization rules would make such a step impossible, a European source said.
The commission is expected to make a decision whether to ban the importation of furs made from the skins of young seals hunted in Canada when it meets on July 23.
It will then look to the EU's 27 member states to approve or vote down the measure.
But Harper warned: "Canada will not stand by and accept measures that fly in the face of accepted international practices for sustainability and trade and undermine trade of seal products harvested in accordance with international standards."
A Parliament member, Loyola Sullivan, was quoted as saying, "we will burn the furs if we have too!" This was in response to fallen sales.
NO MORE MONEY TO SUPPORT CANADA'S HEINOUS CRIMES AGAINST THESE MAMMALS!
Canada's response to the World's outcry against this horrendous crime towards their seals and babies is quoted as follows:
Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, on Thursday warned the European Commission president not to prohibit Canadian seal skins, arguing that public pressure for a ban is based on misinformation from activists.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper told European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, according to a statement, "that it is imperative for European Union member nations to consider their next steps carefully as they discuss any measure that would restrict or exclude the sale of seal products within their borders."
The two leaders met on the sidelines of a G8 summit in Japan.
Harper said Canada's hunt is "humane, sustainable and regulated," and added "public pressure within the European Union to curb the sale of seal products is based on misinformation from anti-sealing organizations and extremist groups."
Each year, anti-sealing activists clash with sealers and Canadian fisheries officials on Canada's Atlantic coast, denouncing the hunt as cruel.
Protestors have called for a complete halt to all trade in seal furs, but World Trade Organization rules would make such a step impossible, a European source said.
The commission is expected to make a decision whether to ban the importation of furs made from the skins of young seals hunted in Canada when it meets on July 23.
It will then look to the EU's 27 member states to approve or vote down the measure.
But Harper warned: "Canada will not stand by and accept measures that fly in the face of accepted international practices for sustainability and trade and undermine trade of seal products harvested in accordance with international standards."
A Parliament member, Loyola Sullivan, was quoted as saying, "we will burn the furs if we have too!" This was in response to fallen sales.
NO MORE MONEY TO SUPPORT CANADA'S HEINOUS CRIMES AGAINST THESE MAMMALS!
We signed the "BAN CANADA'S 2010 OLYMPICS...no more blood $!" petition!
# 1,809:
10:16 pm PST, Nov 13,Mark Sousa, California
# 1,808:
5:27 am PST, Nov 13,Chris Miller, Pennsylvania
# 1,806:
12:06 pm PST, Nov 7,Alexandra MAUVE, France
# 1,805:
2:38 pm PDT, Oct 30,Bilja Cos, Serbia And Montenegro
# 1,804:
10:11 am PDT, Oct 29,Kathy Jackson, Ohio
# 1,803:
5:25 pm PDT, Oct 28,Gabriela Zambrana, Bolivia
Malditos salvajes! por favor hagan algo autoridades, ocupense de la maldad de esta gente y castiguenla, impiodan que su imagen de país se contamine con la crueldad sin compasión...por favor dejen de ser complices de esos asesinos!!!
# 1,802:
6:45 am PDT, Oct 7,Stéphanie Calani, Switzerland
# 1,801:
7:02 pm PDT, Sep 14,Ashley Meyers, Illinois
# 1,800:
9:21 am PDT, Aug 31,Bok Nongrum, India
# 1,799:
6:46 am PDT, Aug 27,Vicky Kontou, Germany
All animals have rights we should respect. They are not here for us to eat them, to wear them, to do experiments on them or for our entertainment. Please stop that slaughter. It's unnecessary, cruel and inhumane.
# 1,798:
9:04 am PDT, Aug 24,Christiane Henker, Germany
# 1,797:
5:07 am PDT, Aug 23,Name not displayed, Spain
# 1,796:
6:40 am PDT, Aug 21,K Javaid, United Kingdom
Why dont people stop wearing fur? There are planty other type of cloths to wear than animal skin!!!
# 1,795:
5:45 pm PDT, Aug 20,Charles Law, Washington
Not only do the seals cry out but also the indigenous peoples who's water has been poisoned and who's land has been polluted and stripped bare all in the spirit of some noble "games."
# 1,794:
5:33 pm PDT, Aug 20,Chelsea English, Illinois
# 1,793:
2:58 pm PDT, Aug 15,Nicole Bewley, Tennessee
# 1,792:
10:12 am PDT, Aug 15,Name not displayed, Illinois
# 1,791:
11:22 am PDT, Aug 9,Guilbert Charlotte, France
# 1,790:
4:14 pm PDT, Aug 8,Crystal Holt, California
i've always found the act of clubbing baby seals disgusting. Actually, people just wearing genuine fur and leather is disgusting. I'm a vegetarian ( -trying- to go vegan,but i need to get a job to buy the soy milk) and an animal lover. I may be weird, but i view all life equal with my own. No one is above the other, no matter how evolved we are.
# 1,789:
1:39 pm PDT, Aug 8,Tammy Wolfanger, New York
# 1,788:
9:28 am PDT, Aug 8,Cassandra Reising, Florida
Animals don't deserve this. They don't do anything to anyone.
# 1,787:
6:22 am PDT, Aug 8,J Dean, United Kingdom
# 1,786:
1:18 pm PDT, Aug 7,Fran Hartley, United Kingdom
# 1,785:
10:31 am PDT, Aug 7,Sue Bond, Mexico
# 1,784:
9:12 am PDT, Aug 7,Roxanne Sutton, Spain
BAN THE OLYMPICS!! Canada Stop your KILLING!NOW
# 1,783:
5:56 am PDT, Aug 4,Teresa Hyatt, Canada
Baby seal, forgive us. Look at us again and again and see how we are doing. Those men who raise their clubs over you are also fathers and brothers and sons. They have loved and cared for others. Once day they will extend that love to you. - from "Dancing the Dream" by Michael Jackson (pages 148-149)
# 1,782:
5:06 pm PDT, Aug 3,Donna Durbin, Kentucky
# 1,781:
1:52 pm PDT, Aug 3,Cassandra Vodicka, Ohio
# 1,780:
1:46 pm PDT, Aug 3,Racheal Collmer, Ohio
I'm am writing & signing petition today to help put a Stop to the murder of God Creatures,that are so beautiful,innocent, how could someone kill them in cold blood ? I pray that God Puts compassion in you & others like you for his Creatures which he loves dearly, that you may take a stand and help them,someone has to,hey go on the websites and checkout how they kill them and tell me if it's not murder, Thanks for time, may God Bless his Creatures and use you to do it. In Jesus name.
# 1,779:
11:45 am PDT, Aug 3,Barbara Young, Michigan
# 1,778:
11:34 am PDT, Aug 3,Catherine Harris, California
The people who are responsible for the actual bludgeoning of these beautiful creatures are people who must have some issues themselves. Killing an animal is almost like killing a person-animals show fear, pain, they bleed, vomit etc...it needs to stop now! if these people are used to seeing such grotesqueness, then they might be a danger in society because they are desensitized to fear, pain, and violence! It is also morally wrong to kill animals in such a horrible way! We need to respect the natural occurrences of these animals, and respect their lives!
# 1,777:
10:34 am PDT, Aug 3,Amanda Burns, Michigan
# 1,776:
9:45 am PDT, Aug 3,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 1,775:
9:40 am PDT, Aug 3,Kezzy Acton, Michigan
How is beating an animal in the head, safe and sustained? It's like me going to your families and beating each one cruelly in the head until they bleed to death. How would you feel?
# 1,774:
7:26 am PDT, Aug 3,Bruce Kran, Nevada
# 1,773:
8:30 am PDT, Aug 2,Alex Zepeda, Nevada
# 1,772:
7:46 pm PDT, Aug 1,Pamala Ford, Indiana
# 1,771:
12:53 pm PDT, Aug 1,Amber Thrasher, Washington
Absolutely horrifying! Doesn't anybody have love and compassion anymore? Heartless!
9:26 pm PDT, Jul 30,Krystal Carter, Oklahoma
Seals should keep there skin on themselves
# 1,764:
1:04 pm PDT, Jul 30,Osvaldo Francisco, California
# 1,763:
12:58 am PDT, Jul 28,Sarah McConnaughey, Nevada
# 1,762:
10:58 pm PDT, Jul 26,Joan E Loza Mobry, Wisconsin
"Animals Do Not Have A Voice Of Their Own. If We Don't Stand Up And Speak For Them... Who Will!!!"
# 1,761:
11:04 am PDT, Jul 26,Agnieszka Stepaniuk, Poland
# 1,760:
11:40 am PDT, Jul 25,Rubby Temoche, Peru
this is unbelievable!!! the animal treatment is continuous...!!!
# 1,759:
6:30 pm PDT, Jul 23,Oneta Weibel, Texas
Its still murder whether you feel it is or not.
# 1,758:
10:12 am PDT, Jul 23,Brianna Heise, Indiana
# 1,757:
8:40 pm PDT, Jul 22,Megan Craven, Ohio
Do you not see the pain on these seals face when you hit them in their head...Let me hit you in the head and let you suffer.
# 1,756:
6:05 pm PDT, Jul 20,Leila Merosands, Washington
# 1,755:
11:02 pm PDT, Jul 13,Carol Waterman, Canada
Steven Harper
SHAME ON YOU WANTING TO KILL OUR SEALS!!!
Remember these words:
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the Way its animals are treated."
~~ Mahatma Gandhi ~~
Carol Waterman,
Animal Activist & Volunteer
Montreal, QC. CANADA
NO MORE MONEY TO SUPPORT CANADA'S HEINOUS CRIMES AGAINST THESE MAMMALS!
