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Stop the Seal Hunt
Target: Stephen Harper, Prime Minister and Michael Wilson, Ambassador to the United States
Sponsored by: International Fund for Animal Welfare
Sponsored by: International Fund for Animal Welfare
This year the Canadian government promised a more humane hunt. They said "Canada's seal hunt is humane, sustainable and responsible." They lied.
IFAW Hunt Observers were on the ground and in the air documenting the hunt since it opened on the 28th of March. Only days into the hunt they captured on camera instances where animals were shot and clearly left to suffer. They witnessed live seals hooked and dragged across the ice. And in one of the more disturbing moments they watched as a sealer wrote an expletive on the ice while a recently clubbed seal behind him started to move...obviously still alive.
Is this the Canadian government's idea of a more humane hunt? Please urge the Canadian Prime Minister and Canadian Ambassador to end the cruelty of the seal hunt. Take action today!
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We signed the “Stop the Seal Hunt” letter!
# 52,400:
9:16 am PDT, Jul 1,
DIONNA CHAFIN, Arizona
# 52,399:
9:13 am PDT, Jul 1,
Isha Paul, United Kingdom
any kind of cruelty to animals should be stopped.we being humans should responsibly save the wild life and not destroy it.
any kind of cruelty to animals should be stopped.we being humans should responsibly save the wild life and not destroy it.
# 52,398:
9:12 am PDT, Jul 1,
Kelley Cotrill, Ohio
CRUEL. DISGUSTING. HEARTBREAKING beyond belief! BE RESPONSIBLE. BE HUMANE.
CRUEL. DISGUSTING. HEARTBREAKING beyond belief! BE RESPONSIBLE. BE HUMANE.
# 52,397:
9:10 am PDT, Jul 1,
Susan Herrington, Georgia
How sad that these beautiful creatures are hunted in this terrible way. Please help them to live in peace. Thank you. Susan A. Herrington Locust GRove, Ga, USA
How sad that these beautiful creatures are hunted in this terrible way. Please help them to live in peace. Thank you. Susan A. Herrington Locust GRove, Ga, USA
# 52,396:
8:52 am PDT, Jul 1,
Carol Kanouse, California
# 52,395:
8:40 am PDT, Jul 1,
Grace Foo, Australia
do something humane!!!!
do something humane!!!!
# 52,394:
8:19 am PDT, Jul 1,
Caroline Hernandez, Florida
# 52,393:
8:09 am PDT, Jul 1,
Emily Johnson, Tennessee
# 52,392:
8:08 am PDT, Jul 1,
Name not displayed, California
Please keep your word and STOP the Seal hunts every year. No one has to wear seal fur. Those little tiny innocent babies should be able to live a life here on this land and not be threatened by horrible humans who only want their fur to sell for money. Please do something to help these tiny little creatures. Thank you
Please keep your word and STOP the Seal hunts every year. No one has to wear seal fur. Those little tiny innocent babies should be able to live a life here on this land and not be threatened by horrible humans who only want their fur to sell for money. Please do something to help these tiny little creatures. Thank you
# 52,391:
8:01 am PDT, Jul 1,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 52,390:
8:02 am PDT, Jul 1,
Helen Sawyer, New York
Seal Hunting is disgusting and should be banned!!!
Seal Hunting is disgusting and should be banned!!!
# 52,389:
7:48 am PDT, Jul 1,
Scott English, Arizona
# 52,388:
7:40 am PDT, Jul 1,
Antoinette Palazzolo, Florida
It is cruel and inhuman. Leave them alone. They deserve a life too.
It is cruel and inhuman. Leave them alone. They deserve a life too.
# 52,387:
7:37 am PDT, Jul 1,
Laura Pape, Ohio
# 52,386:
7:33 am PDT, Jul 1,
Robin Aldrich, Maryland
I've seen the footage, there is nothing humane about beating a helpless animal to a bloody death with a stick!!
I've seen the footage, there is nothing humane about beating a helpless animal to a bloody death with a stick!!
# 52,385:
7:00 am PDT, Jul 1,
Margaret e. Angus, Indiana
# 52,384:
5:24 am PDT, Jul 1,
Todd Beltz, Singapore
I'm very shocked that you, as the Prime Minister, could lie outright and say that the seal hunt is humane, sustainable and responsible. How could any of what I have just viewed, be considered humane? As an animal lover I'm disgusted that something such as this is even allowed to be carried out and for what reason? To support the fur trade commerce? Those hunters should be jailed for this and the government held responsible for this cowardly act. Please end this cruelty before it's to late...
I'm very shocked that you, as the Prime Minister, could lie outright and say that the seal hunt is humane, sustainable and responsible. How could any of what I have just viewed, be considered humane? As an animal lover I'm disgusted that something such as this is even allowed to be carried out and for what reason? To support the fur trade commerce? Those hunters should be jailed for this and the government held responsible for this cowardly act. Please end this cruelty before it's to late...
# 52,383:
5:10 am PDT, Jul 1,
Jessica Yebenes, Spain
# 52,382:
5:09 am PDT, Jul 1,
Vanessa Tibbles, Australia
It's cruelity to these defensless animals, they don't have a voice to say please don't hurt me.........Shame on you. We should be protecting them as one day they be there and neither will we because of global warming. So, we both will be extinct though the animals are the first to go.
It's cruelity to these defensless animals, they don't have a voice to say please don't hurt me.........Shame on you. We should be protecting them as one day they be there and neither will we because of global warming. So, we both will be extinct though the animals are the first to go.
# 52,381:
4:25 am PDT, Jul 1,
Lani Davidson, New Zealand
Because it is completely unneccesary. It's brutal and cruel and there is no need to be conducting such dispicable acts against these beautiful, innocent creatures.
Because it is completely unneccesary. It's brutal and cruel and there is no need to be conducting such dispicable acts against these beautiful, innocent creatures.
# 52,380:
4:23 am PDT, Jul 1,
Dot Powell, United Kingdom
In this day and age the sick abuse of animal in the world should be dealt with and taken more seriously, all governments should start to show compassion get off there backsides and act on their words, if there were bullets and tanks involved they would be running around to see who looked best in the outcome. Do it for the seals. Dot
In this day and age the sick abuse of animal in the world should be dealt with and taken more seriously, all governments should start to show compassion get off there backsides and act on their words, if there were bullets and tanks involved they would be running around to see who looked best in the outcome. Do it for the seals. Dot
# 52,379:
3:56 am PDT, Jul 1,
Billy Grunow, South Africa
# 52,378:
3:53 am PDT, Jul 1,
Vieux Faby, France
QUE JUSTICE SOIT FAITE POUR TOUS LES ANIMAUX !!! ARRETEZ CE MASSACRE !!!
QUE JUSTICE SOIT FAITE POUR TOUS LES ANIMAUX !!! ARRETEZ CE MASSACRE !!!
# 52,377:
3:48 am PDT, Jul 1,
Isabel Lara, Spain
They feel pain too as human being
They feel pain too as human being
# 52,376:
3:43 am PDT, Jul 1,
Raphaela Chettle, United Kingdom
its cruel and inhuman
its cruel and inhuman
# 52,375:
3:35 am PDT, Jul 1,
Jeanette Arnold, Minnesota
Saveing them is Saveing us!
Saveing them is Saveing us!
# 52,374:
3:33 am PDT, Jul 1,
Amanda Cowell, Australia
Slaughtering seals with clubs is inhumane. MAKE IT STOP PLEASE!!!!
Slaughtering seals with clubs is inhumane. MAKE IT STOP PLEASE!!!!
# 52,373:
3:08 am PDT, Jul 1,
Sarah Taylor, Australia
# 52,372:
2:50 am PDT, Jul 1,
Susana Gil richart, Spain
que se mueran todos los que hacen daño alos animales!! q haya justicia YA!! ODIO A LAS PERSONAS MALTRATADORAS DE ANIMALES QUE SI LOS UVIERA DELANTE LES HARIA PEOR A ELLOS POBRES ANIMALES QUE ELLOS NO SE MERECEN ESO!! MUNDO HACED ALGO YA SINO ESTO SERA UN MUNDO DE INHUMANOS
que se mueran todos los que hacen daño alos animales!! q haya justicia YA!! ODIO A LAS PERSONAS MALTRATADORAS DE ANIMALES QUE SI LOS UVIERA DELANTE LES HARIA PEOR A ELLOS POBRES ANIMALES QUE ELLOS NO SE MERECEN ESO!! MUNDO HACED ALGO YA SINO ESTO SERA UN MUNDO DE INHUMANOS
# 52,371:
2:38 am PDT, Jul 1,
Patricia Ib, Spain
# 52,370:
2:32 am PDT, Jul 1,
Linda Conn, Arizona
# 52,369:
1:03 am PDT, Jul 1,
Veronica Castro Salamanca, Spain
It's barbaric and inhuman; people should not be allowed to massacre living beings. Having the consent of the government makes it even more shameful.
It's barbaric and inhuman; people should not be allowed to massacre living beings. Having the consent of the government makes it even more shameful.
# 52,368:
11:01 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Samantha Jones, California
# 52,367:
11:01 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Andrea Sanchez, Colombia
# 52,366:
10:44 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Name not displayed, West Virginia
# 52,365:
10:28 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Sashi Muralidharan, California
# 52,364:
9:40 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Mini Richards, Arizona
Please read this letter with compassion in your heart and do what you said you would do! THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR CRUELTY!!!
Please read this letter with compassion in your heart and do what you said you would do! THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR CRUELTY!!!
# 52,363:
9:36 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Tiffany Hohoo, Alabama
# 52,362:
8:33 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Rachel Thorn, Canada
All creatures, whether considered 'person' or not, has the right to life. Were to draw the line against such cruel treatment? Obviously not for the pursuit of fashion, fast food, connivence, and, oh yes, money. What, if instead of seal pelts, money was in dog pelts? Or, for that matter, the pelt of an african American, or a woman? Going back only a few centuries in history, that idea is not too crazy.
All creatures, whether considered 'person' or not, has the right to life. Were to draw the line against such cruel treatment? Obviously not for the pursuit of fashion, fast food, connivence, and, oh yes, money. What, if instead of seal pelts, money was in dog pelts? Or, for that matter, the pelt of an african American, or a woman? Going back only a few centuries in history, that idea is not too crazy.
# 52,361:
8:22 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Name not displayed, Georgia
The killing of the seals must stop. They do not deserve to die especially in this manner. If this is your idea of being humane, sustainable, and responsible, then you have everything twisted. Clubbing a seal to death is like beating a human baby to death. It is wrong and the people who are involved in the action should be punished. But not only should the person who joins in on the "fun" be punished but also the people who allow this! Please help these seals. They do not deserve any of this. Melissa De Freitas
The killing of the seals must stop. They do not deserve to die especially in this manner. If this is your idea of being humane, sustainable, and responsible, then you have everything twisted. Clubbing a seal to death is like beating a human baby to death. It is wrong and the people who are involved in the action should be punished. But not only should the person who joins in on the "fun" be punished but also the people who allow this! Please help these seals. They do not deserve any of this. Melissa De Freitas
# 52,360:
6:56 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Grace Doran, California
# 52,359:
6:32 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Blayre Anderson, Massachusetts
# 52,358:
6:13 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Deana Balgobin, Trinidad And Tobago
it should be stop cause what goes around comes around (karma) be it animal or human it will affect every living thing cause there is a God n he not blind. so when something starts 2 happen 2 u know is bcuz u didn't stop d seal hunt.
it should be stop cause what goes around comes around (karma) be it animal or human it will affect every living thing cause there is a God n he not blind. so when something starts 2 happen 2 u know is bcuz u didn't stop d seal hunt.
# 52,357:
5:22 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Laura Patricia Valencia Saldarriaga, Colombia
Son tan ASESINOS como la guerrila o los narcotraficantes de mi país.
Son tan ASESINOS como la guerrila o los narcotraficantes de mi país.
# 52,356:
5:16 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Name not displayed, New York
Seals are animals that Nature has decided to give us. They are beautiful creatures and they help maintain an equal ecosystem. Killing them to use for one's own greed is simply a selfish act. Please stop this and prevent another species from becoming extinct.
Seals are animals that Nature has decided to give us. They are beautiful creatures and they help maintain an equal ecosystem. Killing them to use for one's own greed is simply a selfish act. Please stop this and prevent another species from becoming extinct.
# 52,355:
3:31 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Joud Zaidan, Jordan
Dear Sir The difference between animals n humans is that they kill to eat while we kill for our own different pleasures. If an animal killed your son or daughter your gonna search for it n hunt it down, put yourself in their shoes ( if it's possible) and don't blame them for the way they react towards us human being. Remember that God gave us the ability to think and look where our thoughts took us, we are nothing but murderers
Dear Sir The difference between animals n humans is that they kill to eat while we kill for our own different pleasures. If an animal killed your son or daughter your gonna search for it n hunt it down, put yourself in their shoes ( if it's possible) and don't blame them for the way they react towards us human being. Remember that God gave us the ability to think and look where our thoughts took us, we are nothing but murderers
# 52,354:
3:10 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Gustavo Restrepo, Florida
# 52,353:
3:06 pm PDT, Jun 30,
David Ochoa, Florida
# 52,352:
3:00 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Stephanie Humphries, Virginia
# 52,351:
1:56 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Alex Lott, Georgia