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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

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!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 50,000

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Dear [Decision Maker]

I am deeply opposed to Canada's annual cruel, wasteful, and unsustainable commercial slaughter of harp seal pups.

Harp seals are facing a new threat -- global warming -- which is resulting in dramatically reduced ice coverage in the Gulf of St Lawrence and off Newfoundland.

Your government is on record stating it will take "real action" on global warming. And yet you have ignored the one tangible action your government could take to combat the effects of global warming -- dramatically reducing the seal hunt quota.

Apart from these serious conservation concerns shared by many Canadians, the seal hunt targets baby animals, a practice that is unacceptable to the majority of Canadians. In the past two years, 98% of the seals killed have been less than three months old. Severe cruelty has been witnessed and documented at the hunt during the past 30 years and incidents of cruelty are not decreasing.

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We signed the “Stop the Seal Hunt” letter!

# 52,550:

9:36 pm PDT, Jul 6, Janet Bratter, North Carolina
Hunting these most beautiful of God's creatures is indicative of a cruelty in the character of human beings.

# 52,549:

7:53 pm PDT, Jul 6, JoAnn Lopez, New Jersey
This is a barbaric and cruel process that a so called civilized country such as Canada participates in.

# 52,548:

7:07 pm PDT, Jul 6, Carolina Munoz, Chile

# 52,547:

5:58 pm PDT, Jul 6, Carl Nylund, Missouri

# 52,546:

3:03 pm PDT, Jul 6, Dorothy O'Brien, California
We don't need to rely on animal pelts to keep us warm. We don't need seal skins as there are plenty of rabbits or leather producing animals that we can eat for food as well as use the skins for clothing. How disgusting to club an animal then skin it just to leave the meat behind?

# 52,545:

3:04 pm PDT, Jul 6, Name not displayed, Mexico

# 52,544:

2:39 pm PDT, Jul 6, Beverly Brintnell, North Dakota

# 52,543:

2:23 pm PDT, Jul 6, ELLY ALMEIDA, Massachusetts

# 52,542:

1:22 pm PDT, Jul 6, Raynell Heaton, Nevada

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1:08 pm PDT, Jul 6, Andres Pacheco, Texas

# 52,540:

12:37 pm PDT, Jul 6, Ulrike Werner, Germany

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10:35 am PDT, Jul 6, Melissa Moore, Alabama

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9:33 am PDT, Jul 6, Wlodarczyk Anna, Poland

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8:56 am PDT, Jul 6, Brenda Halverson, Colorado

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8:49 am PDT, Jul 6, Joan Mclaughlin, Pennsylvania

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7:16 am PDT, Jul 6, Bob Pickering, United Kingdom

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7:08 am PDT, Jul 6, Endre Donka, Hungary

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6:54 am PDT, Jul 6, Shannen Abayasekara, Australia

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6:12 am PDT, Jul 6, MICHAEL PAILLEY, New York

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6:00 am PDT, Jul 6, John Cabe, Tennessee

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5:16 am PDT, Jul 6, A Tait, United Kingdom

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4:43 am PDT, Jul 6, Mary Tuma, North Carolina

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2:13 am PDT, Jul 6, Kristy Fruth, Illinois

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1:48 am PDT, Jul 6, Brooke Carnell, Colorado

# 52,526:

4:30 pm PDT, Jul 5, Name not displayed, Portugal
be moral pirson....dont you a shame when you see the blood???SHAMEFUL.

# 52,525:

3:44 pm PDT, Jul 5, Judy Whitney, New Mexico
How can we, as human beings, turn our backs on the the most innocent on our planet...the animals who have no voice. Animals feel fear, pain and agony. How can we even come close to calling ourselves 'civilized' if this repugnant slaughter is allowed to go on? The humans who allow this type of thing to continue cannot call themselves "humane", "civilized", or "compassionate". They should hang their heads in shame. Please stop this disgusting and repulsive practicde. The people of the world are watching and the majority are outraged, and becoming more so. Thank you.

# 52,524:

2:00 pm PDT, Jul 5, Caitlin Stern, Pennsylvania

# 52,523:

1:57 pm PDT, Jul 5, Rebecca Pennington, Minnesota
It's not like it is the 1700s anymore please stop the madness of killing baby animals!

# 52,522:

1:30 pm PDT, Jul 5, Janet Dowell, Florida

# 52,521:

1:05 pm PDT, Jul 5, Florence Hofelich, Georgia
No more visits to Canada from me or my family until this pathetic act comes to an end!

# 52,520:

10:42 am PDT, Jul 5, Name not displayed, Colorado
The seal hunt that takes place in your country is damaging your international reputation by portraying a greedy and callous mindset that is driven by profit. Please stop the seal hunt and the needless slaughter in these innocent animals. I also would encourage you to watch "Earthlings" if yo have not already done so, this film offers a unique perspective on humans and out interactions with all other creatures on this planet. Do the responsible thing and put an end to this.

# 52,519:

10:37 am PDT, Jul 5, Josh Barinstein, Oregon

# 52,518:

9:58 am PDT, Jul 5, Tina Spears, Arkansas
it's crule

# 52,517:

9:55 am PDT, Jul 5, Jadranka Pejakovic, Croatia
Because it is cruel!

# 52,516:

9:51 am PDT, Jul 5, EVA COURBON, New Jersey
stop , in the name of god , stop this massacre . what kind of garbage would wear anything with seal skin anyway . do we really need this in the 21 st century ?

# 52,515:

9:15 am PDT, Jul 5, Cassie Pulsifer, New York

# 52,514:

8:59 am PDT, Jul 5, Jean Hemberger, Pennsylvania

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8:46 am PDT, Jul 5, Patrick Adcock, Arkansas

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7:59 am PDT, Jul 5, Ann Roche, Florida

# 52,511:

7:34 am PDT, Jul 5, Nancy Bocklund, Minnesota

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6:52 am PDT, Jul 5, Nancy Allen, New Mexico

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6:11 am PDT, Jul 5, Joan Mathew, India

# 52,508:

1:40 am PDT, Jul 5, Maria Oniga, Romania

# 52,507:

8:57 pm PDT, Jul 4, Megan Martin, Georgia
It is killing inocent seals that never did anything to humans.....we are all still living, breathing animals on this earth!

# 52,506:

5:37 pm PDT, Jul 4, Ken Bontius, Canada

# 52,505:

12:23 pm PDT, Jul 4, Aleksandra Skotnik, Poland

# 52,504:

10:28 am PDT, Jul 4, Debbie Thorne, United Kingdom
totally against animal cruelty and suffering

# 52,503:

10:04 am PDT, Jul 4, Laura Dohmann, Germany

# 52,502:

10:03 am PDT, Jul 4, Lina Dohmann, Germany

# 52,501:

9:49 am PDT, Jul 4, Christine Nal, Virginia

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