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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!
# 52,650:
5:19 pm PDT, Jul 23,
Shawn Noah, Georgia
# 52,649:
3:58 pm PDT, Jul 23,
Nora Pardave, Florida
# 52,648:
2:17 pm PDT, Jul 23,
Jacqueline Conaway-Rush, Pennsylvania
# 52,647:
6:31 am PDT, Jul 23,
Laura O'Reilly, Canada
# 52,646:
9:09 pm PDT, Jul 22,
Name not displayed, Washington
exstinction
exstinction
# 52,645:
1:04 pm PDT, Jul 22,
Bernadett Mikula, Hungary
# 52,644:
3:26 am PDT, Jul 22,
Fani Diamantopoulou, Greece
# 52,643:
2:58 am PDT, Jul 22,
Christina Kyriakidou, Greece
# 52,642:
2:55 am PDT, Jul 22,
Johanna Oksanen, Finland
# 52,641:
9:40 pm PDT, Jul 21,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 52,640:
9:20 pm PDT, Jul 21,
Kimberly Word, Ohio
# 52,639:
6:31 pm PDT, Jul 21,
Bruce Codere, Canada
We know life feeds on life, but surely we can do better than this.
We know life feeds on life, but surely we can do better than this.
# 52,638:
4:55 pm PDT, Jul 21,
Carolina Lee, United Kingdom
Please stop this cruelty now!!! Before there are no more of these beautiful creatures, left in our oceans.After all i thought we were living in the 21st century???
Please stop this cruelty now!!! Before there are no more of these beautiful creatures, left in our oceans.After all i thought we were living in the 21st century???
# 52,637:
12:04 pm PDT, Jul 21,
Darren White, United Kingdom
this is barbaric and inhumane slaughter of defencless animals, those who do this are sick cruel animals with no passion or thought for our wildllife that have the right to live in this world just as human beins do, stop this slaughter now.
this is barbaric and inhumane slaughter of defencless animals, those who do this are sick cruel animals with no passion or thought for our wildllife that have the right to live in this world just as human beins do, stop this slaughter now.
# 52,636:
9:18 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Kathryn Bodnarchuk, Australia
# 52,635:
4:28 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Justin Forte, California
# 52,634:
2:54 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Justin Rummans, Iowa
# 52,633:
1:56 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Kerry Woodham, United Kingdom
# 52,632:
11:53 am PDT, Jul 20,
Michelle Rennie, Canada
It's unbearably cruel, it's not very profitable for the few New Foundlanders who do it, and it sets Canadians up to look like barbarians. Stop the seal hunt now.
It's unbearably cruel, it's not very profitable for the few New Foundlanders who do it, and it sets Canadians up to look like barbarians. Stop the seal hunt now.
# 52,631:
11:23 am PDT, Jul 20,
Danielle Conlon, New York
# 52,630:
11:04 am PDT, Jul 20,
Tamarah Swensen, Netherlands
# 52,629:
10:10 am PDT, Jul 20,
Samira Brie, France
# 52,628:
1:18 am PDT, Jul 20,
Mia Zennaro, Italy
# 52,627:
3:15 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Lisa Hartnett, California
# 52,626:
7:45 am PDT, Jul 19,
Ershad Hossain-iNDIA, India
WE HUMAN HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN SEAL HUNTING AND KILLING-JUST STOP THIS PRACTICE PLEASE- MAKE IT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE WITH PUNISHMENT AND PENALTY - WHY KILL THESE INNOCENT ANIMALS FOR NO REASON?. ARE WE BECOMING LUNATICS? BUT I FIND THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE CARNIVORE BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY AND IN COURSE OF TIME THEIR ATTITUDE CHANGES -VIOLENCE BECOMES A PART AND PARCEL OF THEIR LIVES-
WE HUMAN HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN SEAL HUNTING AND KILLING-JUST STOP THIS PRACTICE PLEASE- MAKE IT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE WITH PUNISHMENT AND PENALTY - WHY KILL THESE INNOCENT ANIMALS FOR NO REASON?. ARE WE BECOMING LUNATICS? BUT I FIND THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE CARNIVORE BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY AND IN COURSE OF TIME THEIR ATTITUDE CHANGES -VIOLENCE BECOMES A PART AND PARCEL OF THEIR LIVES-
# 52,625:
8:02 am PDT, Jul 18,
Bill Chaky, New Jersey
# 52,624:
5:18 am PDT, Jul 18,
Gaëlle Dhooghe, Belgium
I cannot believe that anyone can still support the clubbing of defenseless animals. Not only is it inhumane but it makes us less then most animal species. Images of the hunt make me physically ill, and it scares me that certain people appear not to be bothered by those images. I always thought Canada to be the more intelligent part of North-America (seeing the tricks the US pulls), it makes me so sad to see that I'm mistaken. I hope that your governement will soon realise that animals don't need to speak our language to show they have feelings, I thinks the cries of the seals speak for themselves. And I hope someone will finally realise that we also are just animals, and maybe compare clubbing of baby seals to clubbing of a human baby, if it would make a pretty vest...
I cannot believe that anyone can still support the clubbing of defenseless animals. Not only is it inhumane but it makes us less then most animal species. Images of the hunt make me physically ill, and it scares me that certain people appear not to be bothered by those images. I always thought Canada to be the more intelligent part of North-America (seeing the tricks the US pulls), it makes me so sad to see that I'm mistaken. I hope that your governement will soon realise that animals don't need to speak our language to show they have feelings, I thinks the cries of the seals speak for themselves. And I hope someone will finally realise that we also are just animals, and maybe compare clubbing of baby seals to clubbing of a human baby, if it would make a pretty vest...
# 52,623:
11:23 pm PDT, Jul 17,
Name not displayed, Pakistan
# 52,622:
7:33 pm PDT, Jul 17,
Kathrina Gafycz, New York
# 52,621:
5:17 pm PDT, Jul 17,
Casey Baker, Washington
# 52,620:
9:49 am PDT, Jul 17,
Shelley Gripich, Canada
Please stop the seal hunts, we really need to start looking at how we abuse this planet and the animals that co-exist with us.
Please stop the seal hunts, we really need to start looking at how we abuse this planet and the animals that co-exist with us.
# 52,619:
7:07 am PDT, Jul 17,
Mick Cave, United Kingdom
# 52,618:
7:17 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Adriana Elena Readinger Sanchez, Venezuela
# 52,617:
3:34 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Steven Rosen, New York
Its disgusting and inhuman. It is criminal.
Its disgusting and inhuman. It is criminal.
# 52,616:
10:40 am PDT, Jul 16,
Ryan McGregor, Canada
The seal hunt should be stopped because of the inhumane nature of it. Seals are a vital part of our northern ecosystems (which are already struggling as it is), and wiping them out is awful to hear about.
The seal hunt should be stopped because of the inhumane nature of it. Seals are a vital part of our northern ecosystems (which are already struggling as it is), and wiping them out is awful to hear about.
# 52,615:
10:27 am PDT, Jul 16,
Sahana Browning, Canada
# 52,614:
9:43 am PDT, Jul 16,
Kathy Pfisterer, New York
# 52,613:
7:25 am PDT, Jul 16,
Jodie St Jean, Canada
You must do something while your in power to make positive change in Canada, so far all your work has been detrimental to society. Please change the laws and be remembered for one positive motion by your grandchildren.
You must do something while your in power to make positive change in Canada, so far all your work has been detrimental to society. Please change the laws and be remembered for one positive motion by your grandchildren.
# 52,612:
11:53 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Cheryl Betancourt, Texas
IF YOU DON'T STOP THIS SEAL HUNT MAY YOUR COUNTRY LOSE BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS OF DOLLARS! MOST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WILL BAN ALL OF YOUR PRODUCTS FOR THESE ACTS ARE BARBARIC AND JUST ANOTHER REASON TO FUEL YOUR INEXCUSABLE THIRST FOR BLOOD..FIND ANOTHER DAMN BLOODY SPORT TO TAKE YOUR AGGRESSIONS OUT ON..WRSTLE EACH OTHER OR BEAT EACH OTHER TO DEATH BUT LEAVE INNOCENT ANIMALS OUT OF THIS!!!!!!
IF YOU DON'T STOP THIS SEAL HUNT MAY YOUR COUNTRY LOSE BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS OF DOLLARS! MOST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WILL BAN ALL OF YOUR PRODUCTS FOR THESE ACTS ARE BARBARIC AND JUST ANOTHER REASON TO FUEL YOUR INEXCUSABLE THIRST FOR BLOOD..FIND ANOTHER DAMN BLOODY SPORT TO TAKE YOUR AGGRESSIONS OUT ON..WRSTLE EACH OTHER OR BEAT EACH OTHER TO DEATH BUT LEAVE INNOCENT ANIMALS OUT OF THIS!!!!!!
# 52,611:
3:14 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Holly Dumas, Alabama
# 52,610:
3:13 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Jennifer Elaine Dumas, Alabama
# 52,609:
3:12 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Jenny Ruth Dumas, Alabama
# 52,608:
3:11 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Heather Dumas, Alabama
Animals are God's creatures too. That's all you need to know. People should be happy enough for beef and chicken...why do people need to hunt for seals?
Animals are God's creatures too. That's all you need to know. People should be happy enough for beef and chicken...why do people need to hunt for seals?
# 52,607:
12:50 pm PDT, Jul 15,
SHERRY ECKMAN, Florida
# 52,606:
11:34 am PDT, Jul 15,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 52,605:
10:13 am PDT, Jul 15,
Tera Udenberg, Canada
# 52,604:
5:39 am PDT, Jul 15,
Name not displayed, Croatia
Killing seals is cruel. It's heartless... It's simply wrong. We have much other materials for clothing, so why do you kill seals?
Killing seals is cruel. It's heartless... It's simply wrong. We have much other materials for clothing, so why do you kill seals?
# 52,603:
1:54 pm PDT, Jul 14,
Stephanie Lowe, United Kingdom
Seal Hunting is a horrifically cruel sport. Alaskans and Canadians don't need it to survive, therefore it is a very needless recreational activity and it is unfair that seals are having to suffer an unimaginably painful death. It is important that this "sport" is banned before more seals are brutually murdered.
Seal Hunting is a horrifically cruel sport. Alaskans and Canadians don't need it to survive, therefore it is a very needless recreational activity and it is unfair that seals are having to suffer an unimaginably painful death. It is important that this "sport" is banned before more seals are brutually murdered.
# 52,602:
12:42 pm PDT, Jul 14,
Jim Crockett, California
It simply is morally and ethically wrong.
It simply is morally and ethically wrong.
# 52,601:
8:13 am PDT, Jul 13,
Chris DiGangi-Hughes, Illinois
It is absolutely inhumane and makes Canada seem like a cruel, barbaric nation. I have stopped traveling to Canada and am not making purchases from MEC and Roots while this horror continues.
It is absolutely inhumane and makes Canada seem like a cruel, barbaric nation. I have stopped traveling to Canada and am not making purchases from MEC and Roots while this horror continues.