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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!
# 41,149:
12:42 pm PDT, May 12,
Dawn Hutton, Florida
# 41,148:
12:16 pm PDT, May 12,
Tamie Pryor, Illinois
# 41,147:
12:13 pm PDT, May 12,
Rita Fahrner, California
# 41,146:
12:07 pm PDT, May 12,
Nikita Gagain, Maine
# 41,145:
11:53 am PDT, May 12,
Mary Ann Wilson, California
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11:44 am PDT, May 12,
Name not displayed, Virginia
I beleive that the Seal Hunt is one of the most disturbing things that human kind does. If you can kill these beautiful almost extinct animals, than you are a monster.
I beleive that the Seal Hunt is one of the most disturbing things that human kind does. If you can kill these beautiful almost extinct animals, than you are a monster.
# 41,143:
11:30 am PDT, May 12,
Kathy Smarzewski, Illinois
It is crazy to kill these beautiful animals. They deserve better than that.
It is crazy to kill these beautiful animals. They deserve better than that.
# 41,142:
11:30 am PDT, May 12,
Sarah Hatchett, Colorado
Dear Prime Minister 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. view more This hunt only continues to exist because it is propped up by a range of government subsidies and tax-payers money. More and more countries around the world are adopting legislation to ban the import of seal products. Instead of investing in meaningful employment opportunities for Newfoundlanders, the federal government continues to fund and support a seasonal and wasteful seal hunt which draws national and international criticism to a proud region of Canada trying to build a reputation for high-tech research and first-class environmental tourism. [Your Comment] I urge you to act immediately to end this unnecessary cruelty to seals and to restore Canada's pride as a humane and ecologically responsible society. view less Sincerely, Sarah Hatchett
Dear Prime Minister 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. view more This hunt only continues to exist because it is propped up by a range of government subsidies and tax-payers money. More and more countries around the world are adopting legislation to ban the import of seal products. Instead of investing in meaningful employment opportunities for Newfoundlanders, the federal government continues to fund and support a seasonal and wasteful seal hunt which draws national and international criticism to a proud region of Canada trying to build a reputation for high-tech research and first-class environmental tourism. [Your Comment] I urge you to act immediately to end this unnecessary cruelty to seals and to restore Canada's pride as a humane and ecologically responsible society. view less Sincerely, Sarah Hatchett
# 41,141:
11:29 am PDT, May 12,
Sue Harrington, Texas
# 41,140:
11:29 am PDT, May 12,
Brittany Schweim, Michigan
What kind of people can do those things. Seals are an adorable animal without a voice of their own that we can hear. But if they did have a voice, and they did speak up, do you really think they would choose a life to get beated with clubs and left to die for no reason? I doubt it. Just as i would doubt you would want that to be done to you, expecially if you had no voice, just a cry.
What kind of people can do those things. Seals are an adorable animal without a voice of their own that we can hear. But if they did have a voice, and they did speak up, do you really think they would choose a life to get beated with clubs and left to die for no reason? I doubt it. Just as i would doubt you would want that to be done to you, expecially if you had no voice, just a cry.
# 41,139:
11:12 am PDT, May 12,
Kimberlee Thorne, California
# 41,138:
11:07 am PDT, May 12,
Colette Nitzberg, California
# 41,137:
10:53 am PDT, May 12,
Kristin Pasko, Massachusetts
# 41,136:
10:51 am PDT, May 12,
Eric Nardone, California
# 41,135:
10:45 am PDT, May 12,
Joseph Langford, Maryland
# 41,134:
10:33 am PDT, May 12,
Laura Piazza, Illinois
# 41,133:
10:30 am PDT, May 12,
Laurel Hill, Illinois
i viewed your "humane hunt" if its so humane, would you choose to die being savagely beaten over and over and over again? while your mother watched helplesslly? its not humane!!! its sick! and your country is sick for allowing it! i would never visit canada tho by grt grandfather was born there!
i viewed your "humane hunt" if its so humane, would you choose to die being savagely beaten over and over and over again? while your mother watched helplesslly? its not humane!!! its sick! and your country is sick for allowing it! i would never visit canada tho by grt grandfather was born there!
# 41,132:
10:24 am PDT, May 12,
Bill Christie, Arizona
# 41,131:
10:23 am PDT, May 12,
Pauline Mazique, California
# 41,130:
10:22 am PDT, May 12,
Maria Mander, California
# 41,129:
10:15 am PDT, May 12,
Emma Williams, United Kingdom
# 41,128:
10:15 am PDT, May 12,
Cherie Pepin, Minnesota
# 41,127:
10:10 am PDT, May 12,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 41,126:
10:07 am PDT, May 12,
Charles Goff, Mexico
The seal hunt reflects on you and all of Canada. It is particularly unfortunate since Canada does so well compared to other countries but sadly, the seal hunt brings you down.
The seal hunt reflects on you and all of Canada. It is particularly unfortunate since Canada does so well compared to other countries but sadly, the seal hunt brings you down.
# 41,125:
10:03 am PDT, May 12,
Mark Mazique, California
# 41,124:
9:55 am PDT, May 12,
Linda Ronquillo, New Jersey
why you lied , dont kill sea creatures let them live in peace and free of worry you guys are so selfish ,mean if you want to real help put stronger laws please help them dont let human kind make a profit of these innocent sea creatures.
why you lied , dont kill sea creatures let them live in peace and free of worry you guys are so selfish ,mean if you want to real help put stronger laws please help them dont let human kind make a profit of these innocent sea creatures.
# 41,123:
9:40 am PDT, May 12,
Y.D. Jordan, New York
You lied, no humane killing, but business as usual. How can you live with yourself?
You lied, no humane killing, but business as usual. How can you live with yourself?
# 41,122:
9:31 am PDT, May 12,
Erika Pringsheim-Moore, California
# 41,121:
9:27 am PDT, May 12,
Name not displayed, Florida
OMG!! THOSE POOR SEALS! Im soooo freakin mad right now! im skl hha :] Dont forget to sign the child labor petition!!
OMG!! THOSE POOR SEALS! Im soooo freakin mad right now! im skl hha :] Dont forget to sign the child labor petition!!
# 41,120:
9:24 am PDT, May 12,
Debbie Laundra, Tennessee
# 41,119:
9:18 am PDT, May 12,
Cristina Freitas, Portugal
# 41,118:
9:18 am PDT, May 12,
William Weaver, Michigan
# 41,117:
9:09 am PDT, May 12,
Marlene Vandyke, Arizona
First : This is no reason in this day and age to wear animal furs. secord "canada is decimating the harp seals " population. Third : The so called Hunt is cruel and abhorrent slaughter, one that gravely compromises not only the welfare of seals but also the safety and well being of the hunters. fourth : Continuing to ignore the inexcusable cruelty and waste inherent in this annual "hunt" by distributing misinformation is simply wrong. The people of Canada and Newfoundland deserve better.
First : This is no reason in this day and age to wear animal furs. secord "canada is decimating the harp seals " population. Third : The so called Hunt is cruel and abhorrent slaughter, one that gravely compromises not only the welfare of seals but also the safety and well being of the hunters. fourth : Continuing to ignore the inexcusable cruelty and waste inherent in this annual "hunt" by distributing misinformation is simply wrong. The people of Canada and Newfoundland deserve better.
# 41,116:
9:08 am PDT, May 12,
Kazan Clark, Arkansas
# 41,115:
9:06 am PDT, May 12,
Bette Giarratano, New Jersey
# 41,114:
8:41 am PDT, May 12,
Zoe Ann Nishimuta, Colorado
# 41,113:
8:37 am PDT, May 12,
Greg Flejtuch, California
# 41,112:
8:28 am PDT, May 12,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 41,111:
8:24 am PDT, May 12,
Tasha Hannah, South Carolina
why would someone lie about this kind of act!they should be takin down immediately for this haness crime!
why would someone lie about this kind of act!they should be takin down immediately for this haness crime!
# 41,110:
8:14 am PDT, May 12,
Vicki Nemec, Colorado
Another example of how truly reprehensible the human race can be. I urge you to take action and STOP THIS NOW!!!!
Another example of how truly reprehensible the human race can be. I urge you to take action and STOP THIS NOW!!!!
# 41,109:
8:12 am PDT, May 12,
Christine Kudlate, North Carolina
# 41,108:
8:12 am PDT, May 12,
Nicholas Mouzourakis, Michigan
# 41,107:
7:57 am PDT, May 12,
Deanna Day, Virginia
# 41,106:
7:57 am PDT, May 12,
Name not displayed, Thailand
# 41,105:
7:56 am PDT, May 12,
Beth Cann, Pennsylvania
You have the power to stop this cruelty, please do what you have to and bring this to an end.
You have the power to stop this cruelty, please do what you have to and bring this to an end.
# 41,104:
7:53 am PDT, May 12,
Debbie Reagan, Georgia
# 41,103:
7:36 am PDT, May 12,
Jacquie Ruddy, Canada
# 41,102:
7:36 am PDT, May 12,
Jessica Miller, Oregon
# 41,101:
7:33 am PDT, May 12,
Shannon O'Herron, Ohio