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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!
# 41,450:
9:53 am PDT, May 14,
Danna Mussman, Texas
# 41,449:
9:41 am PDT, May 14,
Susy Salgado, Illinois
# 41,448:
9:25 am PDT, May 14,
Jane Wyatt-Fletcher, Illinois
No living thing should suffer at the hands of man. This hunt appears to be one of the most inhumane events ever known. I am appalled that it continues and urge the Canadian government to see to it that it is stopped NOW.
No living thing should suffer at the hands of man. This hunt appears to be one of the most inhumane events ever known. I am appalled that it continues and urge the Canadian government to see to it that it is stopped NOW.
# 41,447:
9:24 am PDT, May 14,
Emelie Ekstrand, Denmark
# 41,446:
9:12 am PDT, May 14,
Sage Logan, New York
It is, cruel & inhumane, simply a horrible practice, reprehensible in every way with no redeeming value. All involved should be thoroughly ashamed of their connection with such a barbaric practice, it is simply beneath the lowest of our nature. it is the role of true leadership to rise above such an impoverished viewpoint and put an end to such an aberrant, abomination that is the source of great suffering for such innocent,pure and beautiful creatures.
It is, cruel & inhumane, simply a horrible practice, reprehensible in every way with no redeeming value. All involved should be thoroughly ashamed of their connection with such a barbaric practice, it is simply beneath the lowest of our nature. it is the role of true leadership to rise above such an impoverished viewpoint and put an end to such an aberrant, abomination that is the source of great suffering for such innocent,pure and beautiful creatures.
# 41,445:
8:53 am PDT, May 14,
Michael Miller, California
# 41,444:
8:47 am PDT, May 14,
KERRI SLIVKA, New Jersey
# 41,443:
8:27 am PDT, May 14,
Elena Baena Rodríguez, Spain
# 41,442:
8:22 am PDT, May 14,
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# 41,441:
8:06 am PDT, May 14,
Elizabeth Boldt, Illinois
# 41,440:
7:58 am PDT, May 14,
Dawn Sparks, New York
# 41,439:
7:55 am PDT, May 14,
Marcela Ashburn, North Carolina
# 41,438:
7:49 am PDT, May 14,
Tara Martin, Idaho
This horrendous act of violence against innocent animals MUST BE STOPPED. You and your government should be ashamed of yourselves. These seal pups have rights to live freely in their habitat without being beaten to death because of man's greed! Man up and show some compassion, nature and all it's beings have an equal right to live!
This horrendous act of violence against innocent animals MUST BE STOPPED. You and your government should be ashamed of yourselves. These seal pups have rights to live freely in their habitat without being beaten to death because of man's greed! Man up and show some compassion, nature and all it's beings have an equal right to live!
# 41,437:
7:49 am PDT, May 14,
Steven Keltz, Florida
# 41,436:
7:47 am PDT, May 14,
Gloria Simien, Texas
# 41,435:
7:44 am PDT, May 14,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 41,434:
7:42 am PDT, May 14,
Luke Shafnisky, Pennsylvania
# 41,433:
7:33 am PDT, May 14,
Tracy Baker, Delaware
Dear Prime Minister & Ambassador, 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. 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. 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. Sincerely, Tracy Baker
Dear Prime Minister & Ambassador, 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. 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. 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. Sincerely, Tracy Baker
# 41,432:
7:32 am PDT, May 14,
Tammy Carrier, Texas
STOP THESE BARBARIC AND CRUEL SEAL HUNTS!
STOP THESE BARBARIC AND CRUEL SEAL HUNTS!
# 41,431:
7:28 am PDT, May 14,
Amy Devine, Florida
# 41,430:
7:18 am PDT, May 14,
Jason Davis, Canada
# 41,429:
6:49 am PDT, May 14,
Courtney Simpson, Alaska
# 41,428:
6:32 am PDT, May 14,
Weronika Goumissi, Poland
Becouse people should live with nature and animals not killed them!
Becouse people should live with nature and animals not killed them!
# 41,427:
6:17 am PDT, May 14,
Dorah Caulfield, Florida
In my opinion, I feel that anyone who clubs an innocent seal, would do the exact samething to an innocent person. These MONSTERS need to be stopped. What is wrong with the Canadian Government when they allow such a vicious crime to take place and sit back and watch?
In my opinion, I feel that anyone who clubs an innocent seal, would do the exact samething to an innocent person. These MONSTERS need to be stopped. What is wrong with the Canadian Government when they allow such a vicious crime to take place and sit back and watch?
# 41,426:
6:01 am PDT, May 14,
Yvonne Erlichman, Canada
if you truly are concerned about natural resources and not paying lip service to multinationals then prove it by your actions
if you truly are concerned about natural resources and not paying lip service to multinationals then prove it by your actions
# 41,425:
5:52 am PDT, May 14,
Jamie Zentiska, Ohio
# 41,424:
5:12 am PDT, May 14,
Nancy Roper, Texas
# 41,423:
5:07 am PDT, May 14,
Amber Ferrano, Washington
Canadians get on their high horse about crime in Canada being virtually nothing and about Americans. If we all went out and beat animals to a pulp for fun like Canadians then maybe we'd be less aggressive. Its one thing to shoot someone or even an animal but another to beat them to a pulp having to suffer with every single blow.
Canadians get on their high horse about crime in Canada being virtually nothing and about Americans. If we all went out and beat animals to a pulp for fun like Canadians then maybe we'd be less aggressive. Its one thing to shoot someone or even an animal but another to beat them to a pulp having to suffer with every single blow.
# 41,422:
4:51 am PDT, May 14,
Michael Gauthier, New Hampshire
# 41,421:
4:40 am PDT, May 14,
Janel Kay Lodge, California
# 41,420:
4:28 am PDT, May 14,
Sanne Van helmondt, Netherlands
# 41,419:
4:01 am PDT, May 14,
Katherine Garland, Pennsylvania
# 41,418:
3:48 am PDT, May 14,
John Price, Oklahoma
# 41,417:
2:10 am PDT, May 14,
Sindhuja Sunder, India
If is possible for a sealer to make a living without being cruel, why not? What's stopping you from enacting laws that allow us to live and let live as much as possible?
If is possible for a sealer to make a living without being cruel, why not? What's stopping you from enacting laws that allow us to live and let live as much as possible?
# 41,416:
12:47 am PDT, May 14,
Malgorzata Muszynska, Poland
# 41,415:
12:45 am PDT, May 14,
Ananska Andrea, Puerto Rico
# 41,414:
12:45 am PDT, May 14,
Maya Karalius, California
# 41,413:
10:59 pm PDT, May 13,
Christopher Devine, Illinois
# 41,412:
10:56 pm PDT, May 13,
Toni Tischer, Colorado
# 41,411:
10:45 pm PDT, May 13,
Meghan Luby, California
# 41,410:
10:27 pm PDT, May 13,
Betty Shipley, Florida
# 41,409:
10:24 pm PDT, May 13,
Autumn Sanchez, Colorado
# 41,408:
10:15 pm PDT, May 13,
Jody Fortenberry, Mississippi
# 41,407:
10:15 pm PDT, May 13,
Anne Buhlig, Arizona
# 41,406:
10:14 pm PDT, May 13,
Nancy Brothers, California
# 41,405:
9:48 pm PDT, May 13,
Angela Northey, Canada
# 41,404:
9:41 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 41,403:
9:33 pm PDT, May 13,
Patty Langford, Texas
# 41,402:
9:31 pm PDT, May 13,
Laura Peck, California
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9:19 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Hawaii