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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!

# 41,500:

2:38 pm PDT, May 14, Guler Arnas, Turkey

# 41,499:

2:27 pm PDT, May 14, Margaret Kiss, Canada

# 41,498:

2:20 pm PDT, May 14, Laura Sutherland, Texas
This is a cruel and inhumane practice. Canada's economy does not depend on seals for it's stability.

# 41,497:

2:17 pm PDT, May 14, Roberta Ferrara, Kansas

# 41,496:

2:13 pm PDT, May 14, Lorraine Jackson, Florida

# 41,495:

2:01 pm PDT, May 14, Michaela Harris, Georgia
These actions are truly evil, slaughtering innocent animals for a few dollars.

# 41,494:

1:56 pm PDT, May 14, Dylan Reynolds, California
Fight the power

# 41,493:

1:54 pm PDT, May 14, Randi Desiderio, New Jersey
Completely uneccessary and beyond cruel.

# 41,492:

1:52 pm PDT, May 14, Laura Crow, New Jersey

# 41,491:

1:40 pm PDT, May 14, Stephen Lovejoy, Texas

# 41,490:

1:39 pm PDT, May 14, Diana Curtis, California

# 41,489:

1:34 pm PDT, May 14, Mary Schneider, New Jersey
It's just plain wrong as a human being!! Period....

# 41,488:

1:32 pm PDT, May 14, Karlie Knoff, Idaho

# 41,487:

1:31 pm PDT, May 14, Devon Medina, California

# 41,486:

1:20 pm PDT, May 14, Audrey Williams, New Jersey
Why is this still going on. STOP KILLING EVERYTHING . Global WArming is caused by nuclear runoff.- ions etc. It is not a clean fuel.

# 41,485:

1:15 pm PDT, May 14, Lilly Williams, Louisiana

# 41,484:

1:10 pm PDT, May 14, Kerry Clark, California
Stop the hunting, no living creature deserves to be subjected to this cruelty.

# 41,483:

1:08 pm PDT, May 14, Reuben Blanchard, Oklahoma

# 41,482:

12:50 pm PDT, May 14, Mary Carmen Freire, Venezuela

# 41,481:

12:45 pm PDT, May 14, Gregg Parini, Ohio

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12:37 pm PDT, May 14, John Picciano, New York

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12:36 pm PDT, May 14, Carrie Harrison, Washington

# 41,478:

12:36 pm PDT, May 14, Tonya Silver, North Carolina

# 41,477:

12:32 pm PDT, May 14, Laura Mayabb, Oklahoma

# 41,476:

12:32 pm PDT, May 14, Ruth Ann Schmidt, Pennsylvania
The severe cruelty of this hunt is staggering. The world is watching, & we want it to stop.

# 41,475:

12:22 pm PDT, May 14, Name not displayed, California
There are many things that I admire about Cananda, the cruel slaughter of Harp seal pups is not one of them. Even the vast majority of your own citizens oppose it. How is it that you justify it's continuation?

# 41,474:

12:19 pm PDT, May 14, Gwen Payne, Arizona

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12:15 pm PDT, May 14, Name not displayed, Indiana
Because it's God creation. It's also inhumane acts like serial killers.

# 41,472:

12:02 pm PDT, May 14, Julie Lafferty, Idaho

# 41,471:

11:58 am PDT, May 14, Jena Casey, California

# 41,470:

11:54 am PDT, May 14, Reyna Mendoza, California

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11:22 am PDT, May 14, Stephany Hepler, Wisconsin

# 41,468:

11:14 am PDT, May 14, Owen Lewis, Utah

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11:12 am PDT, May 14, FUnkY ecO FAshiOn, Ohio
when will we learn that we are running out of animals to wear??

# 41,466:

11:03 am PDT, May 14, Summer-Breeze Young, New York

# 41,465:

10:53 am PDT, May 14, Judy Caruana, New York

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10:52 am PDT, May 14, Tziru P�rez Quesada, Costa Rica
porfavor pongamonos la mano el corazon y tengamos conciencia de que estos animales solo nos tienen a nosotros. pongamonos en su lugar, a ninguno nos gustaria sentir dolor, y pedir a gritos ayuda y que nadie nos escuche, podemos hacer algo, recordemos que este mundo no es solo nuestro, y que debemos respetarnos mi peticion es que hagamos todo lo que este a nuestro alcance y si podemos aun mas gracias

# 41,463:

10:51 am PDT, May 14, Sonia Ramirez, California

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10:50 am PDT, May 14, Terri Verbrugge, Canada
Should I be a proud Canadian when I am ashamed that this hunt takes place in my own country? It makes Canadians look like they have zero compassion. Majority of Canadians are opposed to this action. Why can't the government listen to this plea?

# 41,461:

10:44 am PDT, May 14, Julia Massaro, New York

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10:40 am PDT, May 14, Mike Masishin, Pennsylvania
I have not consumed or used Canadian products since this began I will not along with countless other people who have a conscience and heart.

# 41,458:

10:38 am PDT, May 14, Alissa D'Auria, Virginia

# 41,457:

10:29 am PDT, May 14, Ann Wilson, Oregon

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10:26 am PDT, May 14, Jeannie Mclaughlin, Texas

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10:21 am PDT, May 14, Mary Oczak, Minnesota
It is one thing to humanely kill animals for our food (humans will probably never become totally vegetarian), and respect the fact that the animal gave up it's life for us to eat. It is quite another to inhumanely and violently beat an animal to death - with no honor, and no respect. This practice is imbued with shame, and must be stopped.

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10:16 am PDT, May 14, Bill Testerman, Tennessee
The annual Canadian seal hunt is cruel and unnecessary!! Economic pressure is being added to animal welfare concerns, and Canada is getting a worse and worse international reputation because of the seal hunt. Why do you continue with this inhumane practice??

# 41,453:

10:10 am PDT, May 14, Jerry Jacka, Oregon

# 41,452:

10:08 am PDT, May 14, Glen DeKlein, Michigan

# 41,451:

9:54 am PDT, May 14, Neal Ryder, Massachusetts

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