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Stop Canada's Cruel and Senseless Seal Hunt!
Target: The Canadian ParliamentSponsored by: International Fund for Animal Welfare
Nearly 1 million baby seals will be clubbed or shot to death in Canada in just three years. Shockingly, the hunt is subsidized by the Canadian government!
Every winter, Northwest Atlantic harp seals migrate to Eastern Canada to give birth and mate. Following their birth in late winter, mothers leave in search of mates, while the pups remain helpless and vulnerable on the ice until they can swim and catch their own food. ItÂ’s during this time when they are most vulnerable that they are mercilessly slaughtered for their pelts!
Hunters armed with clubs and rifles will bludgeon to death hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals. About 96% of the seals killed will be less than three months old and more than 40% may be skinned alive!
Canada's seal hunt is the largest deliberate slaughter of marine mammals in the world. But the killing of baby seals doesn't make sense economically or ecologically, nor is it sustainable. It's simply a tragic slaughter of defenseless animals that benefits a small minority of boat captains armed with big ships, snowmobiles and even personal helicopters. This isn't about small town survival or tradition, it's an industrial killing machine for profit.
But Canada wants the media and public to believe that no one cares about the innocent blood spilled each year across the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This year's hunt will continue until the industry reaches its quota of 319,500 seals.That's why we must raise a public outcry.
Please tell the Canadian government that you do care and that this practice is unacceptable. We must show the Canadian Parliament that the rest of the world will no longer stand for this cruel and senseless hunt!
Every winter, Northwest Atlantic harp seals migrate to Eastern Canada to give birth and mate. Following their birth in late winter, mothers leave in search of mates, while the pups remain helpless and vulnerable on the ice until they can swim and catch their own food. ItÂ’s during this time when they are most vulnerable that they are mercilessly slaughtered for their pelts!
Hunters armed with clubs and rifles will bludgeon to death hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals. About 96% of the seals killed will be less than three months old and more than 40% may be skinned alive!
Canada's seal hunt is the largest deliberate slaughter of marine mammals in the world. But the killing of baby seals doesn't make sense economically or ecologically, nor is it sustainable. It's simply a tragic slaughter of defenseless animals that benefits a small minority of boat captains armed with big ships, snowmobiles and even personal helicopters. This isn't about small town survival or tradition, it's an industrial killing machine for profit.
But Canada wants the media and public to believe that no one cares about the innocent blood spilled each year across the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This year's hunt will continue until the industry reaches its quota of 319,500 seals.That's why we must raise a public outcry.
Please tell the Canadian government that you do care and that this practice is unacceptable. We must show the Canadian Parliament that the rest of the world will no longer stand for this cruel and senseless hunt!
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We signed the “Stop Canada's Cruel and Senseless Seal Hunt!” petition!
# 50:
2:33 pm PST, Feb 11,
Michael Dowdy, Missouri
# 49:
2:30 pm PST, Feb 11,
Jeff Parker, Nevada
# 48:
2:18 pm PST, Feb 11,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 47:
2:17 pm PST, Feb 11,
Victoria Struth, California
That is sick!
That is sick!
# 46:
1:53 pm PST, Feb 11,
Faith Y, Canada
This shouldn't even need a petition!! Stop this evilness, please!!!!
This shouldn't even need a petition!! Stop this evilness, please!!!!
# 45:
1:49 pm PST, Feb 11,
Jeri Badgett, Texas
It is my understanding that the Canadian government wants the media and public to believe that no one cares about the killing of innocent and defenseless seal pups each year across the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This is to let you know that I CARE! This yearly hunt is barbaric and archaic. The pelts yielded are not a necessary item for anyone and the killing of these creatures creates and ecological imbalance that effects everyone. Please stop the killing and put an end to the destructive cycle of seal hunting.
It is my understanding that the Canadian government wants the media and public to believe that no one cares about the killing of innocent and defenseless seal pups each year across the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This is to let you know that I CARE! This yearly hunt is barbaric and archaic. The pelts yielded are not a necessary item for anyone and the killing of these creatures creates and ecological imbalance that effects everyone. Please stop the killing and put an end to the destructive cycle of seal hunting.
# 44:
1:49 pm PST, Feb 11,
Terry Smith, New Hampshire
This horrific slaughter was stopped in the 70's. We need to ask Canadians to again put these seals first and as an act of good faith, we Americans need to take more steps toward cleaning acid rain from our factories and power plants that pour over the boarders into Canada. Both countries have fallen back to environmentally horrendous practises in the name of economic considerations. Now we both must put the environment first on our political agendas.
This horrific slaughter was stopped in the 70's. We need to ask Canadians to again put these seals first and as an act of good faith, we Americans need to take more steps toward cleaning acid rain from our factories and power plants that pour over the boarders into Canada. Both countries have fallen back to environmentally horrendous practises in the name of economic considerations. Now we both must put the environment first on our political agendas.
# 43:
1:06 pm PST, Feb 11,
Pam Boland, Georgia
# 42:
12:58 pm PST, Feb 11,
Barbara Dempsey-West, Massachusetts
The days are long gone when we needed to club animals to death in order to eat or survive. There is no viable reason for this hunt to continue, MUCH LESS BE SUBSIDIZED by the government. SHAME ON YOU - stop this appalling hunt now!!!!
The days are long gone when we needed to club animals to death in order to eat or survive. There is no viable reason for this hunt to continue, MUCH LESS BE SUBSIDIZED by the government. SHAME ON YOU - stop this appalling hunt now!!!!
# 41:
12:56 pm PST, Feb 11,
Nancy Goodell, Nebraska
# 40:
12:53 pm PST, Feb 11,
Dawn Stoner, California
# 39:
12:51 pm PST, Feb 11,
Jack Picone, New York
# 38:
12:39 pm PST, Feb 11,
Ryan STEVENS, France
there is so much to tell about it, beginning with the uselessness of such a thing. Those animals do have the right to live as much as we do; humans owe them respect for their fragility and their innocence; seal hunt has been established to empty the seas on behalf of the devilish industrial wheel. Not being fair toward this truth is useless such as the hunt itself because everyone knows this. The time has come to live in harmony wiht the animals and the humans on this marvellous planet ant to think about something more valuable and lasting than making ephemeral money.
there is so much to tell about it, beginning with the uselessness of such a thing. Those animals do have the right to live as much as we do; humans owe them respect for their fragility and their innocence; seal hunt has been established to empty the seas on behalf of the devilish industrial wheel. Not being fair toward this truth is useless such as the hunt itself because everyone knows this. The time has come to live in harmony wiht the animals and the humans on this marvellous planet ant to think about something more valuable and lasting than making ephemeral money.
# 37:
12:33 pm PST, Feb 11,
Lisa Marshall, Texas
# 36:
12:06 pm PST, Feb 11,
Saskia Oskam, Netherlands
It's cruel and unnecessary
It's cruel and unnecessary
# 35:
11:43 am PST, Feb 11,
Carmelina Romano, Canada
# 34:
11:15 am PST, Feb 11,
Name not displayed, Georgia
# 33:
10:37 am PST, Feb 11,
Jan Squeek, United Kingdom
its cruelty at its worst, nothing can excuse the pain and suffering these creatures endure at the hands of humans.
its cruelty at its worst, nothing can excuse the pain and suffering these creatures endure at the hands of humans.
# 32:
10:35 am PST, Feb 11,
Likker Beatrix, Hungary
# 31:
10:32 am PST, Feb 11,
Nagy Balázs, Hungary
# 30:
10:29 am PST, Feb 11,
Elizabeth Parmer, Alabama
# 29:
10:12 am PST, Feb 11,
Anne Midgley, Australia
Stop this barbarious practice or YOU WILL be responsible for the extinction of ANOTHER species on this planet. How many more living beings need die for the GREED of a few, isn't killing each other enough for you blood thirsty bastards??
Stop this barbarious practice or YOU WILL be responsible for the extinction of ANOTHER species on this planet. How many more living beings need die for the GREED of a few, isn't killing each other enough for you blood thirsty bastards??
# 28:
9:53 am PST, Feb 11,
Dinda Evans, California
# 27:
9:51 am PST, Feb 11,
Staci Harris, Florida
# 26:
9:16 am PST, Feb 11,
Stephana Benassi, Colorado
# 25:
9:11 am PST, Feb 11,
Carol Cuomo-Golden,LCSW, New York
Simply put....Animals are not here for human "profit". We were given brains for making the choices of good guardians. What a horrid world without animals. What a lovely world without hate and total disregard pain. Do these "things" with clubs and guns stay around to see and hear the cries of torment of the mothers returning to "the nursery of carnage"? Hopefully, what goes around comes around.
Simply put....Animals are not here for human "profit". We were given brains for making the choices of good guardians. What a horrid world without animals. What a lovely world without hate and total disregard pain. Do these "things" with clubs and guns stay around to see and hear the cries of torment of the mothers returning to "the nursery of carnage"? Hopefully, what goes around comes around.
# 24:
8:43 am PST, Feb 11,
Jamie Wright, Arizona
# 23:
8:10 am PST, Feb 11,
Kim Kerr, Canada
Makes me ashamed to be a Canadian. What you don't hear about the seal hunt is that the biggest market is for seal penis's which are sold to supply the Asians as aphrodesiacs. What a waste of precious life!
Makes me ashamed to be a Canadian. What you don't hear about the seal hunt is that the biggest market is for seal penis's which are sold to supply the Asians as aphrodesiacs. What a waste of precious life!
# 22:
7:50 am PST, Feb 11,
Name not displayed, Virginia
You bitches why would you want to kill an animal for something that is already endangered. You know It is People Like you that make me sick. Basterds
You bitches why would you want to kill an animal for something that is already endangered. You know It is People Like you that make me sick. Basterds
# 21:
7:42 am PST, Feb 11,
Bess Katerinsky, New York
# 20:
6:54 am PST, Feb 11,
Christa Washington, Washington
# 19:
6:52 am PST, Feb 11,
Christy Davis, Florida
The seal hunt is cruel and inhumane. We as a human race are not monsters but with this hunt you would never be able to guess that.
The seal hunt is cruel and inhumane. We as a human race are not monsters but with this hunt you would never be able to guess that.
# 18:
6:46 am PST, Feb 11,
Lauri Peacock, New Mexico
# 17:
5:51 am PST, Feb 11,
Gale LaBeau, West Virginia
# 16:
5:45 am PST, Feb 11,
Name not displayed, California
# 15:
5:43 am PST, Feb 11,
Megan C, Australia
bcuz its cruel and inhumane. it could b compared to having a bazooka shoot at your head. and seals r cute and at the zoo the give ya kisses.
bcuz its cruel and inhumane. it could b compared to having a bazooka shoot at your head. and seals r cute and at the zoo the give ya kisses.
# 14:
3:10 am PST, Feb 11,
Joke Brussen, Netherlands
Leave them alone, is that not enough???
Leave them alone, is that not enough???
# 13:
2:29 am PST, Feb 11,
Jo Midgley, Australia
This act is so totally disgusting and unnecessary, it needs to be stopped right away.
This act is so totally disgusting and unnecessary, it needs to be stopped right away.
# 12:
1:26 am PST, Feb 11,
Rice Madden, United Kingdom
it is cruel and injust, there is no reason to kill these animals, they are doing no harm
it is cruel and injust, there is no reason to kill these animals, they are doing no harm
# 11:
12:29 am PST, Feb 11,
Samantha Lewis, United Kingdom
# 10:
12:20 am PST, Feb 11,
Rosella Ann Myles, West Virginia
# 9:
11:04 pm PST, Feb 10,
Rebecca Young, California
This hunt is cruel and barbaric. I urge you to stop!
This hunt is cruel and barbaric. I urge you to stop!
# 8:
9:51 pm PST, Feb 10,
Seal luva -, Zambia
animal cruetly is sick n so r youse
animal cruetly is sick n so r youse
# 7:
8:55 pm PST, Feb 10,
Dorian Eisman, Australia
Because the poor little baby seals cant defend themselves, and if they could i bet u they would club every politician they could find, but being such creatures that cannot go to warm places i doubt they would find many politicans to club....
Because the poor little baby seals cant defend themselves, and if they could i bet u they would club every politician they could find, but being such creatures that cannot go to warm places i doubt they would find many politicans to club....
# 6:
8:03 pm PST, Feb 10,
Amelia Eisman, Australia
# 5:
7:58 pm PST, Feb 10,
Sarah Kelly, Colorado
# 4:
7:37 pm PST, Feb 10,
Candace Messecar, New York
# 3:
1:16 pm PST, Feb 10,
Cassandra Koenen, Massachusetts
# 2:
9:33 am PST, Feb 9,
Michael Mahoney, Massachusetts
# 1:
3:39 pm PST, Jan 27,
Name not displayed, California
it is cruel and barbaric!
it is cruel and barbaric!