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Stop Canada's Cruel and Senseless Seal Hunt!

Target: The Canadian Parliament
Sponsored 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. Its 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!

deadline: 1-25-2006
goal: 150,000

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UPDATE: Canada's baby harp seal hunt was conducted in 2005 despite widespread condemnation by concerned citizens, animal welfare advocates and the media. Preliminary statistics suggest that nearly 318,000 harp seals were slaughtered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and coastal Newfoundland in March-April 2005, with a majority of the animals killed less than three months of age.

Fortunately, the strong international condemnation of Canada's baby seal hunt this past spring raised public awareness to its highest level in many years, which in turn has increased pressure on the Canadian government to stop this cruel and senseless slaughter.

In May, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) issued a report of questionable scientific merit, which claimed that despite the culling of roughly one million harp seals over the past three years, Canada's harp seal population is growing. Biologists at IFAW and other animal welfare groups have called upon the Canadian government to fully disclose its data and methodology for peer review by the scientific community, but as yet it has declined to do so.

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Dear Members of Parliament,

I, the undersigned, am deeply opposed to Canada's plan to slaughter nearly one million seals over a three-year period - the highest quota in history. The vast majority of these animals (96%) are less than three months old and completely defenseless. Continuing to ignore the cruelty and waste inherent in this industry is simply unacceptable.

[your comment here]

Please act immediately to end this abuse and restore Canada's reputation as a humane and ecologically responsible society.

Sincerely,

[your name]

We signed the “Stop Canada's Cruel and Senseless Seal Hunt!” petition!

# 152,950:

12:02 pm PST, Feb 25, Name not displayed, Texas
These acts are malicious, through and through. We forget that evil truly does exist, but here is a perfect example.

# 152,949:

11:13 am PST, Feb 25, Name not displayed, Hawaii
Please, please stop this hunting. I have been to Canada many times, because I have relatives there. I cant stand the fact that I economically contributing to a country that treats seals this way.

# 152,948:

10:39 am PST, Feb 25, Alison Moski, Connecticut

# 152,947:

9:14 am PST, Feb 25, Kimberly Pilkington, Illinois

# 152,946:

8:40 am PST, Feb 25, Kristi Wingrove, Pennsylvania

# 152,945:

7:55 am PST, Feb 25, Name not displayed, Florida
It is cruel, unhumaine & discusting.. I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH CANADA ANYMORE!!!

# 152,944:

7:53 am PST, Feb 25, Magdalena Zdunek, Poland

# 152,943:

7:48 am PST, Feb 25, Sumea Muir, United Kingdom

# 152,942:

7:40 am PST, Feb 25, Angelique Phelan, California

# 152,941:

7:17 am PST, Feb 25, Kathy Giraitis, Florida
You are a great nation! Please end this brutal and senseless killing of seals. No one NEEDS their fur more than they do.

# 152,940:

5:41 am PST, Feb 25, Gloria Polete, Texas

# 152,939:

4:12 am PST, Feb 25, Elmo Soomets, Estonia
Look how cute they are. Please stop this cruelty

# 152,938:

3:35 am PST, Feb 25, Karina Ender, Estonia

# 152,937:

11:12 pm PST, Feb 24, Wendy Williams, Georgia
its cruel

# 152,936:

9:52 pm PST, Feb 24, Michael Dym, VMD, New Jersey
This barbaric procedure is inhumane and horrible, and I will do everything I can to get word out to client I consult with around the United States about this horrific practice. Shame on all of you!!!!

# 152,935:

9:50 pm PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, Texas
These poor innocent animals are be cruely killed in inhuman manners. There is no reason to continue this.....please help them

# 152,934:

8:07 pm PST, Feb 24, Denise Urias, California

# 152,933:

7:13 pm PST, Feb 24, Cassandra E. Brennan, Maryland
Please Stop the KILLINGS

# 152,932:

6:30 pm PST, Feb 24, Jimmy Burchell, North Carolina

# 152,931:

6:23 pm PST, Feb 24, Hans Kloss, Russian Federation
Killing seals is repellent.

# 152,930:

6:19 pm PST, Feb 24, Debra Rothengast, New York

# 152,929:

5:10 pm PST, Feb 24, Todd Hetrick, Minnesota
Even for a country familiar with self-subsistance through hunting this form of animal treatment is overly viscious and highly irresponsible.

# 152,928:

5:10 pm PST, Feb 24, Vanessa Douglass, New Jersey
This is a barbaric and inhumane practice that needs to stop now. It is so true what Mahatma Gahndi stated: "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Canada, please end this senseless practice.

# 152,927:

3:34 pm PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, Massachusetts

# 152,926:

3:06 pm PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, California
Please stop this senseless cruelty. I will never purchase another thing from Canada as long as this continues.

# 152,925:

2:57 pm PST, Feb 24, Douglas Watts, New York

# 152,924:

2:30 pm PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, Massachusetts

# 152,923:

2:17 pm PST, Feb 24, Stella Nicole Vance, Tennessee
Wow. Now the word Canadian is going to eqaul murderer in minds of a whole lot of people. I wonder if you make enough money from your murdered baby seals to fix that?

# 152,922:

2:08 pm PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
How can you honestly justify clubbing a baby seal just so you can look better? It's one thing if a local village kills an adult seal eats it and uses the skin for clathes, and it's a completely different thing to club a baby one just to get another coat for your overstuffed closet.

# 152,921:

1:48 pm PST, Feb 24, Joseph McCarthy, Massachusetts
don't kill things you don't have to kill

# 152,920:

1:45 pm PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, Ohio

# 152,919:

1:06 pm PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, California

# 152,918:

12:29 pm PST, Feb 24, Stephen Donnelly, Massachusetts

# 152,917:

12:10 pm PST, Feb 24, Ellen Creason, Missouri

# 152,915:

11:30 am PST, Feb 24, June Lewis, Florida
Dear Members of Parliament, I am begging you to stop the inhuman killing of these baby seals. It is heart breaking to know these innocent babies are killed and in such a grotesque way.For them to lay there panic stricken and no-where to hide from the uncaring killers is beyond reason. PLEASE!!!!!!!!use your influence to stop this barbaric killing of the seals. It breaks my heart to know this is happening. PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!! Sincerely, June L. Lewis

# 152,914:

11:10 am PST, Feb 24, Erick Malsbury, Texas
Seals > $$$$$

# 152,913:

10:45 am PST, Feb 24, Kathy Francabandiero, New York
This is nothing more then blatant and inhumane cruelty to animals. I am horrified that Canada would allow such viciousness in their country.

# 152,912:

7:33 am PST, Feb 24, B. J. Burchell, North Carolina

# 152,911:

7:30 am PST, Feb 24, Deborah Womack, Wisconsin
Unbelievable behaviour from such a great country. Canadiens wake up and start protecting these innocents lifes.

# 152,910:

6:29 am PST, Feb 24, Tahani Montalvan, New Jersey

# 152,909:

6:10 am PST, Feb 24, Leif Bendeke, Tennessee
This is murder! It is senseless and inhumane. These murderers take pleasure in venting their aggression on a helpless baby. It has GOT to stop!

# 152,908:

5:59 am PST, Feb 24, Jenny Burchell, North Carolina

# 152,907:

5:02 am PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, Illinois

# 152,906:

4:29 am PST, Feb 24, Francesca Pampana, Italy
what canadian government is practising is horrible,reprehensive; I would like man practising this horrible actions could receive same treatment!IT'S A SHAME!!!!!

# 152,905:

3:23 am PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, Finland
There has to be another way.

# 152,904:

2:10 am PST, Feb 24, Shelia Richmond, Ohio
I think that it is senseless and cruel the way that it is done besides what harm do they do?

# 152,903:

12:09 am PST, Feb 24, Piper Eubank, California

# 152,902:

12:06 am PST, Feb 24, Ashley Barth, Pennsylvania

# 152,901:

10:26 pm PST, Feb 23, Jerry Cisneros, California

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