Target:David Emerson, Canadian Minister of International Trade Sponsored by:Care2
Last year, the hunt left more than 350,000 seals dead -- almost all of them were babies as young as 12 days of age. One of our most effective weapons against the hunt is a boycott of Canadian seafood.
Why? Seal hunting is an off-season activity for Canada's east coast commercial fishermen. Only a small fraction of their incomes come from selling seal skins to the fur industry. [1] The majority of their income is made through seafood products such as snow crab, cod, scallops and shrimp.
This financial connection between the commercial fishing industry and the seal hunt means that people all over the world have the power to end the hunt by choosing not to buy seafood products from Canada.
This year, we are excited to report that the boycott is working! Since the boycott started, the Canadian fishing industry has suffered a $350 million (Canadian) decline in the value of snow crab exports to the United States.
Put the pressure on Canada's fishing industry by joining the more than 440,000 people who have pledged not to buy Canadian seafood products until this cruel hunt ends for good.
[1] Only a reported $17.5 million (Canadian) annually, compared to the nearly $3 billion taken in by the Canadian fishing industry from seafood exports to the United States.
We signed the “End the Seal Hunt by Using Your Buying Power!” petition!
# 55,367:
12:40 pm PDT, Sep 11,Marie Titley, United Kingdom
# 55,366:
10:06 am PDT, Sep 11,Kelleen Knight, California
# 55,365:
9:49 am PDT, Sep 11,Dereuddre Anne, France
# 55,364:
9:46 am PDT, Sep 11,LORENA NUÑEZ FERNANDEZ, Spain
# 55,363:
9:32 am PDT, Sep 11,JONATHAN DURAN CASO, Spain
# 55,362:
8:20 am PDT, Sep 11,Amy Earl, Kansas
# 55,361:
4:47 am PDT, Sep 11,Name not displayed, Turkey
# 55,360:
3:18 am PDT, Sep 11,Tina Glische, Germany
# 55,359:
2:59 am PDT, Sep 11,Antje Nebel, Australia
# 55,358:
2:48 am PDT, Sep 11,Terrie Collins, North Dakota
# 55,357:
2:46 am PDT, Sep 11,Candra Adams, Arizona
I know which stores/restaurants boycott Canadian fish from the seal killers (i.e. Trader Joe's). I already am boycotting places like Red Lobster that show no compassion. I'm also boycotting Canada, as a tourist, until it ends.
# 55,356:
2:04 am PDT, Sep 11,Name not displayed, Austria
# 55,355:
12:17 am PDT, Sep 11,Abudicioai Raluca, Romania
# 55,354:
11:00 pm PDT, Sep 10,Javier Carro, Switzerland
Canadian's seefood is history for me as long as Canadian government does not stop these atrocities
# 55,353:
10:39 pm PDT, Sep 10,Connie Eisert R.N., California
# 55,352:
10:16 pm PDT, Sep 10,Alishya Young, Canada
# 55,351:
9:10 pm PDT, Sep 10,Jorge Lozada, Massachusetts
# 55,350:
6:49 pm PDT, Sep 10,Krista Miller, Washington
# 55,349:
2:08 pm PDT, Sep 10,Alia Navarro de la Paz, Germany
Stop the cruelty and please help to make this world a dignified place for all beings, animals or human kind.
12:16 pm PDT, Sep 10,Stacey Pokluda, California
It's past time to end this needless & barbaric hunt!
# 55,346:
9:07 am PDT, Sep 10,Roanne P., Singapore
Stop this barbaric killing! Killing seals are as good as killing anyone! Killing baby seals are as good as killing babies! Those innocent seals did nothing to those hunters! Why are the hunters then killing the seals?!? This is a violation of animal rights and a lack of justice! Stop this cruel act NOW!
# 55,345:
8:07 am PDT, Sep 10,Catalina Lopez Salazar, Colombia
# 55,344:
7:45 am PDT, Sep 10,Balsem Seghaier, Tunisia
# 55,343:
5:26 am PDT, Sep 10,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
we were due to book our honeymoon to either Canada or Iceland. Now that Iceland is perhaps not whaling, we are reserving judgement, seeing what Iceland does - and if satisfied, will book there instead of Canada. I would love to visit Canada - your country appears to have a lot to offer - but cannot bring ourselves to spend any money till the seal issue stops for good.
pity - we were going to spend loads in your country!!!
# 55,342:
5:03 am PDT, Sep 10,Eva Gaugele, Germany
# 55,341:
4:45 am PDT, Sep 10,Yueh Phing Chung, Malaysia
# 55,340:
4:15 am PDT, Sep 10,VIBHOR SHARMA KAUSHAL, India
# 55,339:
2:50 am PDT, Sep 10,Alessandro Barracciu, Italy
# 55,338:
2:50 am PDT, Sep 10,Laura Tatti, Italy
# 55,337:
10:55 pm PDT, Sep 9,Kitty Chong, Malaysia
it is a sin for killing animals...
# 55,336:
6:52 pm PDT, Sep 9,JoAnne Perdue, Florida
anyone that is capable of doing such a thing does not deserve to share this planet
# 55,335:
6:12 pm PDT, Sep 9,Jessica Reynolds, New Jersey
This DISGUSTS me.
# 55,334:
5:59 pm PDT, Sep 9,Lyssa Collard, Oklahoma
# 55,333:
5:48 pm PDT, Sep 9,Name not displayed, Wisconsin
The human animal is capable of such greatness and such vial brutality. I am ashamed to be a member of the human race when such putrid behavior is tolerated by any government. Please Canada enough... the eyes of the world are upon you. Show the world you are made of greatness and stop the slaughter.
# 55,332:
4:01 pm PDT, Sep 9,Kendall Eisert, California
YOUR PEOPLE ARE KILLING GODS CREATIONS FOR NO REASON, SO AS A RESULT OF THIS BARBARICK ACTION I'M BOYCOTTING EVERYTHING ABOUT CANADA AND URGING EVERYONE I KNOW TO DO THE SAME. THIS IS CRULE AND COMPLETLY UNCALLED FOR. I'M SORRY TO SAY BUT IF YOU ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE YOU NEED TO GET PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HELP. WHEN I HEARD OF THIS I COULDN'T BELEIVE IT, AFTER EVERYTHING I DO IN ANIMAL RESCUE AND THEN TO READ THIS.....THIS JUST MAKES ME SICK.
# 55,331:
2:36 pm PDT, Sep 9,Annmarie Lopez, Florida
# 55,330:
11:42 am PDT, Sep 9,Theresia Hoffmann, Germany
# 55,329:
10:44 am PDT, Sep 9,Name not displayed, Panama
I have stopped traveling to Canada and will not return until the slaughter is ended. NO pienso regresar al Canadá hasta que se prohíba la matanza de focas.
# 55,328:
10:42 am PDT, Sep 9,Rosario Flores Lozada, Michigan
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7:18 am PDT, Sep 9,Name not displayed, Nevada
# 55,326:
5:44 am PDT, Sep 9,Therese Black, Australia
# 55,325:
2:42 am PDT, Sep 9,Stefano Cavoretto, Italy
# 55,324:
12:29 am PDT, Sep 9,Jemma Browning, United Kingdom
# 55,323:
10:07 pm PDT, Sep 8,Name not displayed, Virginia
God is watching>>>>>Please stop the slaughter............V
# 55,322:
9:13 pm PDT, Sep 8,Samantha Mclauchlan, Australia
# 55,321:
8:05 pm PDT, Sep 8,Michelle Batista, Canada
# 55,320:
7:35 pm PDT, Sep 8,Meg Charnley, Canada
# 55,319:
5:56 pm PDT, Sep 8,Andrea Martinez, Mexico
please stop doing that is the most horrible thing a have ever seen!! this cannot continue happening!!!
# 55,318:
3:40 pm PDT, Sep 8,Name not displayed, Ireland
this is so sad and cruel, these poor seals dont have any rights, who are we to decide what should be killed
# 55,317:
3:05 pm PDT, Sep 8,Justin Smyth, United Kingdom
words cannot describe how disgusted i am, sick,sick people how would they like it to be done to them?
# 55,316:
1:42 pm PDT, Sep 8,Henk Martin Hollebeek, Netherlands
STOP the cruelty murder on baby seals, in the name of God and all the killed seals.
# 55,315:
12:54 pm PDT, Sep 8,Donovan Sutters, Texas
# 55,314:
11:59 am PDT, Sep 8,Jeanette Burchaski, Ohio
# 55,313:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 8,Norma Oswalt, United Kingdom
Canada should be ashamed but obviously ugly women wearing fur and money is more important,may the clubbers rot in hell for their cruelty.
# 55,312:
10:43 am PDT, Sep 8,Aylwin Chin, Malaysia
If there is no rational reason why your government should allow this monstrosity to continue, then stop the madness. I doubt I'll affect Canadian seafood exports much, but I will be reading the fine print on the canned food from now on, and will be much more interested in country of origin.
# 55,311:
9:57 am PDT, Sep 8,Ruth Jamieson, Canada
# 55,310:
9:37 am PDT, Sep 8,Avalon Schuerman, Colorado
# 55,309:
9:32 am PDT, Sep 8,Name not displayed, Pakistan
# 55,308:
9:00 am PDT, Sep 8,Name not displayed, Canada
This brutality has to stop now!What a horrible legacy Canada is leaving-one that exploits and brutalizes helpless creatures-I'm ashamed to be called Canadian!!!!
# 55,307:
6:42 am PDT, Sep 8,Pallavi Bhattacharyya, India
# 55,306:
6:41 am PDT, Sep 8,Catherine Smalley, United Kingdom
