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Support The Historic Bill to End Canada's Commercial Seal Hunt

Target: Canadian Senators
Sponsored by: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

Thanks to a courageous Canadian Senator, there is now a Bill that would end this hunt, which is expected to take the lives of more than 250,000 baby seals this year alone.

Imagine a Canada in which there are no more baby seals hooked and dragged onto boats while still conscious. No more seals as young as three weeks old being skinned alive. No more needless slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seals each year.

Senator Mac Harb wants to fill the Senate with messages of support for his Bill. Help us collect over 250,000 signatures in the next few weeks - one message for every seal that will likely be killed in this year's slaughter.

With the proposed seal product ban in the EU and IFAW's success in helping to secure Russia's ban on hunting harp seals less than a year old, the momentum to end Canada's commercial seal hunt has never been stronger. The prospect of making a lasting change to save the seals has never been so real, so please sign the petition today!

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goal: 100,000

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I am writing to urge you to support Canadian Senator Harb's efforts to end Canada's cruel commercial seal hunt.

This hunt only continues to exist because it is propped up by government support and taxpayers' money. For years, the vast majority of Canadians and caring people worldwide have been calling for an end to the hunt and the time to act is now.

The animal welfare concerns associated with Canada's commercial seal hunt are well documented. This hunt is unnecessary and economically nonviable. The time has come to transition Canadian sealers into new and more rewarding industries that do not involve cruelty to animals.

Please use your power as a concerned citizen to fight for an end to this cruel and unnecessary slaughter.

The world is watching.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

We signed the “Support The Historic Bill to End Canada's Commercial Seal Hunt” petition!

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9:47 am PDT, May 27, Name not displayed, Russian Federation

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9:44 am PDT, May 27, Name not displayed, Oklahoma

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7:44 am PDT, May 27, Kristin Erman, Missouri

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6:14 am PDT, May 27, Paola De ferrari, Italy
who doesn't respect animals can't respect people

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5:17 am PDT, May 27, ROSEMARY NOHOWEC, New York
It is no longer fashionable to kill seals for their fur or any other lame reason. Let's put an end to this horrendous violence and let these animals live in peace. People do not want this cruelty to take place any more and are not buying into this cruel practice any more. This must be the end now!!!!

# 92,708:

3:21 am PDT, May 27, Dawn Stoddart, Canada
I AGREE !

# 92,707:

3:15 am PDT, May 27, Nin Dahlerus Andersen, Norway

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2:08 am PDT, May 27, Sarah Crump, United Kingdom
There is no place for such barbarism in a civillised world.

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2:08 am PDT, May 27, Pavl�na Rojkov�, Czech Republic

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11:59 pm PDT, May 26, Roxanne Sumner, Minnesota

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11:07 pm PDT, May 26, Masayuki Mitsuya, Japan
Please stop! They are scared to the hell.

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9:20 pm PDT, May 26, Edith Belcher, Kentucky

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7:31 pm PDT, May 26, Antoinette Valles, California

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6:49 pm PDT, May 26, Aaron Cross, New Zealand
lol eat your heart out cannibals. No wonder the world thinks you're a bunch of primitives

# 92,699:

5:19 pm PDT, May 26, Viktoria Boniakivska, Ukraine

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3:47 pm PDT, May 26, Marianna Bastos, Brazil

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3:21 pm PDT, May 26, Rachel Knox, New York
I am writing to urge you to support Canadian Senator Harb's efforts to end Canada's cruel commercial seal hunt. This hunt only continues to exist because it is propped up by government support and taxpayers' money. For years, the vast majority of Canadians and caring people worldwide have been calling for an end to the hunt and the time to act is now. The animal welfare concerns associated with Canada's commercial seal hunt are well documented. This hunt is unnecessary and economically nonviable. The time has come to transition Canadian sealers into new and more rewarding industries that do not involve cruelty to animals. Please use your power as a concerned citizen to fight for an end to this cruel and unnecessary slaughter. The world is watching. Sincerely, Rachel Knox

# 92,696:

3:04 pm PDT, May 26, JMargaret Davies, California
Canadian Gov eats raw seal heart 2 support seal hunt http://bit.ly/3gAtR Quite a PR stunt-Please stop hunt: http://bit.ly/EIRCL

# 92,695:

2:44 pm PDT, May 26, Allison Johnson, Minnesota

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2:38 pm PDT, May 26, Sabrina Luckman, Canada

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1:41 pm PDT, May 26, Name not displayed, Canada

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12:42 pm PDT, May 26, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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12:28 pm PDT, May 26, Kate Vernon, Canada
please. there is no reason at this juncture in history to continue this practice. we have the means and the minds to find alternatives. the arctic ecosystem is already in such a friable state the annual seal hunt should not continue. for once we have to take other people and other species and the natural world into consideration. profit it NOT ENOUGH to justify what is happening.

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11:55 am PDT, May 26, Sandra Dietrich, Germany

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11:28 am PDT, May 26, Irina Stepanenko, Ukraine

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11:15 am PDT, May 26, Katya Khasandzhanova, Russian Federation

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11:01 am PDT, May 26, Dmitriy Zavizionov, Russian Federation

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10:18 am PDT, May 26, Brooke Weakland, Florida

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9:49 am PDT, May 26, Amanda Civichino, Canada

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9:45 am PDT, May 26, Darla Allen, Connecticut
Please!!

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9:34 am PDT, May 26, Dan Snop, Israel
We have to generally reconsider our attitude to the REST of nature. It makes me angry when i think that we are doing all those cruel things just to get more of those silly paper sheets (money) .

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9:24 am PDT, May 26, Mina Seo, Korea, Republic Of
let's please act as a civilized human. please stop being inhuman when you are living as a human.

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9:07 am PDT, May 26, Name not displayed, Greece
Stop hunting!!!!!

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8:01 am PDT, May 26, Megan Householder, Tennessee

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7:52 am PDT, May 26, Jose Carlos Cuellar, Spain
We can live without the seals fur. They can't live if we want their fur. Let them live!

# 92,678:

7:32 am PDT, May 26, Patricia Rodriguez, Mexico
I agree with the idea of stop the seal hunt

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12:51 am PDT, May 26, Samantha Gray, California

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11:26 pm PDT, May 25, VASILIKI AGRAFIOTOU, Greece

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9:10 pm PDT, May 25, Mel Smith, Australia

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8:47 pm PDT, May 25, Stephanie Bahramian, Connecticut

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8:45 pm PDT, May 25, Olive Begre, Philippines

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7:06 pm PDT, May 25, Chris Rice, California

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6:16 pm PDT, May 25, Name not displayed, Canada
This has to stop. It should never have been done. There are things in life that can be done in a way more humane way. These Hunters are questionable as humans to be able to be so cruel. This isn't about them needed to put food on the table, its about the fact that they're even able to eat, sleep, or look their families in the eyes after being so evil. It truly disgust me and many others to know that this goes on. Please, make it stop. I would be devastated to find out that my father was doing harmful things to seals, as I am sure their children would be, if they really new what was going on out there.

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5:39 pm PDT, May 25, Mj Medel, Minnesota
stop hunting!

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5:33 pm PDT, May 25, Rob Nobrega, Florida

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5:04 pm PDT, May 25, Lori Ferguson, California

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4:53 pm PDT, May 25, Ezme HERMSEN, New Zealand
END THIS CRUELTY NOW. WOULD YOU LIKE TO WATCH YOUR CHILD KILLING A BABY SEAL RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU EYES

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4:24 pm PDT, May 25, Adrienne Leifer, New York
THE SEALS NEED US TO DEFEND FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DO IT NO WAY OTHERWISE FOR THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE NO VOICE SO LET'S SPEAK FOR THEM TODAY AND END THE BRUTAL SLAUGHTER OF THESE SEALS TODAY! GOD BLESS -ADRIENNE NORA LEIFER

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3:54 pm PDT, May 25, Frank Smith, Maryland

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3:34 pm PDT, May 25, Pablo A. Robles Castro, Spain

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2:55 pm PDT, May 25, Svetlana Duric, Bosnia And Herzegovina
It's time to stop the seal hunt

# 92,662:

1:48 pm PDT, May 25, Jeremy Smith, Indiana

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1:06 pm PDT, May 25, Carol Wiley, California
If we do not save our wildlife, we too will become threatened.

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11:24 am PDT, May 25, Barbara Carranza, Mexico

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10:17 am PDT, May 25, Taibah Ahmed, United Kingdom

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8:27 am PDT, May 25, Athanasiou Marilena, Greece

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7:49 am PDT, May 25, Name not displayed, New York

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7:29 am PDT, May 25, Name not displayed, Canada

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6:58 am PDT, May 25, Valery Tsvetkova, Russian Federation

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6:22 am PDT, May 25, Ann Bylyn, Ukraine

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6:17 am PDT, May 25, Aleksandar Popovic, Serbia And Montenegro

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