- Signatures: 1,573
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 3-1-2009
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Costco supports killing seals by selling seal oil capsules in its Canadian stores. Costco promised to stop in March 2006, but then reneged on that promise. Please boycott Costco to put pressure on them to stop selling the capsules. The only way to end the cruel slaughter is to financially hurt the killers and their supporters.
If there is any doubt about the cruelty inflicted upon the helpless seals, here is an account from a participant:
"One beater among the pile lifted its head and started to scratch his way around, his eyeballs two swirling pools of blood. His lower jaw was hanging down from his mouth by a thread of skin. “Darrell, kill that, will you?!” Gerard said.
Grabbing the hakipik, he did not kill it immediately. Instead he pressed the wooden handle up against the top teeth of the suffering creature. “Bite that if you can.” The poor thing had no bottom teeth and all it could do was crawl around in the swath.”
- Newfoundland Sealer Mickey Dwyer from his book, Over the Side Mickey
http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_060408_1.html
To stop the slaughter, the marketplace for seal products must be destroyed. Costco is providing a marketplace and supports this cruelty by selling seal oil capsules in its Canadian stores. Costco promised in March to stop selling them, but then reneged on its promise. http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_060405_1.html
If enough people boycott Costco, then hopefully it will get out of the baby seal killing industry.
Join the Costco boycott & help save seals. Let Costco know that you are boycotting them because you disagree with their support of the slaughter: https://www.costco.com/CustomerService/EmailUs.aspx?secure=1
You may contact influential people at Costco directly as well:
Thank you for your compassion in helping the seals.
* Please note that any comments advocating cruelty to animals will be deleted.
If there is any doubt about the cruelty inflicted upon the helpless seals, here is an account from a participant:
"One beater among the pile lifted its head and started to scratch his way around, his eyeballs two swirling pools of blood. His lower jaw was hanging down from his mouth by a thread of skin. “Darrell, kill that, will you?!” Gerard said.
Grabbing the hakipik, he did not kill it immediately. Instead he pressed the wooden handle up against the top teeth of the suffering creature. “Bite that if you can.” The poor thing had no bottom teeth and all it could do was crawl around in the swath.”
- Newfoundland Sealer Mickey Dwyer from his book, Over the Side Mickey
http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_060408_1.html
To stop the slaughter, the marketplace for seal products must be destroyed. Costco is providing a marketplace and supports this cruelty by selling seal oil capsules in its Canadian stores. Costco promised in March to stop selling them, but then reneged on its promise. http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_060405_1.html
If enough people boycott Costco, then hopefully it will get out of the baby seal killing industry.
Join the Costco boycott & help save seals. Let Costco know that you are boycotting them because you disagree with their support of the slaughter: https://www.costco.com/CustomerService/EmailUs.aspx?secure=1
You may contact influential people at Costco directly as well:
James Sinegal, CEO
Costco Wholesale Corporation
999 Lake Drive
Issaquah, WA 98027
Email: jsinegal@costco.com
Tel: 800-774-2678 (and Press 6) or 425-313-8163
Fax: 425-313-8103
Richard Duffy
Assistant Vice President - Canada
Costco Wholesale
45940 Horseshoe Drive
Sterling, VA 20166
(703)406-6924
(703)406-6857 Fax
richard.duffy@costco.com or rduffy@costco.com
To see his email promise to Sea Shepherd, go here http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_060405_1.html
Karen Paulsell
Administrative Assistant to Jim Sinegal
Direct phone: 425-313-8565
Fax: 425-313-8103
Email: kpaulsell@costco.com
Two contacts best used by anyone who holds shares in Costco or who is thinking about purchasing shares:Sharon Rugh
Executive Assistant to Richard Galanti
Direct phone: 425-313-8256
Fax: 425-313-6593
Email: srugh@costco.com
Canadian Senior Executives – Costco’s top decision-makers in Canada (the ones who ultimately pushed to restock the shelves with seal oil caps):
Louise Wendling
Senior Vice President of Costco Canada
Direct phone: 613-221-2000 ext. 2020
Fax: 613-221-2001
Email: louise.wendling@costco.com
Pierre Riel
Senior VP and General Manager for Eastern Canada
Direct phone: 613-221-2000 ext. 2003
Fax: 613-221-2001
Email: pierre.riel@costco.com
Pharmaceuticals – Two individuals in Canada in charge of Costco’s pharmaceutical division which handles the seal oil product:Reza Farmand
Director of Pharmacy
Direct phone: 613-221-2313
Fax: 613-221-2001
Email: reza.farmand@costco.com
Thank you for your compassion in helping the seals.
* Please note that any comments advocating cruelty to animals will be deleted.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | City | State | Zip/Postal Code | Country | Will you boycott Costco? Tell them why! | Picture | Report |
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| 1,576 | 7:14 am PDT, Oct 31 | Mrs. | Olga Azovsky | Brooklyn | New York | 11214 | United States |  |
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| 1,575 | 10:04 pm PDT, Sep 26 | Ms. | sabrina malais | toronto | m1v2e1 | Canada | I usually shop at Costco once a week. I vow not to buy anything from Costco until they stop supporting the violent killings of seals. It is not okay to profit from cruel deaths on helpless animals. Stop selling pills containing dead seals or I'll purchase my products elsewhere. | |
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| 1,574 | 12:42 pm PDT, Jul 19 | Ms. | Angie Whiteman | Jersey | United Kingdom | |
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| 1,573 | 11:17 pm PDT, Jun 27 | gili kahana | 11 | Israel | |
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| 1,572 | 7:41 pm PDT, Jun 21 | Ms. | Edita Hajdar | Pelican Rapids | Minnesota | 56572 | United States | |
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| 1,571 | 1:21 am PDT, Jun 13 | Ms. | niki lub | B | b | Italy | |
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| 1,570 | 10:34 pm PDT, May 14 | mariko mckittrick | California | 90019 | United States | absolutely!!! i'm not that hungry, that broke, that desperate to need to buy food in bulk to help a company like costco profit from the horrific crimes committed in the seal hunt that they proactively support by carrying products which contain seal oil. its sad to think that people can become so consumed in making profit they lose their own sense of humanity and dignity. i would much rather pay a few more extra dollars at a grocery store that makes less money than costco but strives to provide better quality product for their customers while taking the stance to proudly support the ban on seal hunting. costco's argument is that they would not take a political stance-fine. But this is an american company publicly traded on the ny stock exchange and last time i checked, the u.s made it illegal to sell any seal products from the seal hunt. | |
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| 1,569 | 3:22 pm PDT, Apr 27 | Ms. | Leila Merosands | Lacey | Washington | 98503 | United States | I'll continue boycotting Costco, because of its morally repugnant association to cruelty and commensurate irrational greed, as will everyone I know. | |
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| 1,568 | 12:41 pm PDT, Apr 10 | Mr. | Slavoljub Zaric | Montreal | H3N 1A9 | Canada | I boycott Costco because they support animal cruelty and I'll make sure that all my friends know about this! | |
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| 1,567 | 12:39 pm PDT, Apr 10 | Mrs. | Olga Zaric | Montreal | H3N 1A9 | Canada | THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW HORRIFIED I AM AFTER SEEING WHAT PEOPLE DO TO THESE GENTLE CREATURES! SHAME ON YOU! I'M NOT BUYING ANYTHING FROM COSTCO! |  |
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| 1,566 | 11:42 am PDT, Mar 8 | Mr. | luis cardona | Perth Amboy | New Jersey | 08861 | United States | As a frequent Costco customer I pledge to boycott Costco until they stop supporting the evil annual canadian baby seal massacre and I will strongly urge family, friends and others to do so as well. | |
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| 1,565 | 8:26 pm PST, Mar 7 | Jane Tang | Maryland | 21117 | United States | Having seen the unbelievable slaughter of seals makes it easy for me to boycott Canadian seafood products. I don't believe it's a necessary practice in order to supply the world's markets with seafood. Until Canada ends this practice or curtails it, I'll buy my seafood from elsewhere. | |
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| 1,564 | 12:57 pm PST, Mar 1 | Helen Forsythe | Cornwall | TR10 8BL | United Kingdom | WE BOYCOTT COSTCO UNTIL THEY STOP THE BLOODY SLAUGHTER | |
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| 1,563 | 12:29 am PST, Feb 26 | Ms. | Pearl Gilman | Seattle | Washington | 98146 | United States | |
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| 1,562 | 12:59 pm PST, Feb 25 | Ann Cawley | Saint Joseph | Missouri | 64503 | United States | |
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| 1,561 | 4:08 pm PST, Feb 23 | Ms. | Helen Griffiths | Abbots Langley | WD5 0PT | United Kingdom | |
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| 1,560 | 9:32 am PST, Feb 22 | Ms. | Nicole Perrot | Los Angeles | California | 90025 | United States |  |
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| 1,559 | 11:24 pm PST, Feb 15 | Anonymous | Beverly Hills | California | 90210 | United States | Cruelty on animals must stop. Animals are a part of mother nature and she is getting very angry with people hurting and destroying her beloved animals, earth and environment. She is soon to whip her tail with full blown whips, and that is something I can guarantee that you don't want to experience. Nobody has ever began to experience her full blown whips, only her small whips. And she is now preparing to whip her tail with numerous full blown whips! Once mother nature whips her tail, there is no stopping her, regardless of who you are. The days are growing shorter, and so is her fiery. Therefore, keep on making her angry and I promise you, you will regret it. You have been warned. | |
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| 1,558 | 7:12 pm PST, Feb 11 | Ms. | Amanda Lugo | Centreville | Virginia | 20121 | United States | |
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| 1,557 | 1:48 pm PST, Feb 6 | Ms. | Danijela Dimitrakopoulos | Beograd | 11000 | Serbia And Montenegro | |
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| 1,556 | 7:50 am PST, Feb 6 | Ms. | Joanna Karatsaneva | Sofia | 1463 | Bulgaria | |
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| 1,555 | 6:41 pm PST, Feb 5 | Mrs. | Louise McGannon | Mitchell | South Dakota | 57301 | United States | |
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| 1,554 | 3:53 pm PST, Feb 4 | Mrs. | Hema Bedasie | Longdenville | W / Indies | Trinidad And Tobago | |
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| 1,553 | 3:03 pm PST, Feb 4 | joelle coudriou | Florida | 75019 | France | |
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| 1,552 | 10:41 am PST, Feb 4 | Sugar Bouche | Toronto | M9C5H5 | Canada | STOP!!!!!! Those who witness and support the sadistic actions of the heartless monsters that inflict agony and death on the helpless living creatures of this planet be the animal or human. Need to take another look in the mirror. We are what we tolerate. |  |
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| 1,551 | 10:39 am PST, Feb 4 | Mrs. | Cynthia Torrey | Fort Lee | Virginia | 23801 | United States | |
Boycott Costco to Save Seals
Every year, Canada kills 325,000+ baby seals. The pups are killed in about the cruelest ways imaginable. One account from a participant:
"One beater among the pile lifted its head and started to scratch his way around, his eyeballs two swirling pools of blood. His lower jaw was hanging down from his mouth by a thread of skin. “Darrell, kill that, will you?!” Gerard said.
Grabbing the hakipik, he did not kill it immediately. Instead he pressed the wooden handle up against the top teeth of the suffering creature. “Bite that if you can.” The poor thing had no bottom teeth and all it could do was crawl around in the swath.”
- Newfoundland Sealer Mickey Dwyer from his book, Over the Side Mickey
http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_060408_1.html
To stop the slaughter, the marketplace for seal products must be destroyed. Costco is providing a marketplace and supports this cruelty by selling seal oil capsules in its Canadian stores. Costco promised in March to stop selling them, but then reneged on its promise. http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_060405_1.html
If enough people boycott Costco, then hopefully it will get out of the baby seal killing industry.
Join the Costco boycott & help save seals. Let Costco know that you are boycotting them because you disagree with their support of the slaughter: https://www.costco.com/CustomerService/EmailUs.aspx?secure=1
Thank you for your compassion in helping the seals.
"One beater among the pile lifted its head and started to scratch his way around, his eyeballs two swirling pools of blood. His lower jaw was hanging down from his mouth by a thread of skin. “Darrell, kill that, will you?!” Gerard said.
Grabbing the hakipik, he did not kill it immediately. Instead he pressed the wooden handle up against the top teeth of the suffering creature. “Bite that if you can.” The poor thing had no bottom teeth and all it could do was crawl around in the swath.”
- Newfoundland Sealer Mickey Dwyer from his book, Over the Side Mickey
http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_060408_1.html
To stop the slaughter, the marketplace for seal products must be destroyed. Costco is providing a marketplace and supports this cruelty by selling seal oil capsules in its Canadian stores. Costco promised in March to stop selling them, but then reneged on its promise. http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_060405_1.html
If enough people boycott Costco, then hopefully it will get out of the baby seal killing industry.
Join the Costco boycott & help save seals. Let Costco know that you are boycotting them because you disagree with their support of the slaughter: https://www.costco.com/CustomerService/EmailUs.aspx?secure=1
Thank you for your compassion in helping the seals.
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