From: J. (dialup-4.156.249.33.dial1.boston1.level3.net)
Subject: Canada's Seal Hunt to Begin: Please, Help to Stop This.
Date: March 3, 2005 at 1:13 pm PST
EarthSave Friends
Your immediate attention and action is needed to help end
the Canadian Seal Hunt. If you want to learn why this
hunt is bad for the people of Newfoundland and
Labrador, the seals, the ecosystem, and everything
else you ever wanted to know about this annual
slaughter, or not (Warning: some graphic images;) see web links
below. Thank you in advance for doing something for
these marine mammals and the ocean!
note: You will find that this is not the only seal
hunt on the planet, and other marine mammals are
endangered by hunting, pollution, and military related
activities, including sonar. Please, do what you can
to help. Thanks again.
peace,
J.
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Right click your mouse, and you can copy and paste these urls in your address field:
http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/protect_seals/international_day_of_action/
http://www.seashepherd.org/seals/seals.html
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=562
http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/features/details?item%5fid=754574
Stop Canada's Cruel And
Senseless Baby Seal Hunt
ThePetitionSite.com
2-25-5
"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. It'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!"
Sign petition here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/
