- 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!
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- 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!
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- 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!
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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!
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- Sign petition here:
- http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3105
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