NEWS April 18th, 08: National Post writes article on economics of Seal Hunt

2008 Canadian Seal Hunt:

The 2008 Canadian Seal hunt kill quota has been set at 275 000. This is 5000 more seals than last years kill quota of 270 000. While this is disappointing news it only furthers our resolve to end this barbaric hunt. We will report more on this as news comes in.

Collaboration between different protest groups, organizations, and committed individuals is the way forward. To make it easier for people to get involved we have created the new protest calendar.  

March 15th, 2008 was the international seal hunt protest day, here are some pictures from various protests.

Since 2003 over 1.5 million seals have been butchered. Seals are normally clubbed to death. If still alive, once a seal is clubbed it is skinned alive. Organizations that photograph, or film the hunt without government permission risk imprisonment in what is a huge propaganda and censorship campaign. In Canada the sealers are protected by the 'Seal Protection Regulations'  if you see a sealer club a seal pup and you don’t have a permit to witness the slaughter you can be arrested, jailed and fined up to $100,000 or sent to jail for a year.

 

What You can Do: A Quick Checklist 1. Sign petitions urging the Canadian government to reconsider its stance on this senseless slaughter.  Click here to access our petitions page.    2. Boycott all Canadian seafood. This is to apply economic pressure to Canada. 3. Learn more about Seals and consider donating or joining organizations that are rallying to end the seal hunt. These are good places to start: Sea Shepherd (Most recommended) WSPA  -  HSUS -  Harp Seals.org  -  IFAW To learn about all of the various organizations, visit our charities page.  4. Send letters to the following persons and indicate how displeased you are with this slaughter: Prime Minister's Office Right Honorable Stephen Harper Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington St. Ottawa Ontario, Canada K1A OA2 1-613-992-4211 Fax: 613-941-6900 E-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca The Hon. Loyola Hearn. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans House of Commons Suite 648-S, Centre Block Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 613-996-3085 or 613-992-3474 Fax: 613-996-6988 Email: HearnL@parl.gc.ca Voice: 613-992-0927 5. If you have a blog or a webpage please update your website with the paragraph below. If enough people do this when someone does a search for one of the companies that are listed they will find our pages in the search engines. The paragraph has links to various pages with information on each company. The more people we have posting this the better. 'Please visit Canadian Seal Hunt to learn about how companies like Costco sell seal oil capsules. Also learn about these companies who manufacture products from dead baby seals: Prada, Pajar, Gucci,  Dolce & Gabbana, Birger Christensen, Versace, and Vogue Furriers. Also learn about why you should boycott these sea food restaurants Red Lobster, & Long John's Silvers.' 6. If you are interested in doing more please visit http://www.harpseals.org/helpstop/index.html http://www.stopthesealhunt.ca 7. Advertisers will donate money to IFAW every time you click on the link below and click onwards to the next page. (A maximum of one visit a day is counted)