A Living Nightmare For Baby Seals
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April 22, 2016
It's been 12 days since the beginning of the commercial seal slaughter, and the ice flows off the coast of Canada have turned crimson red.
The air rings with the terrified cries of the chubby, helpless seal pups who are still too young to flee from the guns and "hakapiks" -- thick wooden bats with a sharp metal hook -- used by sealers to kill these babies before the skin is torn off their bodies.
Since the start of the commercial seal slaughter earlier this month, tens of thousands of baby seals have been killed.
Although there is no international market for seal products and there is overwhelming support both at home and abroad to stop the slaughter, the Canadian government is holding on with all it's might, stubbornly continuing to prop up this dying industry with millions in taxpayer funds.
This year, Canadian officials have once again told sealers that they will be allowed to kill up to 400,000 young harp seals before the massacre ends.
But in recent years, the sealers haven't reached their annual quota because kind people from around the world (including Canadians) have taken action against the slaughter.
The global market for sealskins has almost entirely disappeared.
It shows no signs of recovering, leaving the skins of most of the animals killed last year sitting in warehouses unsold.
And yet the Canadian government, alone in the world, props up the seal slaughter.
In addition to bans in the U.S. and Russia, the E.U.'s ban on commercial seal products has withstood multiple challenges from a Canadian government fighting hard to foist off a bloody product that no one wants, and most people find repulsive.
The commercial sealskin trade has essentially been eliminated worldwide, and even attempts to sell seal products in China have fallen flat.
What can we do about it?
If you live in Canada, you can contact Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ask him to please stop the baby seal slaughter now.
If you know any Canadians, you can call or e-mail them and ask them to contact Trudeau to ask him to end this totally unnecessary slaughter of these gentle, sweet, innocent babies ASAP.
Contact Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:
By fax: 613-941-6900
By e-mail @
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/contactpm/
Or write him at:
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON. K1A 0A2
For those who don't live in Canada, there is an on-line petition:
"Help End The Commercial Seal Slaughter"
http://www.peta.org/action/action-alerts/help-end-canadas-baby-seal-slaughter/
As of today, more than 358,000 people have signed this petition; and they are hoping to get to 360,000 signatures.
I am not affiliated in any way with PETA.
If anyone knows of any other active petition to stop the baby seal slaughter, please leave that information in a reply to this post.
I was unable to find any other current on-line petition to stop the baby seal slaughter.
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