Hi Gang,
This was sent from Organizer Jackie Enfield, but also in addition I would like to say that I lived in Canada and this seal hunt has been going on forever, since I can remember from childhood, and it is truly cruel, and needs to be stopped.
Last year the highest record of over 340,000 baby seals were mercilessly slaughtered, and it is going on right now again.
They often skin the babies alive, only days after they are born, and they do feel pain and it is horrible.
I had seen a film in Canada years ago, which was truly heart-breaking and horrifying, and it has not changed in all those years except to get worse, and the amount of baby seals slaughtered has become larger than ever.
Below is the info sent from Jackie, but if you have any problems downloading, or getting the link please let me know, due to the fact that sometimes my AOL account disables the links, and I will send you the original e-mail which should work.
Truly,
Diana Christine
MistyAngel22@aol.com
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"Robyn E., Care2 Action Alerts" <actionalerts@care2.com> wrote:
Date: 16 May 2007 16:06:38 -0700
To: <jackie@jackieenfield.com>
Subject: Harp seals in Canada on thin ice - Please help
From: "Robyn E., Care2 Action Alerts" <actionalerts@care2.com>

There's still time to end the slaughter of baby seals. Together, we can do it!

Canadian fishermen only make a small amount of their profits from selling seal skins.
Put the pressure on the hunters' profits and tell them that this unnecessary hunt must end!

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Hi Jackie,
With over 177,222 harp seals and seal babies slaughtered to date, it seems like things couldn't get much worse in Canada. Yet, brutality witnessed on the ice this month by the seal hunt observation team was simply shocking. They need your help more than ever.
Sign the petition to boycott Canadian seafood until Canada stops the hunt: >> http://go.care2.com/e....
The seal observation team helplessly documented sealers flouting Marine Mammal Regulations. Without checking to ensure the babies were dead after an initial blow, sealers have stabbed the still-struggling seal pups with boat hooks and dragged them onto the boats to be flayed. [1]
And perhaps equally horrifying, instead of trying to enforce the law, fisheries officials asked the observation team to move further away from the slaughter. Apparently, the presence of the team was ?upsetting? the hunters.
Don?t do business with baby seal hunters ? sign the Canadian seafood boycott petition >>
Why is a boycott powerful and effective? Seal hunting is an off-season activity for Canada's east coast commercial fishermen. Only a small fraction of their income comes from selling seal skins to the fur industry. The majority of seal hunters? annual income is made through seafood products such as snow crab, cod, scallops and shrimp. Do your part by boycotting today: http://go.care2.com/e....
What's more, global warming has made it hard enough for seal pups ? even without this brutal hunt. Thin, broken ice and higher than usual mortality rates have already had a profound effect on seal pups in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this year. Ninety percent or more of the seals born in the southern Gulf this year have died, and sealers targeted the few surviving pups.
There is no way to defend this type of annihilation. But there is hope. Seafood is the main source of income for most seal hunters. If enough people pledge to boycott Canadian seafood, we can force hunters to give up this brutal hunt.
Thank you for doing your part to stop the Canada seal hunt!

Robyn E.
Care2 and
ThePetitionSite Team

[1] Over the past few years, The HSUS and other animal protection groups have documented and submitted video evidence of more than 700 apparent violations of the Marine Mammal Regulations to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Each year evidence grows, but not a single charge has been filed by the government in response. If the government won?t act, you can. Sign the petition today >>

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