Wednesday, May 13, 2009

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My opinion on this cruel hunt: I love all animals and especially harp seals, for they do not deserve to die this way. And I think this cruel hunt must stop immediately. This publication I am typing is strongly supported by fact and no fiction is in this text.

# 1. It's cruel.
Countless veterinarians have proven that this barbaric practice is anything but humane. The dragging of seal pups while alive on the wrong end of the blunt hook is a violation in itself. Not to mention beating them on the eye instead of the skull, which has been proven to be hard, not soft and not instant death that the hunters claim otherwise, ( "Seal Song" by Brian Davies, chapter eight, "Pros and Cons of the Seal Hunt , question number four, "The Harp seal has a skull plate which is thinner and softer than that found in most mammalian species..." FALSE!) while screaming for their lives, and having to die a slow, painful death when they are scarcely out of babyhood.


#2. It's not sustainable.
Did you know that the Canadian hunters kill more than 350,000 baby seals every single year? Scientists warn that the current number of Harp seals are not sustainable, putting them at a high risk for extinction. Adding the fact that the price of the fur hats and coats used from Harp seal fur are now going down to about $5 equivalent in the United States. And the cost of sending the hunters with ships and paying them are a waste of Canada's Government money.


#3. The Canadian citizens aren't too happy about it, either.
A recent IFAW poll ( click on the link to reveal it) at http://www.ifaw.org/Publications/Program says that 79% of Canadians agreed with the statement that the federal government should stop spending money and effort defending Canada's commercial seal hunt, and concentrate on more important issues instead. ( page two, paragraph four, line number sixteen of IFAW's " Canadian Public Opinion on a European Trade Ban on Seal Products and the Federal Government's Support for Canada's Commercial Seal Hunt " publication, July 11th, 2008.

And the list keeps rolling down.
Sooner or later the Canadian Government will have to give in, considering it's starting to wreak their nation.
I predict Canada will be seen as an inhumane barbaric country as more lies get uncovered and the truth of this cruel, merciless massacre is exposed.

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Today is a day to celebrate. The European Union has slammed shut the door on trade in the products of the commercial seal slaughter. The Canadian government used every trick in the book to try to derail the ban: massive lobbying, misinformation, and even threats of trade reprisals. But the EU stood its ground and honored its citizens’ opposition to this trade in cruelty. By doing so, the EU has saved millions of seals from a horrible fate. Every year, the ProtectSeals team has endured hazardous conditions to document the seal hunt. We are committed to showing the world that the Canadian government is lying when it claims that the hunt is humane. On our trips to the ice, the ProtectSeals team has brought key opinion shapers such as Paul McCartney and Swedish Member of the European Parliament Carl Schlyter. After their trips, neither has wavered in speaking out against the hunt. Shortly after his trip to the ice, Schlyter drafted the first version of today’s EU ban. Our hunt footage was directly responsible for convincing the rest of the EU to agree to the ban. It gives me enormous satisfaction to know that we haven’t just documented the hunt, we have made history. What Does It Mean? This is the beginning of the end for the Canadian seal hunt. The Canadian government estimates that losing this primary market will cost Canada’s sealing industry $6.6 million (CAD) each year. The hunt brought in less than $7 million last year. It's not hard to do the math. Just the promise of an EU ban was enough to drive the prices for seal fur down to $15 (CAD) per skin -- a decline of 86 percent since 2006. As a result, many sealers stayed home. Out of this year's quota of 280,000 harp seals, fewer than 60,000 have been killed so far. Now that the EU has banned its trade in seal products, countless more seals will live their lives in peace from this year forward. What’s Next? Canadian seal hunt supporters won’t give up just yet. With government subsidies still in hand, the sealing industry will be chasing down new markets. The ProtectSeals campaign is working to convince all targeted nations to follow the EU’s example. We’re keeping the pressure on the Canadian fishing industry and government with the global boycott of Canadian seafood products. Since the boycott began, the Canadian fishing industry has suffered a $750 million (CAD) drop in the value of snow crab exports alone to the United States. Canadian Senator Mac Harb has introduced his nation’s first bill to end the hunt. The ProtectSeals campaign is striving to convince other members of Canada's Parliament to support the bill. Yes, there is still much to do -- and if you'd like to help, please visit humanesociety.org/protectseals to learn how. But for the moment, please join me in celebrating this historic victory. Thank you for fighting alongside me to make this day possible. The seals could not ask for stronger allies. Sincerely, Rebecca Aldworth Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues The Humane Society of the United States

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