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Stop the Slaughter of Baby Seals-- Boycott Canadian Seafood
Rebecca Aldworth
ze="5">Despite the fact that record low sea ice has already claimed the lives of countless pups, sealers charged ahead with hakapiks and guns raised to slaughter those remaining seals who had miraculously managed to survive.To unleash the hunt on a seal population that has already been devastated by natural disaster is beyond the pale. A responsible government would cancel the hunt, but instead Canada increased this year's quota by 50,000 to more than 388,000 seals. That's why it's more important than ever that you sign the pledge to boycott Canadian seafood. http://action.humanesociety.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=8382&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&autologin=true&s_src=seals10_alternetWhy boycott Canadian seafood? Because it's working. A small group of commercial fishermen kill seal pups for their fur, and on average they earn only a tiny fraction of their annual incomes from the slaughter. Our seafood boycott is giving them a clear economic incentive to stop the killing.Will you take the pledge? Canada's sealers won't stop the killing just because it's the humane thing to do. That's why your pledge to boycott Canadian seafood is so important.Last year, our successful efforts to push the European Union to ban all imports of seal products closed a primary market for seal fur. We're closer than ever to ending the hunt, but we need you with us.Thank you for joining this massive grassroots mobilization to save seals.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Aldworth
Executive Director
Humane Society International/Canada msmag@bestweb.net