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Help Stop The Seal Hunt!

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Confirmation: 1st baby seal killed this morning! It began at 5:48 Eastern time. Check out the photo [WARNING: This is graphic!]

The sealers stormed into the once-peaceful seal nursery with their hakapiks raised. Within a matter of seconds, defenseless baby seals were clubbed and their blood spilled onto the ice. This year the Canadian government will allow commercial sealers to slaughter 280,000 seals for their fur.

The European Union will consider banning its trade in seal products in a few weeks. But the fishing industry and the Canadian government are lobbying furiously to fight the ban. That's why it's crucial that we're here now, so we can broadcast the truth to the countries in the European Union and ask them to help us bring these atrocities to an end. Please help sustain our work on the ice -- together we'll raise our voices over the din of those who profit from the slaughter.

Take Action:

Donate whatever you can.

Sign the Pledge to Boycott Canadian Seafood.

This is an ongoing pledge that should be fulfilled as often as possible.

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Ani L. Schwartz Arroyo Seco, NM @ 12:39PM PT Sep 20

Thank you for your interest in Take the Challenge with Cat Cora. The contest period ended at midnight EDT March 31, 2009. Winners will be notified by April 3. You can still help bring and end to the cruel Canadian seal hunt. Here's how:

Ask major Canadian seafood company Clearwater to support an end to the commercial hunt.

Read our interview with Cat Cora and try some of her vegan recipes.

Visit humanesociety.org/protectseals for the latest updates.

Check out our Action Toolkit for more ways to speak out against the hunt.

Sign up to receive text message updates from the ice on your cell phone.

Sign up for Seal Watch and receive frequent e-mail updates during the seal hunt from Rebecca Aldworth, our director of Canadian Wildlife Issues.

Encourage your grocery store and other companies to join the ProtectSeals boycott.

Download our Pocket Guide to Boycotting Canadian Seafood, which tells you how to identify and avoid seafood imported from Canada.

Gear up to protect seals.

Donate now to the ProtectSeals campaign.

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Ron. Price pasadena, TX @ 01:23PM PT Sep 19

thye don't need to kill seals for clothes..I see mounatins of cotton,,and fields of wool.
Suzanna van der Voort Maastricht, Netherlands @ 02:06AM PT Jun 01
Pledge fulfilled Jun 01!

Please also sign: (GOAL: 30,000)

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/945545043
Seals Still Slaughtered in Canada - Keep Up The Fight!
Target: Stephen Harper, Prime Minister

Canada's seal hunt is the largest deliberate slaughter of marine mammals in the world. Every winter in Eastern Canada, harp seal pups are left alone and vulnerable on the ice while their mothers search for mates; during this time, they are mercilessly slaughtered for their pelts. Appallingly, the Canadian government subsidizes this hunt. This isn't about small town survival or native culture, it's an industrial machine that is killing for profit. Despite the European Union's recent ban on seal products, Canadian officials are still pushing for the hunt to continue.

Thank you