Take Action to End Canada's Seal Hunt

The Issue

The 2009 International Day of Action for Seals is Sunday, March 15. For a list of rallies taking place on that day, see this list: http://www.harpseals.org/spreading_the_word/outreach/intl_day_of_action_2009.html

Visit Harpseals.org for more information on the hunt, and stay tuned to the Animal Rights blog at Change.org for updates, on the hunt and on the progress in ending it, as they become available.

And on the Day of Action or any other day, contact the politicians and entities in a position to end the hunt.

From In Defense of Animals:

TAKE ACTION:1. Please contact the Honourable Michael Wilson, Canadian Ambassador to the United States. In addition to your polite sentiments about how the seal hunt makes you feel about Canada, please urge him to support the Harb Bill.

Ambassador Michael Wilson
Embassy of Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW Washington, D.C. 2001
Tel: 202-682-1740
Fax: 202-682-7726

2. Please contact the EU Parliament and urge them to ban seal products from EU territory.

In the the link below, under the "Brief Request" section, ask them to "Please ban seal products from EU territory."

In the "Your Request" section, urge them to "Please ban products derived from seals from being imported into the EU, exported from it, or even transported through EU territory in Brussels on 1 April 2009."

https://www.secure.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/citizensMail/secured/cmRequest.do?cmLanguage=en

3. Please contact Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and urge him to back the Harb Bill. You can send your comments by e-mail, snail mail, or fax:

Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900 e-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca

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Stephanie ErnstPetition StarterStephanie was the original editor and blogger for Animal Rights at Change.org, from the site's 2008 launch until December 2009. Along with some fellow advocates, she currently blogs at <a href="http://challengeoppression.com/">Animal Rights & AntiOppression,</a> which she founded upon leaving Change.org. See that site's <a href="http://challengeoppression.com/about/">about page</a> and <a href="http://challengeoppression.com/contributor-bios/">contributors page</a> for more information. --- She is an independent animal rights advocate, a vegan, a tree-hugging environmentalist, and a freelance editor and writer. She lives in St. Louis with an aging corgi-lab and an adolescent rescued pit bull. In her advocacy, she works to challenge prevailing perceptions of animals, to show the connections between animal exploitation and other injustices, to help people see that animals are more like us than different, and to encourage compassionate, nonviolent living and eating.
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The Issue

The 2009 International Day of Action for Seals is Sunday, March 15. For a list of rallies taking place on that day, see this list: http://www.harpseals.org/spreading_the_word/outreach/intl_day_of_action_2009.html

Visit Harpseals.org for more information on the hunt, and stay tuned to the Animal Rights blog at Change.org for updates, on the hunt and on the progress in ending it, as they become available.

And on the Day of Action or any other day, contact the politicians and entities in a position to end the hunt.

From In Defense of Animals:

TAKE ACTION:1. Please contact the Honourable Michael Wilson, Canadian Ambassador to the United States. In addition to your polite sentiments about how the seal hunt makes you feel about Canada, please urge him to support the Harb Bill.

Ambassador Michael Wilson
Embassy of Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW Washington, D.C. 2001
Tel: 202-682-1740
Fax: 202-682-7726

2. Please contact the EU Parliament and urge them to ban seal products from EU territory.

In the the link below, under the "Brief Request" section, ask them to "Please ban seal products from EU territory."

In the "Your Request" section, urge them to "Please ban products derived from seals from being imported into the EU, exported from it, or even transported through EU territory in Brussels on 1 April 2009."

https://www.secure.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/citizensMail/secured/cmRequest.do?cmLanguage=en

3. Please contact Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and urge him to back the Harb Bill. You can send your comments by e-mail, snail mail, or fax:

Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900 e-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca

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Stephanie ErnstPetition StarterStephanie was the original editor and blogger for Animal Rights at Change.org, from the site's 2008 launch until December 2009. Along with some fellow advocates, she currently blogs at <a href="http://challengeoppression.com/">Animal Rights & AntiOppression,</a> which she founded upon leaving Change.org. See that site's <a href="http://challengeoppression.com/about/">about page</a> and <a href="http://challengeoppression.com/contributor-bios/">contributors page</a> for more information. --- She is an independent animal rights advocate, a vegan, a tree-hugging environmentalist, and a freelance editor and writer. She lives in St. Louis with an aging corgi-lab and an adolescent rescued pit bull. In her advocacy, she works to challenge prevailing perceptions of animals, to show the connections between animal exploitation and other injustices, to help people see that animals are more like us than different, and to encourage compassionate, nonviolent living and eating.
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