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Urge the Olympic Committee to help End the cruel Seal Hunt in Canada
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The 2010 Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver Canada. Again The Olympics Committee has chosen a Country where innocent Animals are skinned alive for fur!

In early spring, when the seal pups start molting their white coats, thousands of Canadian fishermen, proceed to club, shoot, and skin hundreds of thousands of Seals in front of their panic-stricken mothers who are helpless to defend their young, most just a few weeks to a few months old. An analysis by a panel of veterinarians showed that 42% of the seals are actually skinned alive. Each year, hunters kill about 1/3 of the pups born. This number does not include those seals that were wounded but not caught and died later or natural mortality.


The Canadian Government blame the Seals for the decrease in cod populations, but scientific conclusion proves the depletion of fish is human over-fishing. Blaming seals is a convenient way to divert attention.

A huge sum of the Canadian’s taxpayer’s money (though the majority is against the hunt) goes to supplement this ’blood bath of the babies’! Money is spent on protecting the hunters from humane reporters and protesters. In addition to government aid for the hunters, paying for ice-breakers, the coast guard and air crafts.

 

Please urge the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee to call for an immediate end to the horrific slaughter of baby seals. Until it does, the annual massacre will be a stain on the reputation of the 2010 Olympic Games.

 

 

Thank you for speaking out for the Seals!

 

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Urge the Olympic Committee to help End the cruel Seal Hunt in Canada

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The 2010 Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver Canada. Again The Olympics Committee has chosen a Country where innocent Animals are skinned alive for fur!<br /> <br /> In early spring, when the seal pups start molting their white coats, thousands of Canadian fishermen, proceed to club, shoot, and skin hundreds of thousands of Seals in front of their panic-stricken mothers who are helpless to defend their young, most just a few weeks to a few months old. An analysis by a panel of veterinarians showed that 42% of the seals are actually skinned alive. Each year, hunters kill about 1/3 of the pups born. This number does not include those seals that were wounded but not caught and died later or natural mortality.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Canadian Government blame the Seals for the decrease in cod populations, but scientific conclusion proves the depletion of fish is human over-fishing. Blaming seals is a convenient way to divert attention.<br /> <br /> A huge sum of the Canadian&rsquo;s taxpayer&rsquo;s money (though the majority is against the hunt) goes to supplement this &rsquo;blood bath of the babies&rsquo;! Money is spent on protecting the hunters from humane reporters and protesters. In addition to government aid for the hunters, paying for ice-breakers, the coast guard and air crafts.</p>
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<p><b>Please </b><a href="http://getactive.peta.org/ct/0pfWQL71oE0D/"><b>urge the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee</b></a><b> to call for an immediate end to the horrific slaughter of baby seals.</b> Until it does, the annual massacre will be a stain on the reputation of the 2010 Olympic Games.</p>
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<p>Thank you for speaking out for the Seals!</p>
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