Speak Up for Seals!
Canada's yearly seal hunt starts at the end of March. Hundreds of thousands of baby seals will be killed for their fur. It's against the law to kill newborns, but seals as young as 12 days can still be hunted.
You can speak up for seals! If you think the seal hunt should be ended, write to Stephen Harper, Canada's Prime Minister, and to Michael Wilson, Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Tell them how you feel about the seal hunt. Here are some points you can make in your letters:
● The baby seal hunt is cruel. Canada's laws against cruelty to seals are frequently broken. Hunters who kill more seals than allowed or break other hunting laws are often not punished.
● Canada's government allows hundreds of thousands of baby seals to be killed each year. But it hasn't proven that the seal population can survive such a large hunt.
● One reason given for killing seals is that seals eat too many cod, not leaving enough for fishermen to catch. Scientists have found, though, that overfishing by people, not by seals, is the real reason cod are disappearing.
● A majority of Canadians, Americans, and Europeans are against the seal hunt. In fact, on July 30, 2007, the United States House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution urging the Canadian government to end the seal hunt.
Send your letters to these addresses:
Prime Minister's Office
Right Honorable Stephen Harper
80 Wellington St.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OA2The Honorable Michael Wilson
Office of the Ambassador
Canadian Embassy
501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Sign our e-card too! We're sending an e-card to Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking him to stop the hunt. Please join us! You can add your message to the card at www.groupcard.com/c/SaveSeals/ol. Forward the card to your friends and family and ask them to sign too!
