Email from Humane Society of the United States
The seal hunt will begin again in a matter of days.
When you look out over the miraculous baby seal nursery on the ice floes of Eastern Canada, it’s hard to believe that 275,000 harp seal pups may be killed there in a matter of days. You can’t imagine the horror until you witness it firsthand.
It may come as a shock that Canada’s cruel commercial seal hunt still happens every year at this time — so many people I’ve talked to think that the hunt ended years ago.
That’s what the Canadian fishing industry wants you to believe, and we won’t let it get away with it. You can save millions of baby seals’ lives and help end the hunt once and for all — sign the pledge to boycott Canadian seafood.
Why boycott Canadian seafood? A small group of fishermen in Eastern Canada kill seal pups for their fur during the off-season and sell the pelts — mostly to European markets — for a tiny fraction of their income.
The fishing industry won’t stop the killing just because it’s the humane thing to do, so give it a choice: End the slaughter, or go under.
Our goal is to have one million individuals participating in the boycott — there are already more than 630,000 people who have pledged to forgo Canadian seafood, and if everyone who sees this email tells 5 friends, we’ll meet our goal overnight and send the fishing industry a message it can’t ignore.
Watch our latest video from the seal nursery. We’ve reached a critical tipping point in the effort to end the slaughter: Next month, the European Union will consider banning its trade in seal products, shutting the doors on one of the largest markets for seal fur.
Lawmakers are responding. We just need you and everyone who reads this email to take this simple pledge on behalf of seals. Let’s seal the deal to end the hunt — take a moment to sign your name, and then tell your friends and family about the plight of baby seals.
Two things will end the slaughter: Shutting down markets for seal fur and hitting the Canadian seafood industry where it hurts most, the bottom line. We’re closer than ever to reaching these goals, and your commitment to ending the hunt will make victory possible at last.
Thank you in advance for being part of this massive grassroots mobilization to save seals.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Aldworth
Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues
The Humane Society of the United States
P.S. The Canadian government has responded to mounting international pressure with toothless regulations that do nothing to make the hunt more “humane.” We won’t be fooled by a government PR campaign. Demand that Canada end the commercial seal hunt forever — nothing less.
This is sooo sad.
people are just too cruel…my site that wants to fight for causes like these too… 
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