Activists are stepping up the pressure against the Canadian government for the recent escalation of its cruel commercial seal hunt. The harp seal hunt, which targets weeks-old seal pups, has been reviled worldwide for its brutality. Sealers bludgeon the baby seals as they lie helpless on ice floes. Observers and scientists have noted that many of the animals are often still alive as they are skinned. The Canadian seal hunt is the largest marine mammal hunt in the world, and it is only growing. Canadian government quotas have set the death toll at almost a million seals over a three-year period.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
March is a prime seal-killing month in Canada, and it's also a prime time for speaking out against this cruelty. Join the rally against the seal hunt in Washington D.C.
When: Wednesday, March 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Ave NW (near the Archives-Navy Memorial Metro stop).
If you can't attend in person, you can add your voice to the protestors by calling, emailing, or faxing Canadian Embassy officials to demand they STOP THE SEAL KILL! Send your message to:
Michael Kergin
Office of the Ambassador, Canada
Canadian Embassy
501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-682-1740
fax: 202-682-7701 or 202-682-7678
email: webmaster@canadianembassy.org
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