[4animals] Urge Canada's Prime Minister to put an end to the seal hunt

[Edelweiss D'Andrea]

Negative stories have dominated press coverage of the Canadian
seal hunt around the world. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said
Canada was victim of an "international propaganda campaign", and
insisted the cull would be carried out humanely. However,
evidence shows that the seal hunt is unnecessary. Hunters make,
on average, only 5% of their annual income from the seal hunt
and the revenue could easily be replaced by ecotourism. Seals
are not responsible for the low cod counts; in Canada, as all
over the world, fish are at record lows due to overfishing.
while most seals may be killed humanely, some seals are still
being skinned while alive. Please see reports: 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4844008.stm
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/tempers-fray-as-bloody-canadian-seal-cull-begins/2006/03/26/1143330931601.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002890179_seals26.html
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-13515822,00.html?f=rss
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1768935&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1739759,00.html
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0,36-753836,0.html

With more than 317,000 seals killed for their fur in 2005 alone
-- 98% of whom were babies under three months of age -- Canada's
harp seal hunt is the largest commercial hunt of marine mammals
on earth. It is certainly the cruelest.

Although Canadian citizens don't support the seal hunt, the
fishing industry and the federal government have refused to end
it. With the recent election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
there is renewed hope that 2006 will be the last year that seals
are clubbed and shot to death on Canadian ice for. 

As Prime Minister Harper begins his term, we have an
unprecedented opportunity to influence the Canadian government
and save hundreds of thousands of baby seals.

Please take action today to help end the cruel Canadian seal
hunts by sending an e-mail to Prime Minister Harper immediately.
Thank you!
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/harper_protectseals?rk=I7S4M6Y1SXEPW

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