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<DIV><FONT size=3>Vaalea,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>will you please send this to the group - all they have to do
once they click the TAKE ACTION box is to fill in their name and address and
then right away their local candidates bios pop up and you tick each one you
want the email send to (all candidates, i would hope - although green party is
the only party against slaughter) and then you are asked to confirm to
send. very easy</FONT>.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>thanks from katherine</FONT><BR><BR><B><I>"Fred O'Regan,
International Fund for Animal Welfare" <fred@ifaw1.org></I></B>
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Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:10:52 -0800<BR>Subject: Seals Need Your Vote This
Election<BR>From: "Fred O'Regan, International Fund for Animal Welfare"
<fred@ifaw1.org><BR><BR>
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<DIV align=right><FONT color=#ffffff><STRONG>International Fund
for Animal Welfare</STRONG> January 13,
2006</FONT></DIV></TD></TR>
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to<BR>Pledge for Seals</DIV></CENTER></TD></TR>
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<DIV>Dear Katherine,</DIV>
<DIV>Many Canadians like yourself, as well as citizens of other
nations around the world, continue to be appalled by the needless
cruelty of Canada’s commercial seal hunt. Yet in just a few
months, more than three hundred thousand baby seals are likely to
be clubbed or shot to death. More than 95% of the seals killed
will be less than three months old.</DIV>
<DIV>Despite scientific evidence that such a high quota is
unsustainable, the government claims the hunt will not harm seal
populations. Nor do they take into account the continuing evidence
of the inhumane treatment of seals during the hunt.</DIV>
<DIV>Every veterinary study done in recent years has documented
unacceptable levels of cruelty, including seals being hooked and
dragged across the ice while still conscious.</DIV>
<DIV>The upcoming election is the perfect opportunity to move the
seal hunt back onto the political agenda. Highly contested
elections and a recent condemnation of the government subsidized
commercial seal hunt by Canada’s Green Party make this the right
time to speak out and be heard. Please take a quick moment to <A
href="http://www.advocacyonline.net/eactivist/user/init.jsp?sEwi7PLST4WGq0x4sfi%2FgEi4i%2BM%2F1h2z3zFjUh6%2B6su6repWctPN9t%2FG00XF23G78geXEV9a5PMj%0D%0APW00P0CLWw%3D%3D"
target=_blank>ask your candidate to pledge their opposition to the
commercial seal hunt</A>.</DIV>
<DIV class=Head2>A Very Small Economic Market Driven by Canada’s
Government Itself</DIV>
<DIV>Significant amounts of money continue to be spent by the
Canadian government through hidden subsidies to promote the hunt
abroad, as well as to develop new markets for seal products. But
despite years of research by the Canadian government trying to
develop new seal products, the only economically valuable parts of
the seal are the pelts of defenseless seal pups, a non-essential
luxury product no one really needs. In many countries, this hunt
would be completely illegal.</DIV>
<DIV>One way the Canadian government justifies its support of the
seal hunt is to claim that seals in the North Atlantic eat too
many cod. But there's no scientific support for this claim. In
fact, two of the government's own scientists reported in 1994 that
the true cause of cod depletion in the North Atlantic was
over-fishing.</DIV>
<DIV class=Head2>From Beauty to Devastation in Just a
Heartbeat</DIV>
<DIV>Female harp seals gather by the hundreds of thousands on
newly formed sea ice to give birth to their pups from late
February until mid-March, transforming the once barren ice floes
into a huge, white nursery. Yet just days later, this pristine
wonderland is transformed into a makeshift factory for the mass
killing of baby seals as sealers descend upon them in boats,
helicopters and snowmobiles, armed with clubs and guns.</DIV>
<DIV>As a result of this commercial seal hunt, more than a million
seals were bludgeoned or shot to death in the past three years,
all in the name of profit. Now is the time to stop this cruelty.
<A
href="http://www.advocacyonline.net/eactivist/user/init.jsp?sEwi7PLST4WGq0x4sfi%2FgEi4i%2BM%2F1h2z3zFjUh6%2B6su6repWctPN9t%2FG00XF23G78geXEV9a5PMj%0D%0APW00P0CLWw%3D%3D"
target=_blank>Please send a letter to your electoral candidates
asking them to share their views on the seal hunt issue with their
constituents</A>.</DIV>
<DIV>I hope that you will join me in taking a stand this election
to make sure that your new MPs protect Canada’s natural heritage
and finally put an end to the largest commercial slaughter of
marine mammals on earth.</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for all you do,<BR><IMG height=60 alt=Signature
src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFilesSSL/Account5249/temp/5249_24087_227552_index/Fred_sig_short.jpg"
width=168 border=0><BR>Fred O’Regan<BR>President and CEO</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>P.S.</STRONG> There’s never been a better time
to speak out against the commercial seal hunt in Canada.
Candidates need your vote more than ever. <A
href="http://www.advocacyonline.net/eactivist/user/init.jsp?sEwi7PLST4WGq0x4sfi%2FgEi4i%2BM%2F1h2z3zFjUh6%2B6su6repWctPN9t%2FG00XF23G78geXEV9a5PMj%0D%0APW00P0CLWw%3D%3D"
target=_top>Tell them your vote depends on their opposition to the
seal hunt</A> by sending them a letter right now.</DIV>
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