from IFAW<BR><BR><B><I>"Fred O'Regan, International Fund for Animal Welfare" <fred@ifaw1.org></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:15:00 -0800<BR>Subject: Urgent: Vote NO on the Seal Hunt<BR>From: "Fred O'Regan, International Fund for Animal Welfare" <fred@ifaw1.org><BR><BR> <STYLE type=text/css> <!-- p { font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; padding: 0pt 6pt; } .normal { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt; padding: 6pt; } .pix { padding: 0px; } .ourheader { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; padding: 6px; } .ouraddress { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt;
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align=right><FONT color=#ffffff><STRONG>International Fund for Animal Welfare</STRONG> March 16, 2006</FONT></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD background=images/grayspace.gif><IMG height=75 alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFilesSSL/Account5249/temp/5249_24087_252593_Vote_Index/215x75_ifaw_logo.gif" width=215 border=0><IMG height=75 src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFilesSSL/Account5249/temp/5249_24087_252593_Vote_Index/140x75_S-04-43.jpg" width=140><IMG height=75 src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFilesSSL/Account5249/temp/5249_24087_252593_Vote_Index/140x75_040205.jpg" width=140><IMG height=75 src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFilesSSL/Account5249/temp/5249_24087_252593_Vote_Index/140x75_SB291.jpg" width=139></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=Head1 height=60>Urgent: Vote NO on the Seal Hunt!</TD></TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE class=normal cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=315 align=right border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=15> </TD> <TD> <TABLE cellSpacing=0
cellPadding=0 width=300 bgColor=#f2e8be border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=bottom> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=Head3 colSpan=2> <CENTER><A href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M715000736597190325259365">Vote NO on the Seal Hunt</A>!</CENTER></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=2><IMG height=250 src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFilesSSL/Account5249/temp/5249_24087_252593_Vote_Index/300x250_032905.jpg" width=300></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=normal colSpan=2>More than 300,000 seals will be killed this year alone. Please visit our website to learn more.</TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=2> <CENTER class=Head4><A href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M715000746597190325259365" target=_blank><IMG height=31 src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFilesSSL/Account5249/temp/5249_24087_252593_Vote_Index/stopthesealhunt.gif" width=177 border=0></A></CENTER></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<div> </div> <div>I need your help now to <A href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M715000756597190325259365" target=_blank>show the Canadian public that the majority of Canadians are opposed to the cruelty of the commercial seal hunt</A>.</div> <div>Yesterday, Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn announced an increase in the Total Allowable Catch in this year’s Seal Hunt: more than 300,000 seals will be clubbed or shot to death on the ice this year; 95% of the seals killed will be under three months old.</div> <div>This morning’s CTV broadcast of Canada AM featured interviews with both Minister Hearn and Sheryl Fink from IFAW. After the show, CTV posted a poll on their website asking viewers “Do you support the seal hunt?” The poll is in the top right corner of Canada AM’s home page.</div> <div>Please don’t let the sealing industry win this poll. We need to send a strong message before the hunt begins that Canadians are tired of paying for the largest slaughter of marine
mammals in the world.</div> <div>It takes just a few seconds to <A href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M715000766597190325259365" target=_blank>vote NO on the Seal Hunt</A> but the suffering of seals will continue for years to come if we don’t speak out now.</div> <div>Please Vote NO on the Seal Hunt, and show the Canadian government it’s time for the cruelty to end.</div> <div>Sincerely,<BR><IMG height=60 src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFilesSSL/Account5249/temp/5249_24087_252593_Vote_Index/Fred_sig_short.jpg" width=168><BR>Fred O’Regan</div> <div><BR><STRONG>P.S.</STRONG> <A href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M715000776597190325259365" target=_blank>Please forward this message to as many friends as you can and ask them to Vote NO on the Seal Hunt now</A>!</div></TD></TR> <TR> <TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=634 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=normal vAlign=center bgColor=#f2e8be height=36> <div>IFAW ©
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