Darfur ConflictMore than 2 million innocent people have been forced from their homes due to the Darfur Conflict.At least 400,000 people have been killed.Over 3.5 million people rely entirely on international aid in order to survive.The Sudanese government, along with a militia group called “Janjaweed†are responsible for this widespread killing, raping, assault, and village destruction.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, has called the Darfur Conflict “the largest and most complex humanitarian problem on the globe.â€The UN’s top humanitarian official has said that the conflict is “going from real bad to catastrophicâ€.The conflict has been going on since July of 2003.Although most non-government organizations say that 200,000 to 400,000 people have been killed in Darfur, the Sudanese government claims that only about 9,000 have died.Though they claim to not support the Janjaweed, the Sudanese government has provided money and assistance to the militia group responsible for massacring ethnic groups in Darfur.The United Nation HAS NOT called the killing in Darfur “genocideâ€.According to a World Food Program, over 355,000 people in the Darfur region have been cut off from food aid.
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Canada’s annual seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on Earth. Last year, the world looked on in horror as the Canadian government permitted the slaughter of more than 330,000 harp seals. During the hunt, baby seals are shot or repeatedly clubbed. Sealers bludgeon the animals with clubs and “hakapiks†(clubs with metal hooks on their ends) and drag the seals—who are still conscious—across the ice floes with boat hooks. An estimated 42 percent of the animals are skinned alive. Hunters toss dead and dying seals into heaps and leave their carcasses to rot on the ice floes because there is no market for seal meat. Veterinarians who have investigated the hunt have found that hunters routinely fail to comply with Canada’s animal welfare standards.It is legal in Canada to kill seal pups when they are about 12 days old. During last year’s hunt, almost all the seals killed were 3 months old or younger. Many had not yet learned how to swim or eaten their first solid meals. Baby seals are helpless and have no way to escape from the sealers’ clubs.The sealing industry claims that it is killing more seals because of an increased demand for fur. Although the U.S. banned the sale of seal fur in 1972, anyone wearing the fur of minks, rabbits, foxes, or any other kind of animal is responsible for creating a demand for fur, which pushes Canadian hunters to club more seals each year.Free Me by Goldfinger
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