Every year the Canadian government which earns 16.5 million dollars in commercial seal meat and fur each year lets around 300,000 seals get clubbed to death,
95% of the harp seals killed are less than 3 months old. and will be left to die then rot, some baby seals may even be skinned alive! We need to help stop this cruelty, no animal should die for fashion.
I will post any UK updates on here that I find throughout the year.....
APRIL 07 - Respect for Animals warmly welcome the UK Ministerial Statement made today by Minister of Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs (Ian McCartney) that said the UK would be pressing the European Commission to propose EU-wide measures to ban the import of harp and hooded seal products.JAN 08 - ST. JOHN'S, N.L, The head of the Fur Institute of Canada says the sealing industry is in a "crisis'' situation because of legislation in some European countries that bans the import of seal products.Over the past year, a growing number of countries have passed, or are considering, such bans.Bruce Williams, chairman of the organization, says that momentum is threatening the seal fishery and could cause its collapse if countries such as Italy and France approve bans of seal products.Williams says that's because the global fur industry is primarily only interested in products that appear on the runways of Milan and Paris.Belgium and Holland have passed legislation banning seal products, while Germany, Italy and Austria are drafting similar legislation.The institute held a meeting today in St. John's with about 100 sealers to discuss the various challenges confronting their industry. This year's hunt is expected to begin in March.
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Celebrity artist Rolf Harris
recorded a song early last year called "Slaughter on the Ice" about Canada's commercial seal hunt. You can download the song here for £0.99 all proceeds will be donated to the 'Stop the Seal Hunt Fund' at IFAW
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A few easy ways to help
-Visit the following sites to sign to help end the Cruel Harp Seal Hunt.....
Please Sign Here and here
-Text "ban the trade" to 60066 (Standard network charges apply) IFAW will text you back to confirm your message.
-Visit Fur Canada.com and contact them through e-mail/letter
Thanks
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Here are some websites where you can get more information from:
Harp Seals.Org
IFAW
Protect Seals
Stop The seal Hunt
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Sir Paul McCartney talks about the Seal Hunt while visiting Canada
The 2006 Hunt *warning - has graphic scenes which might upset the viewer*
