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Stop the Canadian Baby Seal Slaughter

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  • Start Date:
    2-18-2008
  • Last Signed:
    10-14-2009

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It is now February, in the next month here in Canada seals have their pups on large sheets of ice that are starting to break up on Canada's Eastern Seabord and the Gulf of the St Lawrence.  Many people think the baby seal hunt has been shut down.  But it has been reopened.  Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans blames the dissapearence of codfish from the Grand Banks because of the the seal hunt ban.  They say the ban on the seal hunt allowed the seal population to grow and the more seals, the more codfish eaten by seals.  When John Cabot first came to Canada he reported that the cod were so plentiful that the ship was sailing through an ocean of cod and a basket lowered down over the side would come back filled with codfish.  It's not the seal's fault that the cod has disappeared from the Grand Banks.  There is no reason to club a baby seal that is less than a month to death except for the fact that is when their pelts are the highest quality.  Canada should outlaw the yearly seal hunt once and for all.  Cut and paste the following URL into your browser to see how the seal hunt is carried out (warning not for the squeamish). 

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/international/americas/05SEAL.html?ex=1396497600&en=52563d7cc9b2f1d2&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND

 

PS. There is another good Seal Forum here. "More Seals Need Saving." Have a look and find out what is happening to these beautiful creatures:

http://www.youchoose.net/forum_topic/more_seals_needing_saving

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stop its a grotesque massacre
The way they kill the seals is SO revolting! it makes me sick!
please save the seals
nothing is worth the life of a defenseless seal. STOP.
Stop killing these cute, defenseless seal.
come on people-save the poor seals,
STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's sick and disturbing
please stop this horrific slaughtering...
Please STOP THE CANADIAN BABY SEAL SLAUGHTER. They are so CUTE!It wouldn't be right to slaughter them.
I vehemently oppose this vicious, depraved slaughter.
This has been going on for long enough, it's terrible how these poor helpless creatures get killed for the skin on their backs. STOP IT!!!!
Be the voice for those who can't be heard. Save the animals!
Say no to fur!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Keep it going, what do baby seals do for me?
Signed,
The Great Wolverine

As long as ego, greed and plain stupidity are the norm then we need all the help we can get. We are killing the very things we need to survive for no good reason. If you don't like the people who are out there protecting our oceans then get off your ass and get out there yourself. All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke

ok wtfh.. i read back down the comments and some of u people aren't interested in the seals at all! a bunch of pricks, mainly G.B and Whos.y, or watev, r just using this forum as an excuse 2 air out their petty comments and sick sense of humour.. how many hours did u guys spend in ur room, thinking up ways 2 justify using hitler quotes to promote humane killing?? yeah, coz ur all so open-minded urselves.. omfg, whos.y or watev ur name is, what is with the 'id like 2 beat u 2 death with a seal-skin covered club'?? i mean, i get the ironic humour, but.. really not the time nor place. if u guys didnt try to disguise ur spurious immaturity with big words - yeah, i can use them too - id think u were just a couple of dumb kids trying to drag ur pathetic squabbling into an adult environment. actually, i still think that. go do something u'd be good at, like leading corrupt governments in their destruction of small third-world countries... at least that wouldnt put ur obvious intelligence to waste. or if u don't do that, at least get lives and stop examining the faults of other peoples'.

i agree; the way these beautiful animals are being slaughtered is WRONG! but its good to know there are people doing something bout it. but this disgusting act has been going on for years - i even got hold of a 70s mag that advertised against it - so hopefully, soon we can stop it for good :) yay!

who hunts seal? real fur is disgusting to wear!

fur is not at all fashionable if i see any animals fur it makes me upset and gag to think that the poor animal was killed for its fur id rather go naked than wear any animals fur its horrible that these adorable creatures r being killed so people can attempt to make a fashion statement

Having read most of the comments I believe that no matter what, killing any animal for nothing more than their fur is not fashionable. I'd like to know honestly how many people could actually kill and clean what they've killed. Seals are not fighters, and anybody that could actually condone that deseves to be tortured.

baby seals are cute and adorable. No animal should have to be killed! How could we trust humans if they have an sick mind and careless hearts.

baby seals are cute and inocent they shoud not be killed...its cruel and insesitive...the fact that humans are doing this is treacherous...it hurts me to say this but i f**kin hate us humans sometimes. is horrid atrousous and plain cruel. i like being me as much as any human but some peple shouldnt be alive or at least have a different attitude.

if they like killing this animals that has big brown eyes and look sweet. Then why dont they go to hospital or school and hit the babies or kids. they cant cause its against the law and etc. Then we need a law to protect this babies

The fact that any human being with a heart and conscious could look one of these precious, innocent babies in the eyes and kill them in such a horrific manner, or at all is beyond me. It makes me sick and I think we should do the same to the human animals that kill these baby seals. We have to do all we can to help save these precious babies!

My name is Loren, and I want to join this campaign because I've seen videos of what's done to the baby seals and it angers me so badly. There are so many great causes that need help, but I just wanted to ask - what else can I do? Get my friends to join - should we send emails to Congress, or the particular countries involved in these issues? Please let me know what other actions I can take - I write very good emails and I can send out tons of them as long as I know the recipient. Thanks! Lumen Spirit

SAVE THE SEALS.
dont people have hearts anymore?
Oh wait no its al about money and whohas the nicer car. GROSS.
animals and nature is what the world is all about, at thise rate theres going to be nothing left. I really hope you can live with yourselves.

mike c. just leave.
your obviously proven wrong by basically everyone signing this petition.
byebye :(

HA.

amy, i wouldnt mind clubbing you round the head.

this type of killing breaks my heart instantly.
to think about makes me upset.

and mike c. thats so we can live and you can barley avoid treading on an ant. i swear they kill these seals for there skin?
we eat cow and chicken to survive, its what we were programmed to do. we werent programmed muderers.

Seriously. Slaughtering baby seals is sick and wrong. It NEEDS to stop, and it needs to stop now.

I wouldn't give a care if the seals were killed instantly but clubbing them is inhumane and cruel just for the pelts. Why can't they just only use guns and aim for the head? =P

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