GREAT OPPOSITION AGAINST WWF POLICY CONCERNING SEALHUNTING

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GREAT OPPOSITION AGAINST WWF POLICY CONCERNING SEALHUNTING

 

 

Many organisations such as the Animal Protection, Greenpeace,

Wildlife Protection, the WSPA and the IFAW reject with determination

the standpoint of the WWF concerning sealhunting..

 

The claim of the WWF as if they only stand for species protection and

not to protect the individual animals,

 

does not justify their active support to the slaughter of the harp

and hooded seals.

 

Given the fact that the WWF maintains their policy as having " other

priorities " , appears to be remarkable as they now are actively

involved in justifying the sealhunt.

 

 

 

Please send an email to the WWF Canada :

 

 

 

SAMPLE LETTER :

 

 

World Wildlife Fund Canada

 

 

TO : Mr. Hummel mhummel

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Mr. Hummel,

 

I find it bewildering that WWF Canada agrees with the clubbing to

death of over one million harp seals and the hooded seals at the

Eastern Canadian coast in the next 3 years. WWF worker Dr. Robert

Rengeley states that the seal is not threatened with extinction and

therefore he finds hunting them no problem. I find this most

revolting.

 

Despite years of international protests against the hunt for young

seals, this hunt has only been increasing in the last years. 95% of

the killed seals vary in the age of 14 days and a year. The heads of

the harp seals and hooded seals are crushed by beating them with

clubs or butt ends of guns. Often, these creatures are skinned while

still in convulsion. The mother seals can do nothing but watch

defencelessly. In 2001, an independent team of veterinarians found

that 42% of the seals is skinned alive.

 

The government usually determines yearly the maximum number of seals

to kill. For several years this number has been around 275,000. For

the first time, the Canadian government set the quota for three years

to come (at 350,000 a year). With this agreement, Canada basically

chooses to liberalise the hunt. Also, Canada knows itself supported

in this by your organistion. The Canadian government allows this

gruesome hunt, under the pretext of it being good for the cod fish

population and there being enough seals to justify a .harvest.. The

hunt for seals is primarily for the fur industry. Besides that the

penises of the seals are sold for producing love potions. When

estimating the quota, Canada does not weigh that Greenland hunts the

same population (about 100,000 a year!). That the number of killed

seals is eventually twice as high, is a known fact. The official

figures (on which policy is made) don.t tell about the clubbed or

shot seals that got away and the seals that are caught in fisher nets

accidentally.

 

Your organistion says it has other priorities than the seal hunt. My

question however is: why does your organisation support it? I am

really upset by this and I expect you to do everything you can to

change this point of view.

 

Please inform me about this personally.

 

I look forward to your reply to my questions.

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

 

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