Join SuperSealWoman and help stop the Seal Hunt

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ACTIVIST ALERT

 

SuperSealWoman Soars into San Francisco to Save the Seals!

 

SuperSealWoman is " flying high " at 367 Bay Street in North Beach,

snatching a sealer's club and saving a helpless harp seal pup. On

December 20, 2006, at noon, SuperSealWoman will arrive in person to

show ordinary San Franciscans how they can become superheroes to the

seals.

 

There is still time to prevent another slaughter of over 300,000

baby harp seals in Canada. Please join SuperSealWoman (a.k.a. Sky

Valencia, of the Vegan Vixens), Ian Robichaud, founder of

Harpseals.org, and fellow animal/seal activists on December 20, 2006

in San Francisco to promote the Canadian seafood boycott and help

bring about a quick and permanent end to the massacre of helpless

harp seal pups in Canada.

 

Who: SuperSealWoman and you, seal superheroes of the San Francisco

Bay Area

 

What: Outreach in San Francisco – stroll along Bay Street by the

Harpseals.org SuperSealWoman wall mural, distributing seal-inspired

gifts, activist cards, and information on the seal slaughter and the

Canadian seafood boycott.

 

When: December 20, 2006, Noon to 2 pm

 

Where: Meet at 367 Bay Street. Stroll on Bay Street between Powell

and Taylor.

 

Contact: Ian Robichaud, Harpseals.org, 310-266-9009. Prior to the

event, for more information, contact Diana Marmorstein,

Harpseals.org 786-877-2656, contact

 

Information: http://www.harpseals.org

 

See the Harpseals.org SuperSealWoman wall mural at 367 Bay St.

throughout the month of December.

Meet SuperSealWoman in person on December 20, and help encourage San

Franciscans to take the message of compassion to Safeway, Trader

Joe's, hotel dining rooms, and all the restaurants of San Francisco

that have not yet joined the Canadian seafood boycott. To date, over

30 San Francisco restaurants have joined the boycott. With the

encouragement of San Francisco's new seal superheroes, Harpseals.org

expects dozens of additional seafood vendors to join in.

 

The annual seal " hunt " is the largest slaughter of marine mammals in

the world and takes the lives of over 300,000 baby harp seals each

year. Seals just a few weeks to a few months old are bludgeoned or

shot to death, hooked and dragged while alive and conscious, and

even skinned alive.

 

These baby seals are killed primarily for their skin, which is made

into fur coats, gloves, purses, and boots by such fashion

corporations as Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, and Versace, also targets of

a boycott. Harpseals.org is promoting a boycott of the Canadian

seafood industry for three primary reasons:

1. Almost all sealers are fishermen. Sealing is an off-season

activity that provides very little of their income.

2. The fishing industry of Canada, as a whole, lobbies for the

continuation of the seal slaughter and for ever-increasing kill

quotas. The Canadian government has said that the slaughter will not

end until the Canadian fishing industry wants it to end.

3. Americans buy about 70% of Canada's seafood exports. By

taking our dollars away from the Canadian seafood industry,

Americans can be superheroes to the seals and bring about a

permanent end to the seal " hunt. "

 

Harpseals.org is an all-volunteer organization based in southern

California and is the only organization dedicated exclusively to

ending the annual massacre of baby harp seals in Canada. Along with

In Defense of Animals, based in San Rafael, HSUS, Animal Alliance

Canada, and several other organizations, Harpseals.org is educating

consumers about the plight of the harp seals in Canada and how

Americans can help.