Guest guest Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 .... VERY URGENT ...The E.U. is considering ending all seal product trade! Comment now in support of a ban Trouble with links or images? Want to share this email? Use this link:https://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=19542877 "Please take a few minutes now to tell the EU you support a ban on seal product trade." —Paul McCartney Like me, you’ve probably seen the horrifying images of helpless baby seals being beaten and shot for their fur. Wounded seals left to suffer in agony. Conscious pups sliced open. And the reason for their pain? So that someone can sell their fur. For so many years, we’ve tried to stop this senseless brutality. Today, you and I have a chance to stop this cruelty forever. Twenty-five years ago, the European Union made history when it ended its trade in products from newborn harp seals. Commercial seal hunting in some countries came to a virtual standstill, and countless baby seals were saved. But the hunters began to kill the pups when they were slightly older -- and the products from those seals are legally traded in the EU. Today, some commercial seal hunts are twice as large as they were when the EU first took action. But there is new hope for the seals. The EU is considering ending all seal product trade in the European Union, regardless of the age of the seals. This move would save millions of seals from brutal slaughter, and help put a final end to commercial seal hunting globally. Right now, the EU is asking people around the world to submit their opinions on the historic proposal. Please take a few minutes today to tell the European Union you fully support a ban on seal product trade. I’m lucky: I was able to visit a harp seal nursery in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence before the hunters descended. The sight of mothers and their pups on the pristine ice is one I won’t forget, and I’ve committed myself to working to preserve that wondrous spectacle for generations to come. Commercial seal hunting doesn’t simply cause unimaginable suffering to the seals; it is also dehumanizing and often dangerous work, contributing very little to the incomes of the hunters. A European Union ban on all seal product trade would force nations where seal huting has taken place to invest in real alternatives -- jobs that will provide safe and sustainable futures. Lets work together to make a better life for seals and people. Say no to the cruel trade in seal products in the European Union. It doesn’t matter where you live -- your voice counts. Please take action to save the seals today. The deadline for the European Union to hear your views is February 13. Sincerely,Paul McCartney Humane Society International (HSI) | .Humane Society International | 2100 L Street, NW | Washington, DC 20037 USAinfo | 301-258-3010 | www.hsi.org Boycott Japanese Products and Services | Please Act: Save the Whales and Dolphins: Worldwide boycott of Japanese products and services – Please participate and forward to others! Every year, Japan kills 2,000 whales and 20,000 dolphins! What you can do: 1) Don’t buy products from Japan or use services provided by Japanese companies; 2) Inform Japanese companies, media (radio, TV and newspapers) and the Japanese government about this worldwide boycott; 3) Send this e-mail to your friends and ask them to join the boycott; 4.) Contact the Japanese embassies worldwide and send your protest. 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