Canada's sealing myths dispelled by Capt. Watson

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Myths are below in red. Please send a message to the Honourable Stavros Dimas, the Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs (contact info below) asking him to convey your concerns to the European Parliament with a request that the members vote to protect the seal by banning all seal products into European marketsThe Canadian government is spending millions of dollars sending delegations to Europe to lobby against the ban.The seals need people to let the Parliament know that the majority of people worldwide want the largest mass slaughter of a marine mammal species in the world to be endedIn writing be aware of the following fact:[ IDEAS FOR TOPICS TO INCLUDE IN YOUR LETTER ]1 The Canadian government is trying to convince the Parliament that the seals being

killed are all adults.This is because the government of Canada defines an “adult” seal as any seal over three weeks of age.2. If the hunt is “humane” as the Canadian government insists it is then why is it illegal to observe the killing of a seal (yes, thats right, they have actually made a law that you are not allowed to take a picture of or video or even see a sealer within range of killing a seal.3.The harps seals are also being threatened by global warming which is causing loss of ice habitat and this is not factored into the quota decisions of the government.4. This is the largest slaughter of a marine mammal species in the world.5. The Canadian government has rejected offers to create alternative employment or to have people pay the

sealers to not kill seals.6. Seal pups have been filmed suffering in agony on the ice after being clubbed, stabbed, shot or kicked by sealers.7.The government of Canada tries to link the seal hunt with aboriginal communities despite the fact that the commercial hunt is not an aboriginal hunt. No one is opposing Inuit sealing in the far north. The opposition is to the mass slaughter in Eastern Canada especially Newfoundland where the aboriginal peoples were exterminated a century ago.There are no native communities in Newfoundland.8.The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans has a record of incompetence with regard to management of the fisheries.Every single commercial fishery in Canada is in trouble because of DFO mismanagement OK.What do I do?Please send a message to this person:Honourable Stavros DimasCommissioner for Employment and Social AffairsB-1049 BrusselsBelgiumSend a Fax:FAX: 32 2 2982 099Send an Email message:E-Mail: stavros.dimascopy and paste his email into your webmail and send a message.Please take a moment to do this Simply thinking about it, or wishing is nice but while you are sitting, the seal hunters are flying and entire delegation to europe to get to him Email is good. Fax is better. and Letter on paper is the best Keep in mind, this person, Stavros is helping.He is the potential good guy.Loyola Hearn and the sealers are the ones not so good Loyola Hearn is one of the persons who is advocating the killing Loyola Hearn's Phone number: Office in Ottawa Tel: 613-992-0927

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