WHOO HOOOO! EU Officially to BAN ALL SEAL PRODUCTS!!!!!!!!

July 7, 2008

> Victory! EU to Ban Seal 'Products' From Canada> Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:51:55 -0400> > - > "ARAN" <arancampaigns@ eircom.net>> "ARAN" <arancampaigns@ eircom.net>> Friday, July 04, 2008 1:18 PM> Victory! EU to Ban Seal 'Products' From Canada> > > Dear Animal Rights Action Network Supporter;> >> > We have good news to bring you once more. EU Commissioner Stavros Dimas> has> > announced to EU ministers that legislation for a trade ban on all seal> > products from Canada will come into force in a matter of weeks.> >> > This is great news as it will cut a major hole in the Canadian seal hunt> > industry which

may very well spell the end of this brutal slaughter.> Animal> > Rights Action Network played a huge part here in Ireland in this campaign.> > Just this year we held two big demonstrations to draw attention to the> > cruelty and call for an Irish boycott of Canadian seafood, see here> > <http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=sZYujZyL1uo> and here> > <http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=L6KH15PSOKE> for footage, plus we also> > successfully lobbied most Irish MEP's to vote for this ban although one or> > two went against it, Animal Rights Action Network went on to publicly> > denounced Sean O Neachatain for his support of the cruel Canadian seal> hunt,> > leading him to call us asking us to drop our campaign against him. We also> > helped generate literally hundreds of vital letters and phone calls to> > Stavros Demas office

urging him to pass this important resolution. Also> > since the formation of Animal Rights Action Network we have been> organizing> > peaceful protests outside the Canadian Embassy in Dublin each year using> > professionally printed placards and banners and vital educational> materials> > which helped to generate huge media coverage, our events were hugely> > attended sometimes by up to 50 supporters during a lunchtime protest.> >> > Let's hope that we now finally see and end to this awful cruel hunt.> Again,> > thank you for anything that you have done on the campaign and more so> thank> > you for writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls, donating and> > more importantly for attending any of ARAN's important photocall's and> > events, it does truly make a huge difference.> >> > Thank

You from us here at Animal Rights Action Network.> >> > www.ARAN.ie