PLEASE HELP! Don't Let the EU Betray Seals!!

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--PLEASE CROSS POST EVERYWHERE--Dear Compassionate Friends:An East Coast Canadian sealing delegation is back, and is AT THIS VERY MOMENT, spreading lies to EU officials, stating that sealing is 'humane', begging them not to impose a ban on seal products into EU countries. Will the EU cave and betray the seals?A decision which was set to be announced last summer on this issue, has been suspiciously postponed to allow for another barbaric season of bloodletting. And when Stavros Dimas, EU Commissioner For the Environment, DID make a statement regarding sealing, he included wording that would effectively clear the way for hunting to continue based on the erroneous belief that if it is done HUMANELY, these massive orgies of death would be allowed to continue. THERE IS NO KIND AND GENTLE METHOD OF MASS MURDER.It is imperative we

FLOOD HIS OFFICE WITH EMAILS. LET HIM KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! Unless there is a virtual LANDSLIDE of opposition, the EU will allow these atrocities to continue unabated! Please pass this alert on to blogs, web pages and social networking sites. We need massive support! Send those emails! Stavros Dimas -- EU Commissioner For EnvironmentEMAIL: stavros.dimas [iF THE EMAIL ADDY IS BLOCKED, HERE IT IS AGAIN]: stavros dot dimas at ec dot europa dot euSample letter: [vary to make it your own]Honorable Commissioner Dimas,As someone who has extensive knowledge regarding the methods used worldwide, by sealers to ply their trade, I fully understand that there is absolutely no way this can be accomplished in a "humane" manner. Please take a moment to seriously consider the chaotic circumstances surrounding the killing en mass of seals. Often, weather conditions are extremely

adverse. To add to this, there is a very short and strict time limit on when, and how many animals one has access to. Common sense must take precedent when understanding that if we are discussing hundreds of thousands of animals being slaughtered, simultaneously, the expected result will be many animals suffering, writhing in pain, skinned alive. If you think for one moment that a 'humane' scenario is possible, then perhaps you should consider a war zone, because in effect, that's what these massacres are. Crazed, frenzied killing, only those being annihilated have no possibility of fighting for their lives. I urge you to spare intelligent, complex creatures this fate. Please make your decision based on commonsense, ethics, compassion and morality, not on political expedience. Thank you.Sincerely, ~ CANADIAN DELEGATION ASKS EU TO DROP PROPOSED SEAL PRODUCT BAN ~ Wednesday,

January 21, 2009 Canadian officials, including those from Newfoundland and Nunavut, are in Brussels this week to ask the European Union not to pass proposed legislation that would ban the import of seal products.The Canadian visit to Europe, organized by the federal Fisheries and Oceans Department, is Canada's latest attempt to sway European politicians on the proposed seal ban, which is before an EU committee.Under the proposal, seal products from countries that "practise hunting methods that involve unnecessary pain," also referred to as "cruel hunting," would not be allowed into the 27-nation bloc.Animal rights activists in Europe have characterized Canada's seal hunt as "cruel."The 16 Canadian officials in Brussels say they are educating European parliamentarians on the humane way the annual seal hunt is carried out in Canada."If this passed and made its way through, they [the European Union] would

be telling us how to do things in Canada, telling us how to conduct the hunt," Senator Fabian Manning of Newfoundland and Labrador told CBC News on Tuesday."There is a concern here that would not be the route to take."Effective lobbyingWhile Manning said many EU politicians are willing to listen to the Canadian delegation, he also acknowledged that animal rights activists have been effective and consistent in their lobbying."The animal rights people put forward time and time again, videos that are seen throughout the world — especially in the European Union — that show a bright blue sky and white ice and red blood," he said."You know, trying to compete with that in any way, shape or form is not easy."Simon Awa, Nunavut's deputy environment minister, told CBC News that the group has met with only a few of the nearly 800 parliamentarians in the 27-nation European Union, making the task of spreading Canada's

message a challenge.Speaking in Inuktitut, Awa said one politician told him it's important to continue lobbying constantly if Canada wants its voice to be heard in the EU. However, Awa said there is not a lot of time or money available to do that.Manning said the sealing issue is not really on the EU's priority list right now, since it has elections coming up in June and other issues to consider.It is unclear when a vote on the proposed seal product ban would take place, but Manning said he suspects it could come as early as this spring.~ END ~