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WORLDWIDE DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST THE CANADIAN SEAL

SLAUGHTER

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

 

 

Thousands of people around the world representing

numerous environmental and animal organizations are

preparing for the unified worldwide protest tomorrow,

Tuesday, March 15th, to end the largest single mass

slaughter of mammals anywhere in the world – the

brutal killing of 325,000 harp seals in Canada.

 

 

 

As part of Sea Shepherd’s campaign strategy, protests

are an integral part of the campaign to generate

public awareness and

 

to bring international pressure to bear on the

Canadian government to end this horrific slaughter.

To find out the details about a protest near you,

click on the city links below or go to our Worldwide

Protest page. To read more about Sea Shepherds

campaign, including

 

details on the only conservation vessel headed for the

ice, visit our Seal Campaign pages.

 

 

 

 

 

Facts about the seal hunt:

 

* The Canadian harp seal hunt is the largest

single mass slaughter of mammals anywhere in the

world.

* It is grossly inhumane. Credible witnesses,

including Sea Shepherd volunteers, have seen seals

skinned alive and tortured. These incidents have been

documented and sealers themselves have bragged and

written about how much fun it is to torture a seal. A

postmortem survey concluded that 42% of the

slaughtered seal pups were skinned alive.

* It is an incredibly wasteful hunt. Canadian

author and naturalist, Farley Mowat, estimates that

for every seal landed, another is shot and lost under

the ice, not to be included in the quota.

* It is a slaughter done almost entirely for

vanity and luxury and therefore unnecessary.

* 95% of the seals killed are newborn seal pups

less than three weeks old and they are killed in front

of their mothers.

 

At the protests there will be informational brochures

to distribute about the seal slaughter, a petition for

individuals to sign, and information about the boycott

on Canadian seafood. Please mobilize your families,

friends, and colleagues to participate in this

Worldwide Protest. It’s a great way to join

like-minded individuals – thousands of them around the

world – and show your concern for our oceans. Please

pass this information to anyone who might be

interested.

 

 

 

Thank you so much for all the great work that you do

for animals. We look forward to seeing you at a

protest!

 

 

 

RALLY CITIES

 

NORTH AMERICA

United States

Washington DC

Atlanta

Boston

Buffalo

Chicago

Dallas

Denver

Detroit

Houston

Los Angeles

Miami

Minneapolis

New York

Portland

Raleigh

San Diego

San Francisco

Seattle

 

 

NORTH AMERICA

Canada

Halifax

Kelowna, BC

Ottawa

Toronto

Vancouver, BC

Victoria, BC

Mexico - Mexico City

 

LATIN AMERICA

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Chile - Santiago

Columbia - Bogota

Equador - Quito

Peru - Lima

Uruguay - Montevideo

 

OTHER

Australia - Melbourne

Israel - Tel Aviv

New Zealand - Christchurch

 

 

EUROPE

Austria - Vienna

Belgium - Brussels

Croatia - Zagreb

Denmark - Copenhagen

France

Paris

Nice

Hungary - Budapest

Ireland - Dublin

Italy

Milan

Rome

Netherlands - The Hague

Norway - Oslo

Portugal - Lisbon

Spain

Madrid

Barcelona

Malaga

Sweden - Stockholm

UK

London

Edinburgh

Ukraine - Kharkiv

 

 

Have more questions? Please visit Sea Shepherd

Conservation Society and Harpseals.org for full

details regarding the issue and protests. Please

spread the word and forward this email to your

friends, family and others who are concerned about

seals and the oceans wildlife and habitats.

 

For the oceans,

 

 

 

Michael Moore

 

Development Director

 

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

 

PO Box 2616

 

Friday Harbor, WA 98250

 

phone: 360-370-5650

 

fax: 360-370-5651

 

website: www.seashepherd.org

 

email: michael

 

 

 

 

 

The Canadian harp seal hunt is the largest single mass

slaughter of mammals anywhere in the world. Visit:

www.seashepherd.org/seals/seals.html to learn about

how you can help permanently end it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WORLDWIDE DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST THE CANADIAN SEAL

SLAUGHTER

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

 

 

Thousands of people around the world representing

numerous environmental and animal organizations are

preparing for the unified worldwide protest tomorrow,

Tuesday, March 15th, to end the largest single mass

slaughter of mammals anywhere in the world – the

brutal killing of 325,000 harp seals in Canada.

 

 

 

As part of Sea Shepherd’s campaign strategy, protests

are an integral part of the campaign to generate

public awareness and

 

to bring international pressure to bear on the

Canadian government to end this horrific slaughter.

To find out the details about a protest near you,

click on the city links below or go to our Worldwide

Protest page. To read more about Sea Shepherds

campaign, including

 

details on the only conservation vessel headed for the

ice, visit our Seal Campaign pages.

 

 

 

 

 

Facts about the seal hunt:

 

* The Canadian harp seal hunt is the largest

single mass slaughter of mammals anywhere in the

world.

* It is grossly inhumane. Credible witnesses,

including Sea Shepherd volunteers, have seen seals

skinned alive and tortured. These incidents have been

documented and sealers themselves have bragged and

written about how much fun it is to torture a seal. A

postmortem survey concluded that 42% of the

slaughtered seal pups were skinned alive.

* It is an incredibly wasteful hunt. Canadian

author and naturalist, Farley Mowat, estimates that

for every seal landed, another is shot and lost under

the ice, not to be included in the quota.

* It is a slaughter done almost entirely for

vanity and luxury and therefore unnecessary.

* 95% of the seals killed are newborn seal pups

less than three weeks old and they are killed in front

of their mothers.

 

At the protests there will be informational brochures

to distribute about the seal slaughter, a petition for

individuals to sign, and information about the boycott

on Canadian seafood. Please mobilize your families,

friends, and colleagues to participate in this

Worldwide Protest. It’s a great way to join

like-minded individuals – thousands of them around the

world – and show your concern for our oceans. Please

pass this information to anyone who might be

interested.

 

 

 

Thank you so much for all the great work that you do

for animals. We look forward to seeing you at a

protest!

 

 

 

RALLY CITIES

 

NORTH AMERICA

United States

Washington DC

Atlanta

Boston

Buffalo

Chicago

Dallas

Denver

Detroit

Houston

Los Angeles

Miami

Minneapolis

New York

Portland

Raleigh

San Diego

San Francisco

Seattle

 

 

NORTH AMERICA

Canada

Halifax

Kelowna, BC

Ottawa

Toronto

Vancouver, BC

Victoria, BC

Mexico - Mexico City

 

LATIN AMERICA

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Chile - Santiago

Columbia - Bogota

Equador - Quito

Peru - Lima

Uruguay - Montevideo

 

OTHER

Australia - Melbourne

Israel - Tel Aviv

New Zealand - Christchurch

 

 

EUROPE

Austria - Vienna

Belgium - Brussels

Croatia - Zagreb

Denmark - Copenhagen

France

Paris

Nice

Hungary - Budapest

Ireland - Dublin

Italy

Milan

Rome

Netherlands - The Hague

Norway - Oslo

Portugal - Lisbon

Spain

Madrid

Barcelona

Malaga

Sweden - Stockholm

UK

London

Edinburgh

Ukraine - Kharkiv

 

 

Have more questions? Please visit Sea Shepherd

Conservation Society and Harpseals.org for full

details regarding the issue and protests. Please

spread the word and forward this email to your

friends, family and others who are concerned about

seals and the oceans wildlife and habitats.

 

For the oceans,

 

 

 

Michael Moore

 

Development Director

 

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

 

PO Box 2616

 

Friday Harbor, WA 98250

 

phone: 360-370-5650

 

fax: 360-370-5651

 

website: www.seashepherd.org

 

email: michael

 

 

 

 

 

The Canadian harp seal hunt is the largest single mass

slaughter of mammals anywhere in the world. Visit:

www.seashepherd.org/seals/seals.html to learn about

how you can help permanently end it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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