Motorcade Protests East Coast Seal Hunt

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Motorcade Protests East Coast Seal Hunt

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:28:45 -0700

 

 

Jun 24 2006

 

 

Imagine 325,000 dead and skinned seals lining the

Island Highway from Victoria past Campbell River.

 

That’s the image organizers of the Funeral Motorcade

for the Seals would like to to grasp as they travel

the distance in protest of Canada’s East Coast seal

hunt.

 

The motorcade leaves Victoria on July 2 at 10:15 a.m.,

stopping in Duncan, Ladysmith, Nanaimo (12:15 to 12:50

p.m.), Parksville, Qualicum, Courtenay, Comox and

Campbell River, raising awareness of the annual hunt

on the ice flows off Newfoundland and Labrador.

 

“We usually set the number of kilometres by the quota

of seals which is set by the government,” said Anthony

Marr of Heal Our Planet Earth.

 

Marr said seven or eight vehicles will be leaving

Victoria, with others joining along the way, and he

expects up to 15 when the motorcade reaches full

strength.

 

“We will be raising awareness by holding media

conferences in each city. We need the media to convey

our message to the general public,” he said.

 

“Our idea is to convert a statistical number like 325

kilometres into a horrific vision of 325 seal bodies

per metre. Hit the public in the guts.”

 

Marr admits it is a lot of work to get the message of

the seals’ fate out to Canadians and their group has

to try to be innovative and come up with something new

all the time.

 

For more information on the Funeral Motorcade for the

Seals, please telephone 1-866-822-1169.

 

online

 

http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=51 & cat=23 & id=676435 & m\

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Everyone who lives in LA (or other cities in CA),

please get the word out about Anthony and his

motorcade to your friends. Maybe you know people who

live in San Diego or Northern CA. He will start in

San Diego and work his way up the state.

 

I would love for us to have a HUGE motorcade on (we

believe it will be November 18, Sat., 2006) that will

go from LA to Santa Barbara (this is just for the LA

area but you could go farther if you want).

 

Please, I know it is very early but I just wanted

everyone to have a heads up that I will work with

Anthony in any way I can to have a HUGE turnout and WE

WANT MEDIA ATTENTION so please tell your friends and

spread the word.

 

thank you very much.

 

Sue

ssforever

6/24/2006 8:16:34 PM

 

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Sinikka Crosland

editor

Saturday, June 24, 2006 8:06 PM

letter to editor: Funeral Motorcade for

the Seals

 

Dear Editor:

Kudos to Anthony Marr and his Funeral Motorcade

for the Seals ( " Motorcade Protests East Coast Seal

Hunt " , June 24, 2006). Have supporters of the brutal

yearly massacre ever stopped to wonder what might

motivate a person to take to the streets and advocate

so staunchly for the well-being of animals? Critics

of such crusades are quick to state that these are

fundraising events, but they have stopped short of

doing the math in their zeal to deflect from the true

purpose of these events. With the rising cost of gas,

animal advocates like Anthony Marr will not be further

ahead financially. They are, however--ethically

speaking--light years ahead of those who support the

mass slaughter of innocent baby harp seals. Further,

in anticipation of the usual arguments from the

sealing sector and the government, seals do not stop

being babies at 12 days old, when their white coats

begin to turn gray. This is another devious attempt

at twisting the facts by those who really know better.

May this be the last motorcade that must ever be

conducted for the seals. Hopefully our federal

government will soon locate its sense of ethics and

bring an end to the largest and most vicious slaughter

of sentient marine mammals on earth.

Respectfully yours,

Sinikka Crosland

3430 Turnbull Road

Westbank, B.C.

V4T 1W3

Ph/fax: 250-768-4803

tracs

_________________

 

 

Marie E. Schwartz, CMA

402-216-7109/cell

Please Stop Buying Canadian Seafood.

 

www.shirtsforseals.com

 

 

To view the 6/12/06 Today Show expose on the Seal

" Hunt, " go to www.protectseals.org

 

 

 

" If most of us rounded a corner on a highway and saw a

slaughter like this, we would call the police, we

would scream until our throats gave out, we would

probably charge the men with clubs. We wouldn’t say,

“I’d do something, but there are so many other

problems in the world …” Patti Davis, Newsweek, 4/6/05

 

 

Photo courtesy of SSCS 2003