******** UPDATE ********* April 15th, 2008 *************

How far we've come -- and the progress we're making...

Photo: The HSUS
Together, we're making progress to protect these wonderful animals
and end the cruel Canadian seal hunt.


Here's the most exciting piece of news: the European Environment Commissioner has announced a plan to ban the trade in all seal products originating from inhumane hunts. This builds upon the historic declaration by the European parliament in 2006. If an EU-wide ban is enacted, the fashion houses serving the main markets for seal skins today -- China and Russia -- would be forced to stop, and millions of baby seals would be saved from cruel slaughter. In the meantime, many nations have either banned seal product trade or announced their intentions to do so. They include: Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Panama, Mexico, and the United States.Just the potential for an EU ban on seal products has saved thousands of seals already. Prices paid for seal skins this year have declined so much that most sealers have chosen to stay home.

To tell the EU that you strongly support a total ban on trade in seal products, please sign our petition here.

And we have more good news. The HSUS-led boycott of Canadian seafood in the U.S. has attracted more than 618,000 individuals, 3,500 restaurants, and major grocery chains such as Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. With more than 80% of Newfoundland's fishing revenue coming from shellfish andless than 3%from the seal hunt, we have tremendous leverage as consumers to end this hunt! Fishermen are fast realizing they stand to lose more from killing seals than they will ever hope to gain.

The Canadian Government has started the LARGEST BLOODY MASSIVE SLAUGHTER OF OVER, OVER 900,000 HARP SEALS in the GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE.

We ask for your support for ALL the HARP SEALS to BOYCOTT CANADIAN SEAFOOD (snow crabs, cod, scallops, shrimp) UNTIL CANADA ENDS THIS HORRIFIC SEAL HUNT FOR GOOD !!

Canadian Seal Hunt UPDATE:
UPDATE: JULY 5, 2007
With nearly 95,000 actions taken to help end Canada's commercial seal hunt, your support is making a huge difference.

In just the last few months:

Your support enabled us to show the world the tragic truth about what is happening to the hundreds of thousands of baby seals who died as a result of poor ice conditions or at the hands of sealers.

One of the largest processors of sealskins in Canada, Carino Company Limited, is offering only about half the price it paid in 2006 for top quality beater sealskins this year, stating that at the end of last year "all sales stopped". Austria and France declared their intention to ban the import of seal products. They join the US, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Mexico and Croatia in speaking out against Canada's cruel, unsustainable, and unnecessary slaughter of harp seal pups.

THE MASSIVE BLOODY SEAL HUNT HAS BEGUN AGAIN, AS OF MARCH 25th, 2007 !!!

With the recent election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in February 2006. We have renewed hope that 2006 will be the last year that seals are clubbed and shot by Canadian fishermen for their fur.

Please join us in urging Prime Minister Harper to END the seal hunt FOR GOOD !!

As Prime Minister Harper begins his term, we must do everything in our power to influence the Canadian government and save countless baby seals from a massive bloody and painful slaughter !!!!

To Contact Prime Minister Harper email comments to: pm@pm.gc.ca
or write to: Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900

Parliament Hill office Telephone: (613) 992-4211

Constituency office Telephone: (403) 253-7990

Fax: (403) 253-8203

EXPRESS YOUR OUTRAGE !!! ON THIS BRUTAL, HORRIFIC SENSELESS BLOODY SLAUGHTER !! THE CANADIAN HARP SEAL HUNT !!!

"CANADA" AND "NEWFOUNDLAND" ARE RUNNING AND RUNNING AWAY FROM A POSITION THAT THEY WILL NEVER, NEVER DEFEND"