{"id":93,"date":"2008-02-17T23:49:52","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T07:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2008-02-19T08:55:35","modified_gmt":"2008-02-19T16:55:35","slug":"canadian-seal-hunt-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/canadian-seal-hunt-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Seal Hunt Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>An article released in Dec. by The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today related to the Animal Welfare Aspects of Seal Hunting, reports that &#8220;for too long the Canadian Government has deceived the public about this cruel hunt\u201d and goes on to cite specific violations which leads to the inhumane suffering of the death sentenced animal: A prime example of verified infractions includes proof\u00a0 \u201chooking and dragging\u201d inured seals and \u201cskinning\u201d them while possibly still alive.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationtalk.ca\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=6071\" rel=\"nofollow external\" target=\"_blank\" >http:\/\/www.nationtalk.ca\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=6071<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are countless websites and organizations whose prime mission is to end the annual Canadian Seal Hunt, well outnumbering those that support the kill.\u00a0 Upcoming March and April are peak Seal hunting months. There is a boycott seafood pledge sponsored by The American Humane Society because a great number of sealers also contribute to the economy though their fishing proceeds.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.hsus.org\/campaign\/protectseals\/\" rel=\"nofollow external\" target=\"_blank\" >https:\/\/community.hsus.org\/campaign\/protectseals\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, of course, as vegetarians we forgo the consumption of all animals including sea-creatures. However, high numbers of seafood pledge boycott signatures, demonstrates to the sea industry as well as the Canadian government that takes in close to 3 billion in annual revenue from US seafood import, that consumers refuse to buy from industries that support or benefit from the seal hunting trade that has a connection to end to the seal slaughter, and in the process will circuitously lead to the protection of all animals.<\/p>\n<p>Some other ways to get the message out to those making a huge profit from the seal kill is to contact directly contact them by email, snail mail or by phone.\u00a0 There are a number of contact links on the Boycott Seafood site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sealhunt.ca\/MainPages\/WhatYouCanDokjl.html#Individuals\" rel=\"nofollow external\" target=\"_blank\" >http:\/\/www.sealhunt.ca\/MainPages\/WhatYouCanDokjl.html#Individuals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another idea is to participate in a vacation boycott by refuse to travel and contribute to the parts of the country where the seal hunt occurs which is in Nova Scotia, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick as well as informing the government for the reason behind the boycott.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some snail mail addresses to address your vacation boycott plans to:<\/p>\n<p>The Right Honorable Steven Harper<br \/>\nOffice of the Prime Minister<br \/>\n80 Wellington Street Ottawa,<br \/>\nON K1A OA2<br \/>\nCanada<br \/>\n613-992-6900<\/p>\n<p>New Brunswick Department of Tourism<br \/>\nP.O. Box 12345<br \/>\nCampbellton, NB E3N 3T6<br \/>\nCanada<\/p>\n<p>Newfoundland &amp; Labrador Tourism<br \/>\nP.O. Box 8700<br \/>\nSt. John NL A1B 4J6<br \/>\nCanada<\/p>\n<p>Quebec Department of Tourism<br \/>\nP.O. Box 979<br \/>\nMontreal, Quebec H3C 2W3<br \/>\nCanada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article released in Dec. by The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today related to the Animal Welfare Aspects of Seal Hunting, reports that &#8220;for too long the Canadian Government has deceived the public about this cruel hunt\u201d and goes on to cite specific violations which leads to the inhumane suffering of the death sentenced animal: A prime example of verified infractions includes proof\u00a0 \u201chooking and dragging\u201d inured seals and \u201cskinning\u201d them while possibly still alive. http:\/\/www.nationtalk.ca\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=6071 There are countless websites and organizations whose prime mission is to end the annual Canadian Seal Hunt, well outnumbering those that support the kill.\u00a0 Upcoming March and April are peak Seal hunting months. There is a boycott seafood pledge sponsored by The American Humane Society because a great number of sealers also contribute to the economy though their fishing proceeds. https:\/\/community.hsus.org\/campaign\/protectseals\/ Now, of course, as vegetarians we forgo the consumption of all animals including sea-creatures. However, high numbers of seafood pledge boycott signatures, demonstrates to the sea industry as well as the Canadian government that takes in close to 3 billion in annual revenue from US seafood import, that consumers refuse to buy from industries that support or benefit from the seal hunting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12415,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canadian Seal Hunt Protest - HappyCow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/canadian-seal-hunt-protest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canadian Seal Hunt Protest - HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An article released in Dec. by The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today related to the Animal Welfare Aspects of Seal Hunting, reports that &#8220;for too long the Canadian Government has deceived the public about this cruel hunt\u201d and goes on to cite specific violations which leads to the inhumane suffering of the death sentenced animal: A prime example of verified infractions includes proof\u00a0 \u201chooking and dragging\u201d inured seals and \u201cskinning\u201d them while possibly still alive. http:\/\/www.nationtalk.ca\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=6071 There are countless websites and organizations whose prime mission is to end the annual Canadian Seal Hunt, well outnumbering those that support the kill.\u00a0 Upcoming March and April are peak Seal hunting months. 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