Call for an end to the Namibian Seal Cull
Dear All,
General Secretary Massimo Pradella of International Doctors - LIMAV and just forwarded me their letter of total support and requests the Minister of Fisheries to end this barbaric and economically unnecessary practice as soon as possible.
Letter attached.
For the Seals
Francois Hugo Seal Alert-SA
021-790 8774
International Secretariat
c/o OIPA
Via Passerini 18
I – 20162 Milano (Italy)
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International
Doctors - Médecins Internationales - Internationale Ärtze
Milan, July 17, 2006.
Dear Francois,
OIPA
international Organisation for animal protection, is an
International Confederation of associations for the animal
protection and for the defence of animal rights all over
the world, Founded in 1981 by Milly Shar Manzoli, OIPA is a
Non Governmental Organisation associated to the UN
Department of Public Information since 1992. The purpose of
the Organisation consists in the defence of animal rights
and in the defence of the animals from every kind of
mistreatment. It also follows the purpose of improving the
public health through the abolishment of any kind of animal
experiments throughout the world. The Organisation also
works for environmental defence, where precarian ecological
conditions may damage human health, animal and vegetal life
in their wholeness.
International
Doctors is an international legacy of doctors from
different countries who fight against vivisection on a
scientific level. It was founded on the 24th of October
1987 in Zurich.
The association International Doctors - LIMAV is formed by
scientists against vivisection who work in the research
fields where it is practised.
This
Legacy represents a very important international reality
which is constantly growing: it counts thousands of members
throughout the world, encompassing university teachers,
researchers and free lanced professionals. International
Doctors - LIMAV is the only international Legacy formed by
experts in the scientific field and its target is the
abolishment of vivisection.
The
chairman committee of International Doctors-LIMAV is
composed by Prof. Giulio Tarro, University lecturer at the
Naples University and chairman of the Italian Society of
Immune-Oncology, and by Prof. Wladimir Zukowski, director
of the Medical Institute of Moscow and Chancellor of Moscow
University.
International
Doctors - LIMAV office is in Milan, by the head office of
OIPA - via Passerini 18 - 20162 Milano.
We
have learned that Namibia's current massacre of 60,000 baby
seals and 7,000 bulls targets the Cape Cross Seal colony in
the northern nature reserve and a second colony located in
the southern sperrgebiet diamond-restricted region of
Namibia.
The opposition to Namibia’s seal hunt is global, OIPA
International with its 143 members league, all the
delegations throught the world and the International
Doctors condemn the seal killing (seals killed with one
strike to the head and a quick stab in the heart with a
long knife) in Namibia as cruel, inhumane and barbaric.
The
seal hunt targets baby animals, a practice that is
unacceptable.
The International Doctors and OIPA urge the Minister of
Fisheries and Marine Resources, Hon. Dr. Abraham Iyambo to
make a firm commitment to do everything within his power to
end this barbaric and economically unnecessary practice as
soon as possible.
There
is no justification for the torturing and massacre of these
beautiful living beings.
We
totally support Seal Alert SA and the work of Francois
Hugo.
http://www.oipa.org/sealalertsa.html
Sincerely,
Massimo Pradella
International Doctors - LIMAV
General
Secretary
