Take the ProtectSeals Petition Challenge to help
save seals!
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all seals included the
cape fur seals
in South Africa
Two weeks ago Humane Society International's ProtectSeals team
escorted British actor Alison Steadman and "America's Next Top
Model" judge and fashion photographer Nigel Barker to the Canadian
ice floes. They came to experience the beauty of the harp seal
nursery and to shine a spotlight on the enormous potential for
eco-tourism in the region, as well as the impending slaughter of
these young pups.
Take the ProtectSeals Challenge --
sign the petition,
then spread the word.
"I'll
never forget the first time I saw the shocking images: conscious
seal pups being clubbed over the head and dragged across the ice
... with some baby seals even skinned alive. I vowed right then to
do everything I could to help stop this senseless
cruelty."
-
Nigel Barker
Today, I invite you to join Alison, Nigel and
everyone on our ProtectSeals team in our efforts to spread the word
about this cruelty.
Many people still do not realize that Canadian fishermen brutally
kill hundreds of thousands of baby seals every year, just for their
fur. They are set to slaughter 275,000 this year alone.
One important way that you can help is by signing
our petition calling on European legislators to ban the seal
product trade.
Right now, the European Commission is considering proposing a ban
on seal product trade in the European Union -- a move many believe
could spell the end of commercial seal hunting globally. We need
people all over the world to sign our petition urging the EU to ban
its trade in all seal products now.
After you've signed, please take ProtectSeals
Petition Challenge and ask all of your friends and family to sign,
too.
The five people who recruit the most new pledge signers will win a
new seals T-shirt designed by Nigel. Everyone who invites their
friends to sign the petition can download some of Nigel's beautiful
seal photos for their computer wallpaper. The more people you get
to sign the petition between now and midnight April 1, the greater
the chance you'll have to win!
Your involvement during these next few weeks is critical -- because
our campaign is starting to achieve real results:
- Global markets for seal products are closing.
- Prices paid to sealers are falling.
- Governments are condemning commercial seal hunting.
- The ProtectSeals boycott of Canadian seafood is gaining momentum.
- Canadians are speaking out against the seal hunt.
Sincerely,
Andrew Rowan
Chief Executive Officer
Humane Society International