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Dear Jack ,
IFAW monitors observing a sealing vessel
hunting harp seal pups on the opening day of
the Gulf seal hunt witnessed the cruelty of
seals being shot in loose ice.
The sealing vessel had to search out
small pans of ice to find a few lone seals.
Sealers fired at seals on slushy, moving
ice. Seals were seen in agony after being
shot at and injured, but not instantly
killed. One seal was hauled alive onto the
deck of the boat with a steel hook before
finally being beaten to death.
Tell the world in your own words why such
cruelty to animals is wrong!
The lack of ice in the Southern Gulf has
led to a mortality rate for baby seals
estimated to exceed 90%, yet sealers
continued to wipe out the last remaining
survivors. They can do this because, despite
the tragic effect of global warming on seal
breeding habitat, the Canadian government
has given sealers permission to kill 270,000
seals.
Visit StoptheSealHunt.org today to
read the latest diaries from IFAW monitors
on the scene of the hunt. See the latest
footage from the scene of the hunt and
listen to IFAW monitors describe in their
own words the cruelty they are documenting
firsthand.
It takes just a few seconds to add your
comments and personal profile to our global
community. Find out what others from around
the world are saying about this ongoing
tragedy for seals.
Thank you for speaking out for the seals,
Fred O’Regan
President and CEO
P.S. If you haven’t
already asked your friends and family to add
their voice to the StoptheSealHunt online
community, please
do so now. |
