We should all be appalled at the Canadian government's failure to stop the unnecessary and barbaric greed-inspired seal hunt. The subsidies that Canada has poured into the seal hunt since 1995, reportedly more than $20 million, is an investment in absolute cruelty. Moreover, the profit the local fishermen and sealers make from this is a mere 2% more.
The seal pups are beaten with clubs or shot with one bullet (and only one bullet to avoid holes in the skin, which lowers the value but leaves the seals to die a slow cruel suffering death.)Observers report that Canada's animal welfare regulations are not being followed or enforced. Sealers have been observed skinning many seals while the pups are still alive and conscious. The luxury of fur just isn’t worth the slaughter of more than 350,000 baby mammals that will be killed in just the next couple of weeks.
I am boycotting all Canadian goods, which includes seafood, and I am spreading the word to my representatives in Congress, family, and friends to do the same.
See the following link for more: http://www.hsus.org/protect_seals.html
