Stop the commercial slaughter of baby seals!

Paul Bonsell / Grassriots

Stop the cruel commercial killing of baby seals

The unimaginable cruelty involved in commercial sealing has convinced many nations to ban their trade in products of commercial seal hunts. As a result, the commercial seal slaughter has been reduced to a fraction of its former size. While thousands of commercial sealers renew their licenses every year, 90 percent of them no longer participate in the killing because it is not profitable.

Now, the Canadian Sealers Association wants to lift a freeze on commercial sealing licenses so they can recruit and train a whole new generation of baby seal killers.

Tell the Canadian government to reject this absurd proposal and put a final end to the baby seal slaughter.

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Prime Minister

Justin

Trudeau

Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister LeBlanc,

I am asking, as a matter of urgency, that you reject a request by the Canadian Sealers Association to lift a freeze on commercial sealing licenses. Moreover, please end the commercial seal hunt for good through a transition program for sealers and an investment in economic alternatives.

With the world community rejecting commercial seal products, the Atlantic Canadian seal hunt has been reduced to a fraction of its former size over the past decade.

Each year, thousands of commercial sealers actively renew their sealing licenses, yet 90 percent of them choose not to participate in the hunt because it is not profitable. Despite this, the Canadian Sealers Association is requesting that the federal government facilitate the recruitment and training of even more sealers.

It is perfectly clear that there is a very large surplus of licensed commercial sealers, not a need to recruit more. Further investment in this dying, globally condemned industry is a betrayal to every Canadian taxpayer. 
 
Veterinary experts have concluded that commercial sealing is inherently inhumane and should be ended. I am asking the federal government to show true leadership by ending the commercial seal slaughter and investing in proven growth industries such as marine ecotourism in the communities involved.

Sincerely,
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Minister

Dominic

LeBlanc

Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister LeBlanc,

I am asking, as a matter of urgency, that you reject a request by the Canadian Sealers Association to lift a freeze on commercial sealing licenses. Moreover, please end the commercial seal hunt for good through a transition program for sealers and an investment in economic alternatives.

With the world community rejecting commercial seal products, the Atlantic Canadian seal hunt has been reduced to a fraction of its former size over the past decade.

Each year, thousands of commercial sealers actively renew their sealing licenses, yet 90 percent of them choose not to participate in the hunt because it is not profitable. Despite this, the Canadian Sealers Association is requesting that the federal government facilitate the recruitment and training of even more sealers.

It is perfectly clear that there is a very large surplus of licensed commercial sealers, not a need to recruit more. Further investment in this dying, globally condemned industry is a betrayal to every Canadian taxpayer. 
 
Veterinary experts have concluded that commercial sealing is inherently inhumane and should be ended. I am asking the federal government to show true leadership by ending the commercial seal slaughter and investing in proven growth industries such as marine ecotourism in the communities involved.

Sincerely,
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