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Alert: WORLD BANS TOGETHER TO...CAN CANADA  

Focus:Animal Welfare
Action Request:Petition
Location:United States


WORLD BANS TOGETHER TO... CAN CANADA
Animals (tags: canadaCANNED )

River
StarsButterfliesGold Notes - 50 minutes ago - afp.google.com
The European Commission will ask its member states to ban the importation of furs made from the skins of young seals hunted in Canada, the European Environment Commissioner said Thursday.





http://www.stopthesealhunt.ca/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=jhKSIZPzEmE&b=2608055&aid=8080

OR....this 2nd one is alittle more time consuming...but not too.




http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/331863/2/istockphoto_331863_isolated_autumn_maple_leaf_yellow_with_outline.jpgPLEASE SIGN TO CONTINUE PRESSURE ON EU TO BOYCOTT SEAL FURS. THANK YOU.



CANADA REJECTS BRUSSELS BAN ON ITS SEAL SKINS
22 hours ago

OTTAWA (AFP) — Canada's prime minister on Thursday warned the European Commission president not to prohibit Canadian seal skins, arguing that public pressure for a ban is based on misinformation from activists.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper told European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, according to a statement, "that it is imperative for European Union member nations to consider their next steps carefully as they discuss any measure that would restrict or exclude the sale of seal products within their borders."

The two leaders met on the sidelines of a G8 summit in Japan.

Harper said Canada's hunt is "humane, sustainable and regulated," and added "public pressure within the European Union to curb the sale of seal products is based on misinformation from anti-sealing organizations and extremist groups."

Each year, anti-sealing activists clash with sealers and Canadian fisheries officials on Canada's Atlantic coast, denouncing the hunt as cruel.

Protestors have called for a complete halt to all trade in seal furs, but World Trade Organization rules would make such a step impossible, a European source said.

The commission is expected to make a decision whether to ban the importation of furs made from the skins of young seals hunted in Canada when it meets on July 23.

It will then look to the EU's 27 member states to approve or vote down the measure.

But Harper warned: "Canada will not stand by and accept measures that fly in the face of accepted international practices for sustainability and trade and undermine trade of seal products harvested in accordance with international standards." [ send green star]


CAN CANADA'S 2010 OLYMPICShttp://www.product-reviews.net/wp-content/userimages/2007/07/2010winterolympics.jpg...TAB PICTURE

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-canadas-2010-olympicsno-more-blood



SURGEON FIGHTS EU BAN ON CANADA'S SEAL FURS
Animals (tags: Canada fights )

River
StarsButterfliesGold Notes - 9 seconds ago - theindependent.ca
On the eve of a European Union debate on whether to ban seal products, Canadian fisheries ambassador Loyola Sullivan says a European cardiac surgeon has indicated new surgical techniques may create a demand for 300,000 harp seal heart valves a year.

Posted: Saturday July 19, 2008, 1:36 pm
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Suzanna van der Voort (106) 		Saturday July 19, 2008, 3:21 pm
I signed your petition (from IFAW) too and I crossposted it toward my friends. Thanks friend to be a warrior too.
Love and hugs,
Suzanna

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