Sign Petition to Boycott Red Lobster
Urge Darden Restaurants to Boycott Canadian Seafood & Save the Seals

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/779305940

Red Lobster is one of the largest buyers/ supporters of Canadian seafood. When the seal hunt is over the sealers go back to making a living in the Canadian fishing industry. Send a message to the sealers that they won't have a job to go back to unless they end their cruel slaughter. Tell Red Lobster to join the Boycott of Canadian seafood and stop supporting the sealers. Boycott Red Lobster until they join the Boycott of Canadian seafood. Do not buy while seals die. Save the Seals.

This Petition supports the permanent ban of the Canadian seal hunt.

VoiceforSeals, Harpseals.org, Sea Shepherd, IFAW, HS International

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Sign Petition to Boycott Red Lobster
Urge Darden Restaurants to Boycott Canadian Seafood & Save the Seals

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/779305940

Red Lobster is one of the largest buyers/ supporters of Canadian seafood. When the seal hunt is over the sealers go back to making a living in the Canadian fishing industry. Send a message to the sealers that they won't have a job to go back to unless they end their cruel slaughter. Tell Red Lobster to join the Boycott of Canadian seafood and stop supporting the sealers. Boycott Red Lobster until they join the Boycott of Canadian seafood. Do not buy while seals die. Save the Seals.

This Petition supports the permanent ban of the Canadian seal hunt.

VoiceforSeals, Harpseals.org, Sea Shepherd, IFAW, HS International

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Boycott Red Lobster & Canadian Seafood
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/779305940

The Darden Group:
This parent company which owns Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Joe's, and Bahama Breeze restaurants ...is a large, large chain of restaurants  and may be the single largest importer of Canadian seafood in the world.

The Red Lobster Petition serves as a strong tool by fully supporting the Brigitte Bardot Boycott on Canadian seafood. Together these petitions may bring a swift end to the cruel, wasteful, irresponsible seal slaughter that's going on now and takes place in Canada every year.

THE BRIGITTE BARDOT FOUNDATION BOYCOTT

Sign Both Petitions Now! Spread the Word!

Save Baby Seals Lives Before it's too Late!


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Focus:Animal Welfare Action Request Petition

"I would stand between a swinging club and a baby seal"... Katia Louise

Is the Seal Hunt Economically Important?

No. Sealing is an off-season activity conducted by fishermen
from Canada's East Coast. They make, on average, one twentieth of their
incomes from seal hunting and the rest from commercial fisheries. Even
in Newfoundland, where 90 percent of sealers live, revenues from the
hunt account for less than 1 percent of the province's economy and only
2 percent of the landed value of the fishery. According to the
Newfoundland government, out of a population of half a million people, less than 6,000 fishermen participate in the seal hunt each year.

The commercial seal hunt is an activity that Canada's federal
government could easily replace with economic alternatives, should it
choose to do so.

Here's what people are saying as they sign this petition...

Mar 28, 2008, Kate Simpson , Pennsylvania
Please stop Canada's annual massacre of baby seals and ban the import of all seal products. Until this occurs, we will vote with our dollars, boycotting Canadian tourism, products and seafood. We also will remember and share the stories and images of Canadian atrocity. Barring witnesses to the hunt cannot make the world blind to it. We watch with horror and revulsion.

Mar 28, 2008, Aneliese Krulicki , Canada
The seal hunt must be stopped. As a Canadian, I am ashamed that this country would promote such a barbaric act of unnecessary cruelty.

Mar 28, 2008, Dream Catcher , Netherlands
Are we really, the most "evoluted/advanced" species on the universe? Quote Frederico S " AGREE !!! Why doesn't the canadian gouverment allow witnesses on the ice? BECAUSE IT'S THEIR BLOODY SHAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Mar 28, 2008, Francesca Lazarski , United Kingdom
They must be really worried about the truth of their barbaric hunt getting out...but the fact is we all KNOW already how horrific & un-necessary this cull is. Stop treating people like they are idiots, please. And stop the murder of all these innocent creatures; some of the baby seals are only 2 weeks old - it's like killing a human baby; they are innocent, vulnerable and unable to protect themselves.

Mar 27, 2008, Julie Stuckey, Florida
Without change, there is no growth. A culture that chooses not to 'grow', dies. life = life! There is no way to justify the sad & inhumane slaughter of Canada's seals. The worst part to this unethical 'hunt' is how & why it is being done...it is morally WRONG & DE-HUMANIZING. The seals can't run or hide. A seal can't fight back with it's little flippers...IT IS SICK! ONLY A PSYCHOPATHIC MONSTER COULD THIS! Canada's annual slaughter of 100's of thousands of 1-3 month old babies is a horrifying stain upon humankind. Sealer's are a grotesque example of humans participating in dated & cruel 'traditions'. The sealers relentless & barbaric killing, reflect weakness to greed. This 'hunt' is an unethical practice that blackens the soul. Anyone who supports this type of cruelty is a disgrace to us all & to what it means to be a human!. Please show compassion & empathy to our planet's fellow creatures. Plants & vegetables get 'harvested', NOT living, feeling beings! If CANADA has nothing to hide, then observers should have complete access. If the 'seal hunt' is something so horrifying & evil that the world is forbidden to see, then why is it happening? Canada's DOA 'humane regulations' reflect a total loss of moral integrity. There is NOTHING HUMANE about the painful & terrifying murder of an animal for it's fur (or penis or body fat). What socio-path(s) created the idea of 'bleeding' as being 'more humane' I hope and pray that the EU bans seal products. Then, the shameful DOA of Canada will have to reform its barbaric structure and try to evolve...beginning with Harper.

Mar 28, 2008, Samantha Overy, Australia
This is obviously not a democratic country because that would enable freedom of choice such as where and when to film and document total barbaric bashing and butchering of defenceless seal pups. To condone this extremely cruel practice is heinous and abhorrent. Passive bystanders who want the rest of the world to have a view are banned. Canada your lack of animal welfare is pitiful. I once heard Loyola Hearn say it is an abattoir on the ice... What a bare faced lie!!! The MEAT at an abattoir is eaten not strewn all over the ice to rot after the animals have been bashed and skun, some still alive. Canada your animal welfare needs to be brought into the current century and you need to provide some real employment for these annual animal abusers whose barbaric behaviour you condone.

Mar 28, 2008, Katia Louise, California
I pray for protection over each and every baby seal. Those involved with this horrific 'hunt', including the Prime Minister can choose compassion rather than violence and they have the power to reverse this slaughter. Wake up Canada, the world is watching. Every hunting action, every swing with a club, every shot fired will penetrate the hearts of millions of people who oppose this 'harvest' world wide. When you swing at a baby seal you swing at me. No act of violence can be justified. This is a crime against humanity and it must end. Katia Louise

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For more information go to www.BanSealTrade.org (or cut and paste this link into your browser): http://www.hsus.org/about_us/humane_society_international_hsi/seal_trade_ban/get_the_facts.html

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Sign IFAW Petition

https://community.hsus.org/hsi/hsi_protectseals_actions.html

https://secure.hsus.org/01/EU_BanSealTrade?qp_source=gahidt

http://www.hsus.org/protect_seals.html

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even if just for a while

Only Days left for Baby Seals in Canada

Before Horrific Slaughter

PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW!

Sign the Pledge Not to Buy While Seals Die

Humane Society International: More Ways You Can Help:

https://community.hsus.org/hsi/hsi_protectseals_actions.html

https://secure.hsus.org/01/EU_BanSealTrade?qp_source=gahidt

The Humane Society of the United States

HSUS Action Tools

http://www.hsus.org/protect_seals.html

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Help Save the Lives of Hundreds of Thousands of Baby Seals

The Canadian seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on Earth. More than one million baby seals have been killed for their fur during the past four years. You can help stop this atrocity.

The days are now numbered for over 275,000 Baby Seals in Canada. The EU Commission will be making their final decision as to whether or not to ban seal product trade once and for all. The deadline for you to make a difference in this world event is now just days away.

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.

Within weeks, Canada's beautiful harp seal nursery will be transformed into a scene of bloody carnage. The Canadian government will allow 275,000 seals—almost all of them babies as young as 12 days old—to be killed for their fur this year.

But there is new hope for the seals. Right now, the European Commission is considering proposing legislation that would ban seal product trade in the European Union—a move many believe could spell the end of commercial seal hunting globally.
One important way that you can help is by signing our petition calling on European legislators to ban the seal product trade.

Please do not wait until the 11th hour to take action. Rather go now and sign the on-line petition. Then take action to pass it along with inspiration to your friends.

Copy and paste this link into your browser to sign now:

https://community.hsus.org/campaign/protectseals_pledge_challenge?rk=3dMY47Mqhzk5E

After you've signed, please ask all of your friends and family to sign, too.

For further information follow the links above. You may also wish to view a vdeo by following this link to you tube where you can see Martin Sheen’s PSA to stop the Seal slaughter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJnOTPkWy4

Thank you for your support and all that you do for animals.

Katia Louise

Help convince the European Commission to ban the cruel seal product trade and save millions of seals from a horrible fate.

Urge Canada's Prime Minister to Stop the Seal Hunt

		"Please take a few minutes now to tell the EU you support a ban on seal product trade." —Paul McCartney Dear Friend, Like me, you’ve probably seen the horrifying images of helpless baby seals being beaten and shot for their fur. Wounded seals left to suffer in agony. Conscious pups sliced open. And the reason for their pain? So that someone can sell their fur.   For so many years, we’ve tried to stop this senseless brutality. Today, you and I have a chance to stop this cruelty forever.   Twenty-five years ago, the European Union made history when it ended its trade in products from newborn harp seals. Commercial seal hunting in some countries came to a virtual standstill, and countless baby seals were saved. But the hunters began to kill the pups when they were slightly older -- and the products from those seals are legally traded in the EU. Today, some commercial seal hunts are twice as large as they were when the EU first took action.   But there is new hope for the seals. The EU is considering ending all seal product trade in the European Union, regardless of the age of the seals. This move would save millions of seals from brutal slaughter, and help put a final end to commercial seal hunting globally.   Right now, the EU is asking people around the world to submit their opinions on the historic proposal. Please take a few minutes today to tell the European Union you fully support a ban on seal product trade.   I’m lucky: I was able to visit a harp seal nursery in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence before the hunters descended. The sight of mothers and their pups on the pristine ice is one I won’t forget, and I’ve committed myself to working to preserve that wondrous spectacle for generations to come.   Commercial seal hunting doesn’t simply cause unimaginable suffering to the seals; it is also dehumanizing and often dangerous work, contributing very little to the incomes of the hunters. A European Union ban on all seal product trade would force nations where seal hunting has taken place to invest in real alternatives -- jobs that will provide safe and sustainable futures.   Lets work together to make a better life for seals and people. Say no to the cruel trade in seal products in the European Union. It doesn’t matter where you live -- your voice counts. Please take action to save the seals today.   The deadline for the European Union to hear your views is February 13. Sincerely, Paul McCartney