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Stop the killing of seals in Canada

Target: Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada; Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Sponsored by: Erika Ceballos

Baby Seals Need Your Help!

This year, by late March, the Canadian seal killers armed with clubs and rifles will go again to the nursery floes of the harp and hood seal, to massacre them in the largest mass slaughter of marine mammals on this planet!

In 2003 alone, 350,000 seals where killed in this brutal way and this year and in 2005, each year they will kill 350,000 more to make a total of over a MILLION seals killed within 3 years.

Please sign this petition and send it to everyone who cares for the animals in the world to stop this extremely cruel slaughter of innocent seals in Canada.

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deadline: 12-12-2007
goal: 75,000

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In few weeks time the seal hunt will start all over again in Newfoundland. Last year The Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans exceeded their quota by 32,000 animals and their estimate of a "sustainable" hunt by more than 50,000.
The hunters, armed with clubs and other illegal weapons, beat to death the baby hooded and harp seals in front their mothers, who often die trying to save their pups. Male adults often are left to bleed to death after have their penises brutally removed to export to countries such as Japan where they are used as aphrodisiacs.
The most shocking evidence comes from 2001, when an international team of Veterinarians who witnessed the hunt, perfomed post-mortem examinations among some carcasses chosen randomly and proved that a 42% of those seals where skinned alive !!!
This is the largest mammal killing in the world and there is no excuse for such a massacre or for the torture of these beautiful living beings. It only gives Canada a bad name as a primitive nation profiting from the fur of baby seals.

Please, we urge you to stop allowing and supporting the killing of Canadian wildlife in such horrific way!

We signed the “Stop the killing of seals in Canada” petition!

# 80,548:

6:28 pm PDT, Apr 23, Dana Garner, Pennsylvania

# 80,547:

6:04 pm PDT, Apr 23, Claudia Leite, Brazil
Me comoveu ver comno sofrem!

# 80,546:

2:37 pm PDT, Apr 23, Jake Ryan, Canada

# 80,545:

10:12 am PDT, Apr 23, Sarah Elston, Canada
STOP THE KILLING OF SEALS! This is a horrible crime. Seals are part of nature, and killing them is horrible.

# 80,544:

10:11 am PDT, Apr 23, Whitney Seamons, Canada
STOP KILLING THE SEALS!!!! What have they ever done to you? i understand that they are eating your fish but it is apart of life they dont know that they are not allowed. They are innocent. Would you like it if we just brudely beat you over the head till you dies cause you were eating our food? NO espesially because you didnt even know you were doing wrong. LEAVE THEM ALONE!!THAY HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG!!!!!

# 80,543:

10:09 am PDT, Apr 23, Alex Smethurst, Canada
STOP KILLING SEALS!!!

# 80,542:

10:07 am PDT, Apr 23, Victoria Van sickle, Canada
STOP KILLING SEALS. Its not right, how would you like it if people killed you. Doesn't sound very nice does it! SO STOP!!!

# 80,541:

10:02 am PDT, Apr 23, Kelsey Kavanagh, Canada
stop killing seals!

# 80,540:

10:00 am PDT, Apr 23, Courtney Webb, Canada
i think the killing of the seals is one of the grossest things i have ever seen. seals are one of gods creations and should not be killed in such a maner. we should also start a petition to adopt seals.

# 80,539:

8:26 am PDT, Apr 23, Petra Špalková, Czech Republic
Petition, it is the only what are you will recruit into ???!!! who when saw at least once of what forcible death this powerless animals under pressure die at the expense of graspingness and raise above second so catches behind head ….this is abominable, immoral ….pubic and if only you annoies to the end life conscience …such death would wish I hunters. A end discharge should be instantaneous matter of fact and ne at the expense of approval petition!!! !

# 80,538:

3:42 am PDT, Apr 23, John Bajingo, United Kingdom

# 80,537:

3:25 am PDT, Apr 23, Soòa Gregorová, Czech Republic

# 80,536:

2:59 am PDT, Apr 23, Thea Rodts, Belgium
let's respect our nature. Stop the killing!

# 80,535:

2:33 am PDT, Apr 23, Regiane Imon, Japan

# 80,534:

6:37 pm PDT, Apr 22, Sonia Paganotto, Italy

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4:05 pm PDT, Apr 22, Cj Parody, New York
this is very disturbing in a time when there are so many man made materials they should'nt even need furs.how whould they feel if these animals could fight back and skinned their children and families.

# 80,532:

2:46 pm PDT, Apr 22, Tatiana Falzetti, Italy

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1:36 pm PDT, Apr 22, Name not displayed, Bulgaria
Iskam da spre ubivaneto. Tova e nechoveshko!!! Vseki ima pravo na jivot!

# 80,530:

9:44 am PDT, Apr 22, Laryssa Camargo, Brazil

# 80,529:

9:04 am PDT, Apr 22, Nancy Thornton, Missouri
This is not right - this must be stopped.

# 80,528:

8:16 am PDT, Apr 22, Jacqueline Tremlin, Idaho

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4:49 am PDT, Apr 22, Gabriela Sternwald, Pennsylvania
STOP KILLING BABY SEALS!!

# 80,526:

4:42 am PDT, Apr 22, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 80,525:

3:52 am PDT, Apr 22, Eva Kmoníèková, Czech Republic
Please do not harm, slaughter or torture any living and feeling creature!!!

# 80,524:

3:29 am PDT, Apr 22, Prasad MVVA, India
Please stop the killing of seals

# 80,523:

3:26 am PDT, Apr 22, Som Roy, Singapore
This is pathetic.It should be stopped immediately.How can this be a sport.Very uncivilised action.

# 80,522:

4:56 pm PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, Canada
this is sick! it shouldnt be allowed! we need to stand up for these poor animals that cant stand up for themselves!

# 80,520:

4:26 pm PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, Canada
I absolutely hate what they are doing to the seals and why? What are there reasons? This must be stopped IMMEDIATELY!!!

# 80,519:

3:32 pm PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, Mexico

# 80,518:

11:52 am PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, Florida
I was and am disgusted with what I saw on the news regarding the killing of over 250,000 seals. The image of seeing that hunter kill that incident seal who had no idea that he was in danger by this human - has stayed with me since and I'm thoroughly disgusted -this hunting must be STOPPED! What is the purpose of killing these seals - is it "just because we want to" killing???

# 80,517:

11:33 am PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
DONT KILL SEALS THEY ARE CUTE ANIMALS YOU BASTARDS

# 80,516:

6:22 am PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, India
Stop killing harmless seals

# 80,515:

1:37 am PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, Australia
Canada is not deserved to be called as a civilized country until it stops doing that. Same with Japan when Japs kill whales.

# 80,514:

1:17 am PDT, Apr 21, SPITTAELS Laurence, France
STOP KILLING BABY SEALS!!

# 80,513:

8:39 pm PDT, Apr 20, Dave Bruce, Canada

# 80,512:

5:30 pm PDT, Apr 20, Betsy Morgan, Illinois
You know what? They're seals. Part of Mother Nature, and they're dying without choice. They can't speak for themselves! They can't say, "Hey, I don't want to be killed!" All they can do is attempt to live and be killed by cruel and ruthless men who have nothing better to do than take the lives of helpless creatures. So sign! Save the lives of thousands of beautiful animals.

# 80,511:

4:48 pm PDT, Apr 20, Chrissy* (:, Pennsylvania
seals are so cute, if you kill them i'll kill you.! ):

# 80,510:

3:59 pm PDT, Apr 20, Siobhan Apple, Canada
Please show mercy. Thank you.

# 80,509:

3:58 pm PDT, Apr 20, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
this needs to stop!!!! it is not fair to the seals. wwhat if we did this to your family

# 80,508:

12:38 pm PDT, Apr 20, Miroslav Knìz, Czech Republic
Why such a cruelty? What is a purpose?

# 80,507:

12:21 pm PDT, Apr 20, Jannett Acosta, Missouri
It's very sad humans kill these poor innocent baby seals. It makes me cry when you see on the news humans banging the heads is the baby seal.

# 80,506:

11:51 am PDT, Apr 20, Evgenia Nedialkova, Bulgaria

# 80,505:

10:00 am PDT, Apr 20, Victoria Salinas, California

# 80,504:

8:43 am PDT, Apr 20, Iva Lendelova, Czech Republic

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