The
Canadian commercial seal hunt is the largest
marine mammal slaughter in the world.This year over 300,000
seals - mostly pups less than 2 months old - were bludgeoned, shot,
and skinned to feed the whims and greed of
the fur fashion
and exotic leather industries, and their customers. Canada's
commercial seal hunt is about money.The goal of the Canadian
Seafood Boycott is to take all the profit out of sealing, and for
every year the seal hunt continues to directly cost those
who kill the seals 50 to 100 times more than what they earn from
the commercial seal hunt. Kill the profits, and the Canadian
government, the sealing industry, and the fishing industry will
kill the hunt.
ECOTERRA Intl. and
ECOPmarine have pledged their support of the Canadian Seafood
Boycott. Members as well as volunteers, associates, staff, donors
and supporters of ECOTERRA with their professional work, their
personal involvement or by means of their contributions, commit
themselves towards the preservation, active protection and sound
development of the natural foundations of life forming the base
for all people. ECOP- marine is the marine protection unit of ECOP
and a group of ECOTERRA Intl. ECOP. It is a fully independent
group, which demands better protection for the oceans of our earth
as well as for its inhabitants.
Please see: http://BoycottCanadianSeafood.net
What
You Can Do
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1.
At retail stores, do not buy seafood with a
PRODUCT OF CANADA label.
2.
At restaurants - where 70% of seafood is sold -
ask chefs and managers not to serve Canadian seafood of any kind.
Leave an English
Boycott Bill or German
Boycott Bill when paying your check.
3.
Call the Prime Minister of Canada Use Prime
Minister, Paul Martin's toll free phone:
1-866-599-4999
In
the U.S. and the European Union, use this phone :
1-613-992-4211
You
will likely be "on hold" for a few minutes, but won't be
charged for the 866 number call. An intermediary receptionist will
then direct your call to the Office of the Prime Minister. Be
prepared to state that you will support the Canadian Seafood
Boycott until the seal hunt is permanently banned and that you
will make sure your friends, family and contacts will do the same.
4.
Please download, print out, and circulate the Canadian
Seafood Boycott Petition. Then fax or mail the completed
petition to Canada's Prime Minister, the Hon. Paul Martin. Contact
information is on the petition.
5.
Please, do more. Whether you are a caring
individuals, an organization, a politician or a business-person,
visit our What
You Can Do page to learn how you can do more to help
end the Canadian commercial seal hunt.
Diana
Hartig, a graphic artist,
has provided seal
hunt postcards for distribution.
