Written by PETA
In an apparent effort to recoup profits lost as a result of the dwindling demand for seal products, Canada will begin selling seal meat to China. Why China? Well, the sealing industry can't seem to find anybody else to buy the stuff.
Amid an international public outcry against the seal slaughter—in which baby seals are hooked in the eye or cheek, bludgeoned, drowned, and sometimes skinned alive—the European Union recently banned the import of all seal products from Canada, and the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution calling for an end to the massacre (sales of seal products are already banned in the U.S.). As a result, the price of a seal pelt has dropped from $100 just a few years ago to only $15 last year.
You can help keep the pressure on by e-mailing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and telling him to stop the seal slaughter immediately. You can also post a pro-seal message on Facebook or Twitter.
Written by Michelle Sherrow
More pressure is needed on the Canadian Gov to stop this senseless slaughter once & for all.As Deborah commented b4,China doesn't give a damn about the rights of animals.As long as there is trade.It'll probably be passed off as something else in tin cans & sold to the rest of the world,not knowing what they're eating.Canada has sunk THAT low & the Government should hang their head in shame.
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