Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Canada is my second home and despite the weather I'm very happy to live here.
The only think I have always hate (yes, hate) about this country is the seal hunt that every year takes place (it starts at april, so this happened last month).This event takes the life of 300,000 baby seals, some as young as 12 days old. Baby seals are brutally killed to get their skin.
Some famous designers uses seal fur in their collections which also helps to create a market for the seal fur industry. Here's the list some of them: Gucci, Versace, Prada, Birger Christensen, Odette Leblanc, Petit Nord, Annita Heinadottir, Marni...
Don't buy seal fur, or other animals fur!
There're some website that protest against this. Some of them makes adifference, some of them have turned this matter into a flamewar, I recomend these links:
http://www.stopthesealhunt.ca/ (IFAW)
http://www.ivwg.org/ In the 1st one you can send a letter to the Canadian Parlament here and if you join you can see an video that shows how seals are killed, is very impressive so be aware.
What else can we do?
1) Write, fax, e-mail, or call the nearest Canadian embassy. canada@canadianembassy.org
2) Contact Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.
Prime Minister's Office
Right Honorable Stephen Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington St. Ottawa
Ontario, Canada
K1A OA21-613-992-4211
Fax: 613-941-6900E-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca
3) Contact the Department of Fisheries and Ocean.
The Hon. Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P.Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Parliament Hill
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6613-996-3085
or 613-992-3474
Fax: 613-996-6988Email: Regan.G@parl.gc.ca
4) Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper protesting the seal hunt.
I didn't add the tags on the next picture because it's quite impressive. It made me feel sick and very very sad.Is a real and brutal image, so if you don't want to see this, don't click it: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/malary/seal5.jpg
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
~malary
