This Video Has Over 3 Million Views and Is Exposing Canada's Darkest Secret
Take action today, and help make 2018 the year that Canada's commercial seal slaughter ends.
Before this spring ends, tens of thousands of helpless young seals – most of them less than 3 months old – will be shot or bludgeoned to death off the eastern coast of Canada.
Just this month, India joined the list of countries that have banned the importation of seal skins! Yes, the collapse of the global market for these pelts is real—and vocal opposition from animal advocates around the world is dramatically reducing the number of seals killed in the annual slaughter. But the violence is not over, and our campaign will continue until no more young seals are slaughtered.
Many of the seals killed this spring will not even have eaten their first solid meal or learned how to swim. Some will be shot, while others' soft skulls will be crushed with hakapiks—hooked clubs with piercing metal tips. Then, sometimes while they are still conscious, their killers will jab those sharp tips into their eyes, cheeks, or mouths to avoid damaging their fur before dragging their bodies across the ice and tearing their skin off.
Because of the actions of members of PETA and our international affiliates, and with the help of other kind people who have worked to enact seal-fur bans in the EU, the U.S., Russia (once the largest importer of Canadian seal fur), and now India, there are few countries left that are willing to buy bloodied seal skins. We've successfully countered the Canadian government's own attempts to push seal "products" into the Chinese market, and its challenges to the EU ban have failed spectacularly. Were it not for the millions of dollars in subsidies paid by Canadian taxpayers, the market in seal skins would have collapsed years ago.
PETA and our affiliates are encouraging every kind person we can find to take action now—to speak up loudly and alert others—so that we might finally not just weaken but end the seal slaughter. We are delivering petitions to put pressure on Canada's government and creating eye-catching ads featuring celebrities such as Canadian superstar Pamela Anderson to raise awareness. Our campaigns to stop the cruelty of the massive global skins trade are vocal and effective—and consumers' demand for all animal skins is dropping like a brick. Many big-name designers, including Versace, Michael Kors, John Galliano, Donna Karan, and Gucci, have sworn off fur after being targeted by our dedicated campaigners. San Francisco is the first major city to announce a ban on the sale of all fur, something that we will push other cities to do, too.
With virtually no one interested in buying the vile "products," the only thing keeping this bloody industry alive today is the millions in Canadian taxpayer money poured into government subsidies for sealers.
We're working hard to end the seal massacre, and we must be vigorous right now. Your generosity will help PETA do even more to stop cruelty to baby seals and other animals in mortal danger.
While the heartless Canadian commercial seal slaughter may be a shadow of its former self, it will still kill thousands of young seals this year.
Each year, fewer and fewer seals are killed in
Canada's seal slaughter – but thousands are still in deep trouble. Right now,
ice floes off the country's Atlantic coast are red with the blood of young pups.
Commercial sealers are shooting the helpless animals or bludgeoning them to
death with hakapiks – clubs with a metal hook on one end.
The bloody slaughter has begun again, and before
it's over, thousands of animals – most of them less than 3 months old –
will be violently killed. But with your support, we can do more to
ensure that this year's massacre brings us closer to the end.
Left in the wild, as nature intended, harp seals
can live for more than 30 years as part of a large, social colony. But each
spring, that idyllic life is replaced with a nightmare as sealers storm the ice
with guns and clubs. Many young seals remain conscious after the first
blow to their skulls. They thrash around and scream in pain in front of other
terrified pups who will soon meet the same violent end.
After years of intense campaigning by PETA and
other groups, the Canadian sealing industry is a shadow of what it once was. All
Canada's attempts to create a market for the fur, meat, and oil from slaughtered
seals are failing, and seal-fur products remain banned across the EU, Russia,
and the US. Recently, thanks to the hard work of activists and PETA India, India
hammered another nail into the sealing industry's coffin with the news that it,
too, will prohibit the import of all seal "products". Today, the only thing
keeping this violent trade alive is millions of Canadian tax
dollars.
PETA and our international affiliates are
keeping pressure on the Canadian government to stop subsidising the annual
slaughter. And we're mobilising hundreds of thousands of people to take action
for seals. With so many voices raised against the massacre – including those of
celebrities like PETA US Honorary Director Pamela Anderson and our allies Jude
Law and Kelly Osbourne as well as members of the public – we will end
this cruelty, and your support can strengthen our impact.
