The
Scandinavian Anti-Sealing Coalition
We
seek, by appropriate legal and non-violent means, to bring an
end to the Norwegian and Swedish Seal Hunts and the Canadian Commercial
Seal Hunt - the world’s largest and cruellest slaughter
of marine mammals - by raising public awareness about the cruelty
and inhumanity involved in this unnecessary seal slaughter. It
is a hunt for pups and it is a hunt for only one product; their
fur - a luxury nobody needs anymore.
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The coalition’s strategies include informing and educating
the public about the substantial animal suffering caused by the
sealing industry.
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Targeting consumers and the fashion industry to encourage readily
available alternatives.
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Working nationally and internationally through joint or individual
campaigns.
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Promoting the international boycott of Canadian sea food campaign.
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Contacting governmental officials with our concerns.
About
the Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt
Every
spring the great white nursery off Canada's Atlantic coast is
being stained with blood as hundreds of thousands of seals are
slaughtered for their fur. Canada's Department of Fisheries and
Oceans increased last year's kill quota, allowing more than 355,000
harp, hooded and grey seals to be clubbed and shot to death in
the largest and cruellest slaughter of marine mammals anywhere
on the planet.
The
harp seal can live up to 35 years in the wild but the vast majority
hunted every year (98% last year) is less than 12 weeks old. These
pups have yet to eat their first solid food or learn how to swim.
When the large sealing vessels arrive, they literally have nowhere
to escape.
Whether
the seals bleed to death from a hakapik, club or are shot from
a moving boat, the seals suffer an agonizing and terrifying death.
Shockingly, veterinarians and hunt observers have documented seals
being skinned alive while still conscious. This is an enormous
amount of cruelty to satisfy the European fashion industry with
fur accessories and trinkets.
Although
the majority of Canadians oppose this cruel and unnecessary hunt,
it is promoted, protected and subsidized every year with their
tax dollars.
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We
are always looking for links to seal hunt articles printed in
Norwegian, Danish and Swedish online media. If you have some,
please
send them to us. Thank you!
Want
to volunteer? Please
send
us an email.
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