Photo – Cute seal pups
Sorry too busy to update lately… let these cute photos fill in for me for now :)
A rescued seal pup sleeps on a platform in a pool during an open house at the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday August 26, 2009. The centre has cared for more than 2,000 sick, injured, abandoned and orphaned marine mammals since the program began. (CP)
A rescued seal pup sleeps while floating in a tank during an open house at the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday August 26, 2009. The centre has cared for more than 2,000 sick, injured, abandoned and orphaned marine mammals since the program began. (CP)
A rescued seal pup splashes around in a tank during an open house at the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday August 26, 2009. The centre has cared for more than 2,000 sick, injured, abandoned and orphaned marine mammals since the program began. (CP)
Veterinarian technician Teresa Budge hand feeds a rescued seal pup during an open house at the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday August 26, 2009. The centre has cared for more than 2,000 sick, injured, abandoned and orphaned marine mammals since the program began. (CP)
Rescued seal pups relax in a pool during an open house at the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday August 26, 2009. The centre has cared for more than 2,000 sick, injured, abandoned and orphaned marine mammals since the program began. (CP)
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At a glance on the featured picture, I thought it’s an otter. I’m surprised it’s another cute animal – the seal.
I like the photo of a sleeping seal pup above.
While there is a rescue centre which saves and heals seals, Canada also has a massive seal hunt campaign annually. It is the largest mass slaughter of marine mammals on Earth!
This year, some 388,200 seals are slated to be massacred.
Many of these gentle, defenseless creatures are shot, smashed in the skull with club and the pups are frequently hooked in the eyes, cheek and mouth and dragged along the ice to avoid damaging its pelt and skinned alive before they had their first full meal and swim.
The sealing industry does not contribute to Canada’s economy but destruction. More and more countries have voiced opposition to the seal slaughter program and banned seal products due to health risk problems.
Canada is becoming isolated. It is now time to bring the anti-sealing campaign to Canadian soil.
CIV and the Chinese-Canadian community can be part of this cause. Help end the unnecessary slaughtering of seals.
the canadian government has been trying to frame the seal hunting as a ritual/tradition of the first nations that should be respected. the canadian gov is shamefully putting our first native ppl as human shields in the seal hunting thing. in fact, EU and other countries have clearly exempt seal products by first nations. their hunting and consumption of seals per year is very very marginal. it is the COMMERCIAL seal hunting that is making everybody nuts. but canada under the current gov has refused to ratify the UN international indigenous agreement… but when it comes to trade dispute on seal products, they use our indigenous ppl as props without blinking an eye. shame shame shame
It is indeed an attempt to keep alive a failed industry to reap something that wasn’t meant to be.
That is the reason why voices of opposition in Canada has to be encouraged and promoted.
The focus now is also on China, whose import of Canadian seal products is increasing.
I hope to bring the message to China this May, along with the plan of wearing SaveJapanDolphins.org shirt at the Japan pavilion
Canada’s war on seals has begun!
I appeal to those who read this to speak out against this cruel campaign. Write to the government. Details are available at Peta and Sea Shepherd websites.
Pamela Anderson has acted on this issue: http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/pamelas_request.php