photo: stop the seal hunt
With the Olympics soon approaching, the world’s eyes will soon be on Canada. Therefore, it is unfortunate that the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Nova Scotia Government are allowing a commercial seal slaughter of baby seals on Hay Island, which is a part of the protected Scaterie Island wilderness area. Starting today, 2,200 baby seals will be killed as allowed by these governing bodies. This number might not seem significant, but when you take into account how these defenseless infant seals are slaughtered (beaten over the head and/or shot, and while many are still breathing, skinned alive) even 1 is too many. In fact, the Humane Society will be on hand to document the brutality. Says Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of Humane Society International/Canada, “With the Winter Olympics opening on February 12, the eyes of the world are on Canada. If the seal slaughter goes ahead on Hay Island, Humane Society International will be there to document it. The world community will be horrified to see baby seals beaten to death with wooden bats in a nature reserve; this is not the image Canada should be projecting to the world.”
Click here to read more about the barbaric seal slaughter and how you can help to try to put an end to this brutality.
