Is killing 300,000 seals such a big deal?

Yes. It is, in fact, a very big deal.

These seals living in Canada will be subject to an impressive show of human contempt as they will be shot and/or beaten to death in order to obtain fur... for money. What's worse is that when this has been done in the past, apparently 42% of the seals were still alive while being skinned. That will be about 126,000 seals skinned alive this time round. Most of them won't even be 12 days old.

What else that's crap about it is that this carnage will commence in just over 9 days from the posting of this blog. Thankfully, though, this can be prevented due to Canada having a new Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, and a new party being in power. With enough public support, they may consider ending this terrible hunt forever. What you can do to help is go to http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/566342047?z00m=76043&z00m=76043&ltl=1142794578 and sign the petition, or alternatively you can go to www.care2.com. The latter is, in my opinion, an organisation worthy of your membership. A bit like Amnesty International or Greenpeace.

Please help. It only takes a couple of minutes.

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