International Day of Action for Seals, March 15

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-03-14 11:47:00 UTC
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Tomorrow, Sunday, is the International Day of Action for Seals. Visit this page at Harpseals.org to learn about the horrifying annual "hunt" of baby seals, if you're not familiar already.

Check this list at the same site to see if one of the dozens of rallies across North America and beyond (there are rallies scheduled in Dublin and London as well) is located near you, and attend tomorrow if you can.

And then make your voice heard with the Canadian politicians (tomorrow or any day) who are in a position to end Canada's commercial seal hunt. The European Parliament is in a real position to affect the hunt as well; as In Defense of Animals (IDA) explains, "the European Parliament will vote on April 1, 2009 to ban products derived from seals from being imported into the European Union (EU), exported from it, or even being transported through EU territory."

See the Change.org action on ending the seal hunt for contact information for the parties with whom you should register your opposition to the seal hunt and for a seal-hunt video from the International Fund for Animal Welfare.


Photos: HSUS/Brian Skerry (above); SF Bay / Indymedia (top right)

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.

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