Use your buying power to tell the Canadian government to end the seal hunt.The 2006 Canadian seal hunt left at least 354,344 seals dead -- and almost all of them were babies as young as 12 days old.
One of our most effective weapons against the hunt is the Canadian seafood boycott. Seal hunting is an off-season activity for Canada's east coast commercial fishermen. They earn a small fraction of their incomes from selling seal skins to the fur industry: only a reported $17.5 million (Canadian) annually, compared to the nearly $3 billion taken in by the Canadian fishing industry from seafood exports to the United States. The connection between the commercial fishing industry and the seal hunt gives consumers all over the world the power to end the hunt.
We are excited to report that the boycott is working! The Canadian fishing industry has suffered a $350 million (Canadian) decline in the value of snow crab exports to the United States.
Help us keep the pressure on Canada's fishing industry by teaming up with the more than 340,000 people who have joined the boycott.
We'll deliver your pledge to Canada's government, so the politicians will know you've joined our international ProtectSeals team to end this shameful hunt.
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