PETA Prime: Celebrating Kind Choices: Oh, Canada

The Canadian government allows club-wielding sealers to kill baby seals in front of their mothers after they have started molting their white fur, when they are just 12 days old-yes, seals can legally be killed before they are even 2 weeks old. The difference between bashing in the head of a 12-day-old seal and a 13-day-old seal is lost on most people, and opposition to the seal slaughter is growing. Here in the U.S., the sale of seal fur has been banned since 1972. Belgium and the Netherlands have passed laws banning the importation of seal fur, and the European Union (E.U.) is considering similar legislation. Just last week , a committee in the E.U. Parliament voted in favor of a strong prohibition on trade in seal products-this brings Europe one step closer to a complete ban.

Please contact the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee and demand that it help bring an immediate end to the seal slaughter.

PETA Prime: Celebrating Kind Choices: Oh, Canada