Stop the Slaughter

300 Captive Mink Released From South Jordan, Utah

2008-08-24T04:49:45Z

i came across this today and my belly was full of warmth. not much happens (that i notice) in this community. i would love to hear about more actions.
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For Immediate Release
August 23, 2008

300 Captive Mink Released From South Jordan, Utah Fur Farm
Animal Liberationists Destroy Breeding Cards, Liberate Animals from McMullin Mink Farm

South Jordan, UT- According to a communique received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office this week, 300 captive mink were released from the McMullin Mink Farm, located at 1540 W. 10400 S in South Jordan, Utah.

The communique reads:
This is a local soldier out of Utah letting you guys know of a raid that just happened last night at the South Jordan, Utah McMullen Mink Farm, 300 plus mink were released with all their breeding records destroyed. Good news, haven't seen this done in a while so it had to be done.

Imprisoned in cages for life, fur-bearing animals are forced to endure intensive confinement compared to the miles of territory these animals would enjoy in the wild - their natural state. The natural instincts of these captive animals are completely frustrated; self-mutilation, sickness, infection, poor sanitation and the sheer stress of confinement leads animals to premature death. When they survive, animals of sufficient size are killed by anal electrocution or gassing. Whereas reports from the fur industry have surfaced that liberations were harmful to the animals, the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and other organizations have a long history of successfully releasing animals into the wild from fur farms. In addition to liberating the wild animals destined for a certain, painful and agonizing death, another goal of liberationists is to cause economic damage to fur farms; dozens of fur farming operations have seen economic ruin since "Operation Bite Back" began by the ALF in the 1990s.

“The fur industry wants the public to believe that most of the mink liberated are recaptured or killed after being freed, but this is not the case; and I would argue that even if some are recaptured, at least they have been given a chance at what everyone deserves, a chance to live free” stated Camille Hankins, a Press Officer with the Animal Liberation Press Office. "Contrary to the rhetoric of those who profit from the imprisonment and killing of these beautiful, wild creatures, scientific studies have proven captive mink have the innate ability to survive in the wild, do not decimate other animal populations or the environment, and do not carry away small children or pets.

For more information visit, www. animalliberationpressoffice. org

Camille Hankins, Jerry Vlasak
Press Officers
North American Animal Liberation Press Office
(818) 227-5022
press@animalliberationpressoffice.org
www. animalliberationpressoffice. org.

"When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that she will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever you hear a person saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath she is going to tell you what she won't do to get it, or what he doesn't believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn't believe in freedom.
A person who believes in freedom will do
anything under the sun to acquire...or preserve his freedom.
"-- Malcolm X

Pink Lipgloss

2008-08-16T16:05:23Z

These are 3 day old piglets that were born at www.farmsanctuary.org. Their mother, and about 80 other pigs were rescued from a factory farm that was being hit by a flood, sadly, the owners of the farm were saving the corn, and going to write off the pigs.
I had the honor of volunteering with them at their annual fundraiser.
Also, at the fundraiser were speakers like George Eisman, BruceFriedrich, and the founder Gene Bauer.
Now they are in good hands :)

Lil Mama, rap...and piglets...of course!

International Homeless Animals' Day is tomorrow!

2008-08-15T18:41:44Z

International Homeless Animals' Day is August 16, 2008. Please check ISAR's website for a listing of observances. If there is not an "official" International Homeless Animals' Day event in your area, please visit your local humane society/rescue. Take some dogs for a walk, play with/groom some of the cats, bring toys and treats for those who are without a forever home. Make a vow to volunteer more and ACT on it!

VOTE YES TO ELIMANATE THE RODEO - WE'RE LOSING

2008-07-24T23:00:51Z

Please everyone, take this vote :

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25725545

VOTE YES!!!!
We are falling way behind. Copy & Re-post.. make sure everyone shares this throughout our vegan community :)

Animal Testing & Campaigning

2008-07-15T14:35:43Z

Hi,

My name's V,I'm a 20 yr old female Uni student from Australia.I've been a vegetarian since I was 13 and a vegan since I was 17.I've recently started getting more actively involved in the animal rights movement and have joined several Animal Rights groups and am about to start actively participating when my friend and I start collecting signatures and handing out flyers about animal testing.I personally stay away from all prescription drugs as much as possible as I refuse to help fund more animal testing but how would you explain to say a type 1 diabetic why he should sign?Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide me with in regards to this.

Pls sign this for starved dog, Ella

2008-06-07T06:22:38Z

In my area of Florida, there was a story about a woman that had starved her dog to death because she couldn't bring the dog in to her new home she was going to be sharing with another person. She let the dog, Ella, starve to death in a cage and so far there really isn't a big sentence for this woman. This petition has been put together by a friend and there are less than 300 signatures! If everyone could sign this, it would be great!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/53/Justice-For-Ella

ISAR's "Harming Companion Animals" Monograph To Be Used In Law School "Animal Law And Rights" Course

2008-05-23T13:43:20Z

Previous blogs (see May 8, 2008) have called readers's attention to the ISAR-produced monograph entitled "Harming Companion Animals: Liability and Damages."

Since its publication, the monograph has received considerable attention and has been used as a resource by animal custodians throughout the United States.

Recently, a lawyer who this summer will be teaching "Animal Law and Rights" at a New England law school asked for a copy of the monograph for use in his course. ISAR responded by offering him copies for all 25 of the students registered for the course, and he gladly accepted.

ISAR has additional copies in its inventory, and until we run out we'll make the same offer to any lawyer teaching an animal law course elsewhere.

http://www.isaronline.org
http://www.isaronline.blogspot.com

ISAR and Animal Rights in Europe

2008-05-20T18:10:21Z

Supporters of International Society for Animal Rights know that in recent years we have extended our humane education activities to many places outside the United States by "exporting" thousands of copies of our Reports and each August encouraging and assisting observance of our International Homeless Animals Day and candlelight vigils.

ISAR has looked beyond our shores because the awakening animal protection movements around the world are going to need all the help they can get, particularly in countries with no tradition of humane treatment of animals.

There is encouraging news:

Three years ago, Great Britain barred hunting with dogs--although they are still allowed to follow the scent of foxes, but just not kill them.
In Beijing where, as in the rest of China, people eat dog meat, restaurants have had a moratoriam imposed on the practice--although after the Olympics they will doubtless revert to this barbaric practice.
Israel has barred the production of foie gras, as have some localities in Britain, and California has prohibited it--although the law is not effective until the year 2012.
In Scotland, live animals may not be given as prizes, nor sold to children under the age of 16--although it is easy to see how the law will be circumvented.
Hungary, Austria, Singapore, and Croatia have barred wild animals from circus acts--although the law apparently does not apply to domestic animals.
Italy no longer allows animals to be used on television if they would be caused stressed or be forced to act against their nature--although the law's loopholes are evident.
Bullfighting in Spain is under attack, with doping tests now conducted to ascertain if the doomed animals' useless attempts to defend themselves has been compromised and television no longer broadcasting the obscene spectacle--although without doping and TV broadcasts the fights continue.
Four months from now a law goes into effect in Switzerland requiring dog owners to pay for and complete a two-part course focusing on the nature and needs of their animals--although holding wild animal in captivity goes on.
Some medical schools in Russia have stopped what has been characterized as "the harmful use of animals"--although others have not, and experimentation has not been abolished.

ISAR is encouraged by these early steps toward animal protection because they stem from the growing awareness that took hold in the United States about a generation ago: that animals do have certain rights, and that it is arrogant and wrong for humans to abuse them.

Even though the current European laws leave a lot to be desired, they are a beginning--and ISAR intends to assist their proponents in strengthening and enlarging them.

We hope that our supporters realize, as we do, that animal protection seeds are sprouting all over the world--and that they need to be nurtured. With your help ISAR will keep working hard to do just that.

http://www.isaronline.org
http://www.isaronline.blogspot.com

New Animal Welfare Blog!

2008-05-13T21:43:37Z

I'm a member of several animal sites and forums where there are always numerous posts about animals in need of either homes or medical/financial help. To prevent me from making numerous posts across sites each day, I've decided to set up a blog to highlight animals in extreme need of help, either a rescue or otherwise. These animals are from all over the country. It is updated constantly. Please check it out and pass it on to anyone you know who is interested in helping an animal. You could be saving lives like these:

http://afurryfriend.wordpress.com/

Petition against the tattooing of animals for aesthetic purposes in the UK

2008-05-12T23:13:15Z

I'm sorry if you've already seen this and apologies for cross-posting everywhere but I really wanted to spread the word about this petition. It can only be signed by UK citizens. It is against the tattooing of animals for aesthetic purposes. Not only does that cause pain to the animal without any just cause but it can also lead to further complications such as infections and severe allergic reaction. This is completely cruel and unnecessary and I hope some people will sign.

Here is the petition:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/banpettattooing/

I'm sorry if this is inappropriate, though I checked the user info of all the communities I posted to. Please delete if so.

Please give your voice for russian street cats!

2008-05-09T04:55:21Z

Please give your voice by clicking on the botton on the right side (the secret code needs to be inserted as well - just copy it from the top botton).

If this auction wins, a shelter in Moscow with hundreds of abandoned and rescued kitties will receive 250 kg of free food from the auction organizers.

Click here:
http://gonka.utkonos.ru/carts/?vus=1424&plc=2

Your vote counts...
Crossposting is appreciated…

Harming Companion Animals: Liability and Damages

2008-05-08T13:46:39Z

Last March, this Blog made brief mention of a monograph that ISAR has prepared for complimentary distribution, Harming Companion Animals: Liability and Damages. Because of the importance of the subject, we’re going to expand on that mention today.

Too often, especially with the advent of the Internet, advice is sought from ISAR by the custodians of companion animals about harm done to them by veterinarians through misdiagnosis, prescribing the wrong medicine, operating unnecessarily or not at all when they should, and committing every other kind of malpractice imaginable. We also receive heartbreaking reports of intentional acts of cruelty perpetrated against companion animals: dogs shot by neighbors, cats stoned by teenagers, horses maimed by sadists.

The media exposure now being given to the harm being visited upon companion animals understandably causes nightmares for their custodians, who live in fear their animals may be the next victims.

Given what is now known about the emotional aspects of the human animal bond, and how the millions of companion animal caretakers experience that bond, it’s not surprising that when harm is caused the custodian seeks some kind of recourse.

Often a complaint is made to prosecutors, the licensing authorities, or the Better Business Bureau. Sometimes newspaper announcements are placed, reporting what the wrongdoer did, or failed to do. Mostly, however, the reaction of choice is a lawsuit—usually not to recover damages for their own sake, but to expose the wrongdoer’s conduct, to prevent him from harming any animals in the future, and/or, sometimes, to punish him financially.

Once virtually unheard of, in the past two decades the number of civil lawsuits arising out of harm to companion animals has soared. Various reasons have been given for this phenomenon, among them the information explosion, a more litigious culture, a burgeoning literature on the subject, more lawyers willing to take such cases, the development of new theories on which to sue, a greater awareness of the importance of companion animals to their caretakers’ quality of life, and a greater willingness on the part of legislatures and courts to treat seriously the harm done to companion animals.

But to say that “the number of civil lawsuits arising out of harm to companion animals has soared,” is not to say that the litigation is succeeding. In fact, despite the occasional anecdotal story that makes the news-papers and a sound bite on local TV news, much of the litigation is not succeeding—not if success is measured by achieving the lawsuits’ primary goal: imposing a financial penalty on the wrongdoer so that his conduct will be deterred.

This is especially true of litigation triggered by veterinary malpractice, which is without question the source of most harm to companion animals.

Tactically, suing for veterinary malpractice is a good idea. But even if a veterinarian is found liable in a civil action, the damages are usually inconsequential because of the legal status of companion animals and the judicial system’s indifference to the value companion animals have to their custodians. Because of these two disabilities—animals as mere property, and their worth akin to inanimate objects—the cost to those who harm
companion animals is virtually nil.

In a malpractice case, if the veterinarian has the usual professional liability coverage, the insurance company, not the veterinarian, will pay the costs of the defense. If the plaintiff proves liability, the insurance company will pay, not the veterinarian.

But even if there is no insurance, or liability is imposed for conduct that the insurance does not cover (e.g., an intentional act), the damages the veterinarian has to pay will be relatively small. And to the extent that damages for harm to companion animals is minimal, there is less an incentive for a veterinarian and his staff to exercise the appropriate level of care.

It is a truism that generally people exercise care in direct proportion to their assessment of, and their willingness to incur, risk.

Most lawyers will be careful and not wait until the last day to file a notice of appeal. They appreciate the risk of disastrous consequences from a malpractice suit, if the notice of appeal is “out of time.” If the lawyer has malpractice insurance that has to pay a claim arising out of failure to timely file a notice of appeal, if he can even get malpractice insurance afterwards the company will likely raise his premium and his deductible.

But this disincentive to sloppy professional work because of either non-renewed coverage, or coverage at a higher cost, does not affect veterinarians. If their malpractice policies are not renewed and they are later found liable in a later case, the damages will usually be modest.

If veterinarians do have coverage and lose a malpractice case, the insurance company will pay the judgment and the increased premium, just as the initial premium, will be negligible.

Why is veterinary malpractice insurance so inexpensive?

The answer is obvious: The handful of awards in companion animal veterinary malpractice cases have been nowhere near the available policy liability limits because, since companion animals are considered mere “property,” their custodians cannot recover damages for their emotional loss, and pain and suffering, caused by the negligence or intentional harm.

Thus, as a practical matter, the insurance companies have little or no financial risk—especially if the award is within the policy’s deductible limit, which the insured veterinarian will invariably pay himself.

Damage awards will be nowhere near the available policy limits until our culture, legal and social alike, changes its basic attitude toward the nature of companion animals and their value to their human caretakers—an attitude rooted in outdated notions about both.

In the meantime, because the necessary change in values has not yet occurred, ISAR frequently receives reports of veterinary malpractice and intentional harm done to companion animals. Because these requests for information about what can be done to right these wrongs have so grown in number, it is no longer efficient for the ISAR to respond to them individually. Accordingly, ISAR has prepared Harming Companion Animals: Liability and Damages, an extensive monograph for complimentary distribution.

ISAR’s monograph is intended to be, and should be understood as, only educational in nature. It is not intended to constitute, and should not be considered, legal advice generally or for any individual situation in particular. When confronted with a legal problem regarding negligent or intentional harm to a companion animal, there is no substitute for face-to-face, fact-specific advice obtained from one’s own attorney. Accordingly, ISAR urges anyone with a potential or actual problem of this kind to consult a lawyer.

Moreover, Harming Companion Animals: Liability and Damages is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of the law on that subject. Its modest goal is to present merely general statements of the principal legal categories, using a single example to illustrate each.

Specifically, Harming Companion Animals: Liability and Damages focuses on the nature and scope of wrongdoers’ liability and the damages that may be recoverable from them. The monograph’s methodology is to present brief but thorough explanations of the applicable principles of liability and damages, and then to illustrate them by the use of extensive quotations from actual cases.

Although the monograph has not been written primarily for lawyers, the information contained in it should be of considerable value to them, especially our use of actual cases and our extensive bibliography, which includes:

• Law review articles.
• Law review notes.
• Book reviews.
• Books.
• International resources.
• Journals.
• Magazine articles.
• Miscellaneous resources.
• Newspaper articles.
• Online resources.
• Pending legislation.
• Unsuccessful bills.
• Currently existing statutes.
• Recently reported cases.

Complimentary copies of Harming Companion Animals: Liability and Damages may be obtained through our website, www.isaronline.org.

The monograph consists of two major parts. Part I deals with “liability” resulting from wrongful conduct. Someone must have done something either negligently or intentionally (or even through breach of contract) to cause harm to a companion animal. If there is liability, the second question, dealt with in Part II, is: what are the “damages”?

A final point: Even though most of the harm to companion animals results from
veterinary malpractice, Harming Companion Animals: Liability and Damages
should not be taken as a criticism (let alone a condemnation) of all veterinarians.

On the contrary.

Although among the thousands and thousands of veterinarians in the United States there are some bad apples—just as in the medical, legal, and all other professions—the vast majority of veterinarians and their staffs are caring, dedicated, competent, healers who feel deeply about the animals they treat. For them, all of us who share our lives with companion animals are eternally grateful.

anti_cruelty @ 2008-04-27T13:03:00

2008-04-27T19:53:55Z

numerous kandi bracelets up on my journal for sale!
all proceeds go to the aspca.org or hsus.org!
kandi4kritters

anti_cruelty @ 2008-04-12T20:01:00

2008-04-13T02:54:57Z

Kandi 4 Kritters
A lover of kandi, who never gets to go to raves, I am now selling all kandi I make. I am donating every last cent of profit to the ASPCA and HSUS.
I am doing this through eBay, using MissionFish. I am also doing this through here, of course, and will post every receipt and piece of proof I get.
eBay auctions can be found here, and pictures of all the kandi I currently have can be found in my journal.
Please feel free to leave ANY comments at all on my journal (kandi4kritters), and ask any questions you may have!

Peace
Samantha

PLEASE please sign this petition

2008-04-12T10:39:11Z

PLEASE please sign the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html

In 2007, the 'artist' Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, took a dog from the street, tied him to a rope in an art gallery, and starved him to death.

For several days, the 'artist' and the visitors (who are also monsters for not taking radical action to save the dog) of the exhibition have watched emotionless the shameful 'masterpiece' based on the dog's agony, until eventually he died.

But this is not all... the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of the Central American decided that the 'installation' was actually art, so that Guillermo Vargas Habacuc has been invited to repeat his cruel action for the biennial of 2008.

PLEASE HELP STOP HIM.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html

It takes a second to help put a stop to animal abuse.

May We Have Your John Hancock Please?

2008-04-11T17:59:42Z

Hello Friends!

If you haven't already signed ISAR's petition for the issuance of a United Nations Spay/Neuter Postage Stamp then please get to it!

ISAR is preparing a third bundle of all signatures and signed petitions to send to the United Nations Postal Administration as a show of support for the spay/neuter solution!

We hope to make a bigger and better impact with each bundle. Please ask your family and friends to show their support also.
So far, ISAR has submitted thousands of signatures in favor for such a stamp or stamps.
Check out this link http://www.isaronline.org/petition_spay_stamp.html for more information.
Thanks a bundle...a bundle of signatures that is!
ISAR

Pls take action on this alert:

2008-04-11T03:42:17Z

Protect the Cormorants in Canada’s Point Pelee National Park

We need your help once again to protect Double-crested Cormorants on Middle Island in Point Pelee National Park. Thank you for sending comments this past fall to help save the cormorants. But despite major public outcry, the park is still intent on killing thousands of these birds while they are nesting on Middle Island in Lake Erie.

Your support is urgently needed to help protect the cormorants, by sending comments in opposition to the killing of these birds, by the April 23 deadline. Past culls of the nesting birds have been bloody affairs, with wounded cormorants suffering and dying slowly. It is our responsibility to prevent this from happening again.

Please take action today to protect the cormorants.

To find out more and take action on this alert, click here.

anti_cruelty @ 2008-04-02T15:56:00

2008-04-02T19:59:35Z

Hello, I'm glad to be here. My name is Emily, and I've always been against cruelty to animals. I just hate it!

On April 1, 2008 I took my dog, Rock, to what I'd heard was the best groomer in town. The name of the business is Pets and People in Statesboro, Georgia. It is a pet store with a groomers station in the back.
Since it was our first visit, I had to fill out paperwork, so I my dog's leash to the assistant groomer and she took him to a kennel. Since it is a small place the kennel was across the room, and once the girl had Rock's head pointed into the cage, she kicked him twice on his rear, more specifically his genitals. He didn't yelp, but I saw him flinch with each blow.
Immediately I said, "Give me my dog back" and the girl who kicked him asked "why", and the groomer, who had seen this yet not said or done anything said "Just give her her goddamned dog back. (Please excuse the language, but that is what was said.)
I took Rock and got out of there as quickly as I could. I was almost hysterical on the way home, but when I calmed down a little bit I got online and left several reviews for this place. I have also contacted Animal Control in my area, and we went to a magistrate court on April 2 2008. The case was dismissed on the grounds that there was "no intent to harm the animal." I had no evidence of what happened, there were no cameras or video cameras around either. Not to mention the Animal Control officers left me completely unprepared though I asked them if I needed to bring anything or contact a lawyer. But that's a different matter.
iI am positive that this happens to other animals, and I am writing to my local newspapers and otherwise doing everything I can think of to alert the community.
I have also contacted PETA and the BBB.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them.

PLS VOTE FOR THE SEALS

2008-03-31T21:59:30Z

http://www.ctv.ca/news

That takes you to the poll on the right hand side. I can't believe that the sealers are winning, what a fucked up bunch of people that are on their side! Maybe they would like to be hit over the head with a sharp object and skinned alive????

More Cruelty as "Art"

2008-03-26T19:32:13Z

Courtesy of fierce_femme21

Six animals shown being bludgeoned to death in San Francisco art gallery

Please take 30 seconds to ask the SF Art Institute to remove the exhibit. The email is set up for you here.

cross posted.

Edit: As a result of the overwhelming response from IDA members, the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) has agreed to suspend (the) controversial exhibit. There's another pre-made e-mail to thank them and ask for it to be permanently closed.

ACTION ALERT: Yellowstone's wild, free-roaming buffalo are under siege

2008-03-17T21:53:05Z

Please send a message

Yellowstone's wild, free-roaming buffalo herd is under siege.

The Bush Administration is turning America's greatest national park into a killing ground for hundreds of mighty bison -- better known as American buffalo.

We must speak out against this cold-blooded cruelty NOW -- because every week, more of these noble creatures are being herded into cattle trucks to be slaughtered.

This winter alone, more than 1,000 wild bison have been brutally killed by the National Park Service and the Montana Department of Livestock -- or shipped to slaughterhouses.

And come May, newborn calves are just as likely to be killed as their mothers.

We cannot stand by and let this massacre continue: Send a protest message now.

Right now, it's still winter in Yellowstone, and these unsuspecting buffalo are following historic migratory routes in search of food at lower elevations where there is less snow.

When the buffalo venture near or beyond the park's boundary, they will continue to be rounded up and killed -- unless we start a national outcry.

What makes this sacrifice so senseless is that it's all to protect 12 to 16 domestic cows and steers that graze near the park from the theoretical risk of a disease -- brucellosis -- that has never been transmitted from bison to cattle in a natural setting.

Yes, you read those numbers right: 1,000 wild bison slaughtered to protect a little more than a dozen cows outside the park that have most likely been vaccinated against the disease, or easily could be.

Please speak out and stop the slaughter. Yellowstone's buffalo are a national treasure: America's last, free-roaming herd. The National Park Service should be their guardian, not their executioner.

Our goal this week is to create a virtual "stampede" of 50,000 protest messages that will convince the National Park Service to call a halt to the killing.

Together, we must speak out to spare the lives of Yellowstone's surviving buffalo so that they can again roam wild and free.

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
NRDC Action Fund

Support Jonathan

2008-03-06T18:37:18Z

I just found this website through lcanimal.org : http://www.supportjonathan.org/index.htm and wanted to share it with those of you who have not heard of him.

Animal Testing Is Wrong

2008-03-05T13:06:49Z

anti_cruelty @ 2008-03-05T00:21:00

2008-03-05T07:22:37Z

(Re-posted/Repost, sorry if it's been posted already.)

If you saw this video of a US Marine throwing a squealing puppy over a cliff:

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/43462/9fb16ab3/us_soldaat_gooit_puppy.html

And it pissed you off, then call and email:

The Director for the US Marine Corp Public Affairs is:
Major General (sel) Robert E. Milstead, Jr.
Director, Public Affairs
EMAIL ADDRESS IS
robert.milstead@usmc.mil

Tell him to take a look at the petition to see how well this is flying with the American Public as well as the international community.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fight-puppy-killing-soldiers

And dishonorably discharge this Soldier for failing to uphold the ethics of the United States Marine Corp and charge him with Animal Cruelty. This soldier has shamed the men and women who have served their country with honor and is a disgrace to the United States of America.

David Mortari
24419 Florence Acres Rd
Monroe, WA 98272-9662
Phone: (360) 794-7191
(714) 330-0418

Please tell EU to ban Seal products

2008-03-04T06:39:53Z

Please Tell The EU: Ban Seal Products!: Email Info Here
Thank you to:
Mercy
Date: Mar 1, 2008 3:42 AM

RE: EMAIL THIS MAN!
BAN ON SEALPRODUCTS IN SIGHT!!
PLEASE EMAIL THIS MAN:

STAVROS DIMAS
E-MAIL:

stavros.dimas@ec.europa.eu

CUT AND PASTE:

IT CAN PUT A BAN FOR SEALPRODUCTS IN EUROPE!

THE DECISION WILL BE MADE SOON!!

COPY AND PASTE (Sample letter):

Dear Mr Dimas,

I understand that the European Commission is currently deciding whether to ban the trade in all seal products and will announce its intentions in the coming weeks.

I am writing to urge you to do everything you can to ensure that the Commission announces a ban. Over two-thirds of people in the UK support such a ban. So do the majority of citizens across many European countries, as demonstrated by polling commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare and other NGOs.

It is clear that Canada's commercial seal hunt is inhumane; all vet reports document unacceptable levels of cruelty. Furthermore, the hunt is carried out on such a scale and at such speed that it is impossible to properly monitor that the regulations are being adhered to.

In addition to the cruelty issue, I am also extremely concerned about the sustainability of Canada's commercial seal hunt. This is particularly worrying considering the impact of global warming on ice-breeding seals. Increasing winter temperatures have resulted in poor ice conditions and increased levels of pup mortality over much of the past decade.

It is crucial that you make every effort to ensure that the Commission opts for a full ban on all seal products, as this is what the Canadian public overwhelmingly support. There is no place for commercial seal hunting in today's society, it is extremely cruel and there is no need for the products.

Sincerly

(Your name & country)

EMAIL TO:

stavros.dimas@ec.europa.eu

THANK YOU!!!

JÖRGEN /MERCY