AR-News: Help Now: Seal Pups Slaughtered

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 from:  askannie at care2.com

As a recipient of Animals / Environment from ThePetitionSite 
& Care2, we thought you should know about a great 
organization, The International Fund for Animal 
Welfare (IFAW). They work to improve the welfare 
of wild and domestic animals throughout the world 
by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, 
protecting wildlife habitats, and assisting animals 
in distress. Right now they need your help to stop 
the slaughter of young seal pups on the ice fields 
of Canada. Read to find out more! 

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As I write this, thousands of baby harp seals are being 
slaughtered on the ice fields off Canada's east coast. 
IFAW needs your support to stop the killing: 
http://www.care2.com/go/z/12397

This annual Canadian seal hunt is happening right now, 
with the dawn of spring and newborn seal pups taking their
first breath. In fact, over 95% of the seals killed during 
this hunt are just days or weeks old.  If you were to witness
this personally, your heart would break. 
Help now! Donate here:http://www.care2.com/go/z/12397

Hundreds of acts of animal abuse and violations of 
Canada's criminal code have been documented by 
the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) during 
this hunt: baby seals impaled on hooks ... seals skinned 
alive or wounded and left to die under the ice.

And now these seals need your help more than ever before. 
http://www.care2.com/go/z/12397

Last year, the Fisheries minister announced he would allow 
975,000 seals to be killed over the next three years. The 
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), however, spends 
only 1.5% of their patrol hours monitoring sealers to prevent
criminal acts and kill limit violations during this hunt. 

Your support helps put IFAW seal rescue teams on the ice to 
expose this outrage.

Without the presence of these teams, most of these abuses 
and crimes would go undocumented. IFAW led the campaign 
to "Save the Seals" in the 1970's. Now we need your help to 
stop this latest attack on defenseless seal pups.

There's still time to act before this year's hunting season is 
over -- please contribute whatever you can to help stop this 
http://www.care2.com/go/z/12397


For the seal pups,
 
Fred O'Regan
President and CEO 
International Fund for Animal Welfare 

PS.  Your help is needed today, please consider supporting 
IFAW's campaign to protect these defenseless seal pups:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/12397

Please forward this message to friends and family and urge 
them to help now! Every minute ... every effort... every donation 
counts!

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