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Victory for the Seals

Saturday, May 9, 2009
Posted in Marine | Tagged Marine

This week, we were overjoyed to hear the news from Europe that the Seal Bill to ban seal imports had passed. This news was especially comforting after doing the math and realizing that the seal slaughter only brought in $0.13 per hour for the sealers who participated in the “hunt.” Hopefully, this bloody industry is being put to and end at last. In addition, we are honored to be recognized for our Animal Planet TV show “Whale Wars” by the Television Academy. We also saw success in our campaign to get shark cartilage products off of store shelves across North America in a collaborative effort with Holista Health Inc. In the meantime, our ongoing campaign in the Galapagos moves forward as the K9 unit project expands to more Galapagos Islands to sniff out illegal contraband…
It’s official- the European Seal Bill has passed!!!
Sealing industry devastated-

The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly this week to ban seal product imports. Our long struggle to achieve this goal is over and it has ended in a great victory for civilized morality and ecological responsibility over barbaric greed, cruelty, and waste.

The results of the vote in Strasbourg were overwhelming: 550 votes for the ban and a mere 49 against it. The European Bill to ban seal products passed with 92% support from the European parliamentarians.

“Hopefully this will give the government of Canada the message that they need to join the 21st Century,” said Captain Paul Watson. “This kind of barbarity has absolutely no place in our world today.”
Learn more about this success for the seals

 Learn more about this success for the seals