End of the Canadian Seal Slaughter 09

Email from Peta:
The 2009 Canadian seal slaughter has officially ended, and we're happy to tell you that this year, about three-fourths of the seals who were scheduled to be bludgeoned or shot to death during the annual war on seals were spared. More than 300,000 of these gentle creatures were scheduled to die during the blood bath on the ice, but more than 200,000 seals did not suffer the cruel fate that Canada had intended for them. They did not have to feel the pain of having their skull bashed in or feel what it's like to have a hook stuck through their eye, cheek, or mouth—just so that their fur could be stolen for "fashion."

This dramatic decline in the number of seals who were killed during the slaughter is largely because the price of seal fur has fallen over the years as the disgust over the slaughter increases. The European Union and the U.S. have banned seal products, and world leaders have spoken out against the massacre. Demonstrations from London to Hamburg and Los Angeles to Toronto have made the headlines, and kind people like you all over the world have sent a strong, united message that the seal bloodbath must end.

We will be fighting on for these defenseless babies until the Canadian government backs down and bans the slaughter, and we need your help.

We've just launched an awesome new site, OlympicShame2010.com, which is a spoof of the Vancouver Olympic site, to increase global pressure on the Canadian government to end the bloody seal slaughter once and for all. Be sure to check out our Canadian maple syrup boycott (read more here) as well as photos of demonstrations from around the world, a video, and lots of ways to help end the slaughter. Seriously, you'll love the site!

Keep fighting with us, and let's win this battle for the mothers and babies on the ice!