Protect Seals: What You Can Do

To help end the Canadian seal hunt, the largest commercial slaughter of marine mammals in the world, we need your immediate help. Here are actions you can take right now:

1. Boycott Canadian Seafood
2. Contact Canada's prime minister
3. Contact the nearest Canadian embassy
4. Don't vacation in Canada
5. Contact Canada's minister of international trade
6. Write a letter to the editor
7. Ask designers not to use seal skin
8. Support HSI's ProtectSeals campaign
9. Spread the word
10. Put our banners, badges and videos on your blogs, profiles and webpages
11. Sign up to receive updates from the ice

1. Join our boycott of Canadian seafood products. We believe the Canadian government will quickly realize the economic impact of a fisheries boycott is too high a price to pay for the seal hunt. HSI will deliver your pledge to Canada's government so the politicians will know you've joined our international Protect Seals team to end the hunt. 
   
   >  Sign the pledge.
   >  Download a Pocket Guide to easily identify what seafood comes from Canada.
   >  Ask a business near you to join the boycott.
   >  If you are a restaurant or seafood professional, click here.

2. Contact Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Click here to take action.

3. Write, fax, e-mail, or call the nearest Canadian embassy.
   >  You can look up the Canadian embassy in your nation.
   >  Click here for suggested points to make.

4. Don't vacation in Canada. Consider instead spending your tourist dollars in a nation that does not actively promote the barbaric slaughter of wildlife. Write to the Canadian Tourism Commission and the Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism Office to explain why you've made this decision.
   
   Canadian Tourism Commission
   Four Bentall Centre, Suite 1400
   1055 Dunsmuir Street, Box 49230
   Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V7X 1L5
   604-638-8300
   E-mail: Use the Contact Us form on www.canadatourism.com
   
   Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism
   P.O. Box 8700
   St. John's, NL Canada A1B 4J6
   1-800-563-6353
   Email: tourisminfo@gov.nl.ca

5. Tell Canada's Minister of International Trade, David Emerson, that the seal hunt damages Canada's international reputation, and remind him that it has resulted in ongoing global boycotts of Canadian seafood and tourism. Click here to take action.

6. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper protesting the seal hunt.
   >  Click here for suggested points you can make.

7. Ask the designers who use seal fur and skin to stop providing a financial incentive for the seal hunt. 
   >  Click here to see a list of designers.
   >  Sign the fur-free pledge and join the more than 115,000 people who have pledged to help us tell the fashion industry that the animals need their fur more than we do.
8. Support HSI's efforts to stop Canada's slaughter of seals. Click here to make a donation.
9. Tell everyone you know about the seal hunt.
   >  Ask them to sign our pledge to boycott Canadian seafood and contact the Canadian government to demand the hunt stop.
   >  Email our seal campaign videos to friends or link to them from your website.
10. Visit the ProtectSeals Action Toolkit to download banners and badges to put on your own webpages, blogs, or social network profiles (MySpace, etc.). You can even add video!
11. Visit Live from the Ice and sign up to receive the latest news from the ProtectSeals team as it documents the hunt.

Updated March 23, 2007