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How You Can Help Seals

Though we are thrilled by our victory in Europe, our fight is not over yet. Here are more ways to take action for seals:

Boycott Canadian Seafood and Tourism

Sign the pledge. Then, ask your friends to sign, too.
Ask Clearwater, a major seafood exporter in the sealing provinces, to use its influence to stop the hunt.
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
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.
Write, fax, e-mail, or call the nearest Canadian embassy. Click here for suggested points to make.

Donate

Support HSI's efforts to stop Canada's slaughter of seals. Click here to make a donation.

Spread the Word

Join our Stop the Hunt! Cause on Facebook.
Email our seal campaign videos to friends or link to them from your website.
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper protesting the seal hunt. Click here for suggested points you can make.

Download Cool Stuff

Contact Designers

Ask the designers who use seal fur and skin to stop providing a financial incentive for the seal hunt. See a list of designers.

Updated May 5, 2009

Today, the European Parliament made history when it voted overwhelmingly to ban trade in seal products.

We could not have won this victory without our supporters. Advocates in Europe and around the world sent letters, faxes, and emails showing the decision-makers in the EU that people care deeply about the seals. When we all work together, we can make a real difference for seals and other animals.

Europe has been a primary market for Canadian seal products, and many believe this ban spells the beginning of the end of the slaughter; however, the fight is not over yet. That is why we will continue maintaining economic pressure on Canada's fishing industry through our boycott of Canadian seafood products. We will continue pressing for a strong law in Canada to stop commercial sealing. And we will continue to lobby other nations to ban seal products.

Thank you for being a part of this historic campaign to save the seals. I know we can count on you to stay with us as we bring a final end to Canada's commercial seal slaughter.