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Take the Challenge with Cat Cora
Help seals and try your luck at winning prizes when you and your friends join Iron Chef Cat Cora in boycotting Canadian seafood. More»
When in Canada, Act Like Russians
Russia just banned the slaughter of baby seals. Canada, what are you waiting for? More» Clearwater Could Do It
One seafood exporter could help bring an end to Canada's commercial seal hunt. More»
Live from the Ice
Spectacular Nursery
It's her 11th year of fighting the commercial seal hunt, but Rebecca Aldworth still calls the harp seal nursery "the best place on earth." Read her first report from the ice in 2009.
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See video of the hunt from 2005-2008» |
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Sign the Pledge!
Don't Buy While Seals Die: Boycott Canadian Seafood.
Grocery Stores: Join the Boycott >>
Make your personal pledge below.
I pledge not to buy seafood products produced in Canada—such as snow crabs, cod, scallops, and shrimp—until Canada ends its commercial seal hunt for good."
Why boycott Canadian seafood?
Seal hunting is an off-season activity conducted by fishers from Canada's East Coast. They earn a small fraction of their incomes from sealing—primarily from the sale of seal pelts to European fashion markets. But the vast majority of the sealers' incomes are from commercial fisheries. Canadian seafood exports to the United States contribute $2.5 billion annually to the Canadian economy—dwarfing the few million dollars provided by the seal hunt. The connection between the commercial fishing industry and the seal hunt in Canada gives consumers all over the world the power to end this cruel and brutal slaughter. Click here to learn more.
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Consumers:
Urge your grocer to join the boycott»
Find out which restaurants, chefs, and businesses have already joined the boycott.
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* How we calculate the number of seals killed. |
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