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Help Canadian Grey Seals
Monday, August 4th, 2008

Nova Scotia's Fisheries Minister Ron Chisholm has responded to the proposed EU-wide ban on seal products
with a call for an expansion of the grey seal hunt, with higher numbers killed. He has also requested access
for Nova Scotia sealers to Sable Island, a protected area that is home to the largest breeding colony of grey
seals in the world. Canada's Minister of Fisheries Loyola Hearn has stated that he is presently contemplating
granting these requests. If the grey seal hunt in Nova Scotia is expanded and sealers are allowed to slaughter
seals en masse on Sable Island, it could spell disaster for Nova Scotia's grey seal population.

In February 2008 the government of Nova Scotia colluded with DFO to authorize the slaughter of up to 2,500 grey seal pups on
Hay Island, part of the Scaterie Island protected wilderness area. For the first time ever, the slaughter of grey seal pups in
Nova Scotia was witnessed and documented by a third party. Members of Humane Society International and Atlantic Canadian Anti-Sealing Coalition captured the horrific images on video.

Please take a moment to click on the link below to send an email to Nova Scotia's Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, and to Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, with copies to various government officials and leaders of political parties. Please let them know that Canadians and members of the international community vehemently object to the killing of grey seals in Nova Scotia and strongly oppose any attempts to expand the slaughter.
http://www.antisealingcoalition.ca/GreySeals/email_for_grey_seals.php

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