Save Baby Seals: End the Seal Hunt
Each year, hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals are slaughtered on the ice fields off Canada's east coast for their pelts. Over 95% of the seals killed during this hunt are just days or weeks old.
If you were to witness this cruelty personally, your heart would break. Newborn seals skinned or bled alive ... clubbed to death ... or shot and left wounded to die under the ice.
In the past three years, nearly one million baby seals have been clubbed or shot to death. Shockingly, the hunt is subsidized by the Canadian government!
Please help us show the Canadian government the rest of the world will no longer stand for this inexcusable and senseless hunt.
Last Call for the Mediterranean Monk Seal
The Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, is one of the rarest seal species in the world and the number one endangered marine mammal in Europe: fewer than 600 are left in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. This rare species is listed as critically endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and is protected by international conventions and the European Union. Remaining threats are from the development of the coastal region, tourism, fisheries and pollution.
Visit StoptheSealhunt.org to Take Action
Join the largest growing community to end the seal hunt in the world.
The Biggest Seal Hunt in 50 Years
Canada's seal hunt is the largest deliberate slaughter of marine mammals in the world. Speak out now.
Government Subsidized Cruelty
IFAW documents hundreds of examples of seal hunt cruelty each year, from seals being hooked and dragged across the ice while still alive for skinning, to others being shot in the water and dragged by hooks on to the ice, with no attempt made to check for consciousness.
Speak Out Against The Seal Hunt
Join others around the world in speaking out against the seal hunt. The sealing industry is counting on your silence. Tell Canada the world won't stand for such senseless cruelty any longer.
Seal Hunt Facts Canada Doesn't Want You to Know
Throughout the world, Canada is known and highly respected for its progressive systems of health care, education and values. The senseless cruelty of the seal hunt is one value they'd rather keep out of the world's eye. Here's the true story.
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Victories for Animals and People
Over the years IFAW has won a number of important victories, advancing the welfare of animals and people and protecting vital habitat around the world. (PDF)
