IFAW Campaign Wins Major Victory for Seals

Today we celebrate an incredible victory!

The European Parliament has just announced a ban on the trade of seal products within the European Union.

This may be the most significant victory in IFAW’s 40 year campaign to end Canada’s commercial seal hunt…and we couldn’t have done it without you.

From Mexico City to Madrid to Moscow, tens of thousands of letters, postcards, and e-mails poured in – making a clear statement that the world is against this brutal hunt.

The European Parliament listened, and now the end of the commercial seal hunt may be inevitable. Already, prices for seal pelts have dropped to half of what they were last year. And with this ban, 7 out of Canada’s top 10 export markets are now closed for business.

This is a fantastic win, but we can’t rest now. We must make a final push to end this hunt once and for all!

IFAW is shifting all its focus back to where we started this fight four decades ago: For the first time in history, a Canadian senator has proposed a bill to ban the hunt – and now we need to gather as much support for Senator Harb’s bill as possible.

If you already contacted the Canadian embassy, thank you!

If you haven’t yet had a chance, please contact the Canadian embassy today, http://www.stopthesealhunt.com/c.ihKPIWPCIqE/b.5015401/k.8FB6/Action_Item_TEST/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?msource=DR090401001 and demand that they support Senator Harb’s bill to ban the seal hunt.

You can make history – by helping make the seal hunt history. Let’s put an end to this cruel hunt once and for all.

Please act today – http://www.stopthesealhunt.com/c.ihKPIWPCIqE/b.5015401/k.8FB6/Action_Item_TEST/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?msource=DR090401001 make it the very next thing you do.

Congratulations on this incredible victory, and thanks so much for your support,

Fred O’Regan
IFAW President & CEO

p.s. IFAW started this fight…and now we’re going to finish it. Help us end this hunt forever by contacting the Canadian embassy today.