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Each spring in Atlantic Canada, over 300,000 defenseless baby harp seals are massacred on the ice floes. In a matter of weeks, a pristine white nursery turns crimson, with hundreds of thousands of lifeless, skinless bodies strewn all over the ice. This industrial slaughter nets these off-season fishermen only about $40 a pelt.
The massacre is perpetrated by a few thousand Canadians who beat and shoot these seals and skin many of them alive. The money these sealers receive for this is only about 5% of their yearly income from fishing. If these fishermen only stayed home for an extra two weeks, they would continue to earn the Employment Insurance benefits that they earn every year during the off-season.
Detroit:
Wed., March 15, 2006
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Meet in front of Mariners' Church, demonstrate at entrance to Detroit/Windsor tunnel in downtown Detroit
Protest Leader: Darryl Braun, 313 565-7531, Email
Make your own sign or use one of the signs provided
Link
WWW.HSUS.ORG