From: Mercy
Hi guys,
latest info from Rebbecca Aldworth, still no pups... - JB
Still No Pups As We Move North
In the nine years I have observed the seal hunt, I've never seen conditions as bad as those I've witnessed in the past few days. Nothing could have prepared me for this devastation.
The seals' habitat is melting from under them and we are anticipating nearly 100 percent mortality among the more than 260,000 seal pups the Canadian government indicates were born this year in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Yesterday we flew for hours over the northern Gulf near the Strait of Belle Isle. We found ice that looks just like the ice we saw in the south - tiny pans surrounded by areas of open water. We spotted a couple hundred adult seals, but no pups.
Seeing those adult seals yesterday was amazing. The sun reflected off their silvery fur as they played in the water and at the edge of the ice. These are the lucky ones - adult seals are not the target of this hunt.
All signs point to Canada moving ahead with this cruel commercial slaughter of seals. The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans is expected to announce plans and a quota for this year's hunt on Friday. And, right now, the Canadian government is flying over the ice floes, conducting free surveys for the sealing industry to find the pups.
The sealers are preparing their vessels and, just days from now, they will search out and kill every seal pup that remains. The baby seals will not stand a chance; the hunters will know exactly where to find them.
It's heartbreaking. We are so close to ending this slaughter for good but we need you to help us
PLEASE VISIT: www.protectseals.org
TAKE CARE FRIENDS, AND DONT EVEN THINK OF GIVING UP THIS FIGHT! THE SEALS SHALL WIN!!! *******JÖRGEN
