Canada's Annual Seal Slaughter Set for Late March
Join IDA's Protest in San Francisco and Boycott Canadian Seafood

In late March this year, the single largest mass slaughter of mammals anywhere in the world will once again take place off the East Coast of Canada. Endorsed by the Canadian Government, fishermen will commence the brutal slaughter of over 300,000 harp seals. Last year, more than 98.5% of the seals killed were newborn pups less than two months old.

Sealing is an off-season activity conducted by commercial fishermen from Canada's East Coast. They beat or shoot the defenseless seal pups with rifles, clubs and hakapiks - long wooden clubs with sharp hooked spikes at one end. It really isn't much of a "hunt" because the seals are so young they are barely able to even move.

On average, fishermen make about one-twentieth of their annual incomes from sealing (the rest comes from working in commercial fisheries). Canada exports over three billion dollars worth of seafood a year to the U.S. alone, but only makes a few million from the seal slaughter. IDA joins animal protection groups around the world in calling for people everywhere to boycott Canadian seafood products until Canada stops their annual massacre for good.

What You Can Do:
  1. Contact officials at the Embassy of Canada and tell them that you oppose the Canadian seal slaughter and will boycott Canadian seafood until their government agrees to end the killing.

    The Embassy of Canada
    501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C.
    20001-2114, USA
    Tel: (202) 682-1740
    Fax: (202) 682-7619
    E-mail: webmaster@canadianembassy.org

  2. IDA has long demonstrated against Canada's cruel killing of seals. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, please join IDA's first protest this year against the seal slaughter.

    What: Protest against Canadian seal slaughter
    When: Wednesday, March 15th from 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
    Where: San Francisco/Silicon Valley Consulate General of Canada, 580 California Street, 14th floor, San Francisco

    To RSVP and for directions, please contact IDA Campaign Coordinator Melissa Gonzalez at Melissa@idausa.org or (415) 388-9641 ext. 228. Also contact Melissa if you are interested in organizing an event in your own community.







  3. If you eat fish or other aquatic animals, please do not buy Canadian seafood until Canada agrees to end the seal slaughter for good. Please also inform your friends how buying Canadian seafood supports the massacre of baby seals.
  4. Please attend a demonstration in your area on March 15. A full list is
    below.

    Calgary
    Date: Wednesday, March 15
    Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
    Location: Harry Hays Building, 220 4th Avenue SE, Calgary
    Sponsored by the Calgary Animal Rights Coalition Contact Barbara Sicotte at barbarasicotte@yahoo.ca

    Vancouver B.C. 
    Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
    Time: 12:00 Noon
    Location: Fisheries and Oceans - Pacific Region Office - Suite 200 - 401 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C.
    Sponsored: Sea Shepherd
    Contact: Steve Thompson, s-thompson@shaw.ca


    Austin, TX
    Date: Wed., March 15, 2006
    Time: 5:30 p.m.
    Location: The steps of the Capitol building
    Sponsored by: ACTION FOR ANIMALS (AFA)
    For more info, contact Timothy Verret at (512) 719-4374

    Boston, Massachusetts 
    Date: Wednesday, March 15
    Time: 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m.
    Location: Copley Square at the corner of Dartmouth and Boylston Streets,
    Boston (one block from the Consulate General of Canada at Three Copley
    Place). Copley stop on the MBTA Green Line. 
    Sponsor: The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), World Society for
    the Protection of Animals (WSPA), Massachusetts Society for the Prevention
    of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA), Animal Rescue League of Boston 
    Contact Andrea Cimino at 301-258-3109, protect-seals@hsus.org

    Denver, Colorado 
    Date: Wednesday, March 15th
    Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    Location: Consulate General of Canada, 1625 Broadway, Denver 
    Sponsored: Rocky Mountain Animal Defense
    Website: www.rmad.org
    Contact: Ann Swissdorf at vegann@juno.com

    Detroit, Michigan 
    Date: Wednesday, March 15 
    Time: 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
    Location: Downtown Detroit at the entrance to the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel.
    Meet in front of the Mariners' Church.
    Contact Darryl at darryl_braun@yahoo.com or 313-565-7531.

    Los Angeles 
    Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
    Time: 12:00-4:00
    Location: Consulate General of Canada, 550 South Hope Street, Los Angeles
    Sponsored: Harpseals.org
    Contact: Ian Robichaud, info@harpseals.org
    Phone: (310) 392-4742

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 
    Date: Wednesday, March 15 
    Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. 
    Location: 701 Fourth Ave. South, downtown Minneapolis. 
    Sponsor: Friends of Animals and Their Environments (FATE) and the Coalition
    for Animal Rights Education (CARE)
    For more info, contact: Howard Goldman at 651-690-4997
    hgig.goldman@worldnet.att.net 

    New York, New York 
    Date: Wednesday, March 15
    Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.
    Location: Consulate General of Canada, 1251 Avenue of the Americas (6th
    Ave), New York City (Take the B or D subway lines to the 47-50 Streets
    Rockefeller Center stop) 
    Sponsor: The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
    For more info, contact: Julie O'Connor at 201-927-3617,
    julieo898@hotmail.com

    Salt Lake City, UT
    Date: Wed., March 15, 2006
    Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m.
    Location: Red Lobster on 2700 South and 1300 East
    Sponsored by Utah Animal Rights Coalition (URAC)
    For more info, contact, Leici Hendrix, leici@uarc.com 

    San Diego, CA Date: Wed., March 15, 2006 Time: 11:00 - 2:00 p.m. Location: Location: Canadian Consulate Trade Office 402 West Broadway Suite 400 San Diego, CA 92101 Sponsored by San Diego Animal Advocates and Last Chance for Animals San Diego. Contact: Megan at vegan_megan81@yahoo.com

    Seattle, WA 
    Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
    Time: 12:00 Noon
    Location: The Consulate General of Canada, 6th Ave. and Stewart St., Downtown Seattle
    Sponsored: Sea Shepherd
    Contact: Connie Domenech, connie@seashepherd.org

    Washington, DC
    Date: Wednesday, March 15
    Time: 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m.
    Location: Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
    (near the Archives/Navy Memorial and Gallery Place/Chinatown metro stops)
    Sponsor: The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
    Contact Andrea Cimino at 301-258-3109, protect-seals@hsus.org
    Web site: www.protectseals.org


    South Africa
    Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 
    Time: Between 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m. 
    Location: The Consulate General of Canada
    19th floor, South African Reserve Bank Building
    Cape Town, South Africa
    60 St. George's Mall
    When: Contact: Lejane Hardy 083 6511120
    lejane@thecommskitchen.co.za 

    Kelowna, B.C. (Canada)
    Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 
    Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. 
    Location: Doggytopia, 104-1054 Ellis St.
    Contact: Sinikka Crosland, tracs@shaw.ca ; Ph/fax: 250-768-4803

Photos: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (www.seashepherd.org)