WWA Animal Awareness VOICE FOR SEALS Raise Awareness - PLEASE SHARE IF YOU CARE Canada and Namibia are the only two countries to permit the clubbing of seals. The annual quota for Cape fur seal pups in Namibia ranges between 80,000 and 90,000 animals, with an additional quota of between 6,000 and 7,000 bulls. In 2012, the quota for the Canadian harp seal hunt was 400,000 animals. Earthrace Conservation released graphic footage captured by covert filming of the annual seal cull (Thursday 4th July 2013) on one of Namibia’s highest security beaches, Atlas Bay, a lucrative diamond mining area. The footage shows dozens of seal pups being driven across the beach to be clubbed to death by a team wielding what appear to be pick axe handles before their carcasses are loaded into a pick-up truck for disposal. An Earthrace spokesperson who witnessed the hunt said of terrified pups are rounded up, separated from their mothers, and violently beaten to death. An additional 6,000 bull seals are killed for their genitalia which are thought to be an aphrodisiac in some cultures. Most of this is exported to Asia. A petition to end the seal hunt in Namibia posted in 2012 has garnered more than 70,000 signatures. The Canadian seal hunt, the largest in the world, has faced international scrutiny and criticism in recent years. The European Union and Russia have both banned imports of seal products. The Canadian government has argued that the hunt is humane, tightly regulated and economically important to coastal communities. TAKE ACTION IF YOU CARE! avaaz.org/en/petition/The_Seals_Of_Nam_End_the_seal_hunt_in_Namibia/sealaction.org/campaigns/end-the-namibian-seal-hunt seashepherd.org/desert-seal/seal-cull-facts.html https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4119 harpseals.org/index.php youtube/watch?v=lB73TWABTiU
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:43:33 +0000
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