Tasso : die Robbenjagd beginnt

TASSO-Newsletter



Robbenjagd in Kanada beginnt


In Kanada dürfen, allen Protest von Tierschützern und Prominenten zum Trotz, in der Saison 2006 noch mehr Robben getötet werden als ein Jahr zuvor. Die kanadische Regierung gab am Mittwoch quasi den „Startschuss“ für die diesjährige Robbenjagd. Ungeachtet weltweiter Proteste wurde die Jagdquote auf die Jungtiere um 5.000 auf 325.000 Tiere erhöht. Fischereiminister Loyola Hearn betonte, dass die Seehundpopulation gesund sei und auf sechs Millionen Tiere gestiegen sei.

Kritiker (unter anderem Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney) verurteilten die Robbenjagd aufs Schärfste. Der International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) hatte in der Vergangenheit Szenen dokumentiert, bei denen die Tiere grausam erschlagen wurden und elendig ersticken mussten. Manche Robben seien bei lebendigem Leibe gehäutet worden, erklärte die Gesellschaft.

Minister Hearn stellte dies als von den Medien aufgebauschte Einzelfälle dar.

TASSO e.V.
Frankfurter Str. 20 ● 65795 Hattersheim ● Germany
Telefon: +49 (0) 6190 937300 ● Telefax: +49 (0) 6190 937400
eMail: [email protected] ● HomePage:

Dear Friends
Premier Danny Williams recently lied about the cruel conditions of Canada's seal hunt during a "Larry King Live" interview. Tell Canada's government to come clean about what's really happening on the ice.

In just a few weeks, the largest slaughter of marine mammals is set to begin on the ice off Canada's East Coast.

Over 300,000 seals, mostly babies, will be bludgeoned or shot to death for their fur.

But the income generated by the commercial seal hunt doesn't go as far as the Canadian government would like you to think; it accounts for less than one percent of Newfoundland's GDP - an average of only $1,000 per sealer.

What's worse, the seals are slaughtered in the most inhumane fashion during the hunt - routinely clubbed or shot and left to suffer on the ice, then dragged over the side of boats with sharpened metal hooks. Some are even skinned alive.

When Danny Williams, Premier of Labrador and Newfoundland, was given the chance to tell the truth about the hunt during a recent episode of "Larry King Live" on CNN, he chose instead to lay false claims about the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and their documentation of the hunt's cruelty.

Claiming to speak on behalf of Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Williams said: "IFAW representatives, veterinarians and other experts have said the seal hunt is humane."

The truth? There isn't a single reputable "expert" or "veterinary group" that has observed the seal hunt and called it humane. In fact, IFAW experts concluded the slaughter to be inherently cruel and horrific.

Doesn't the public at least deserve to know the facts about how baby seals are being killed?

in urging Canada's Prime Minister to tell the truth about what's really happening on the ice.

Thanks for your action today.

Lauren Alvarez
Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team

Care2.com, Inc.
275 Shoreline Drive, Suite 150
Redwood City, CA 94065