Group Targets Canadian High Commission With Beautiful Artwork
For Immediate Release:
March 30, 2011
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Ashley Gonzalez 202-483-7382
London — Today, hoping to melt the cold hearts of the pro–seal slaughter Canadian government, PETA UK members unveiled a 6½-foot tall seal ice sculpture outside the London headquarters of the Canadian High Commission. The seal statue refers onlookers to PETA UK's website StopTheSealSlaughter.com, where they can watch video footage of the slaughter and sign native Canadian Pamela Anderson's petition to stop the massacre.
"Even our ice sculpture seems warm compared to Canada's cold-blooded war on baby seals," says PETA UK's Mandy Carter. "Despite universal condemnation, Canada maintains its cavalier attitude to the biggest massacre of marine mammals in the world."
During the annual slaughter, hundreds of thousands of baby seals are slated to have their heads bashed in or are shot. The commercial seal slaughter is an off-season profit venture for the fishing industry, and it accounts for less than 1 percent of Newfoundland's economy. Sealing by native peoples accounts for only about 3 percent of the slaughter and does not fall under any bans. The E.U. and the U.S. have banned the import of seal products, and world leaders—including President Barack Obama, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and His Holiness The Dalai Lama—have spoken out against the carnage.
For more information, please visit StopTheSealSlaughter.com.