Georges Laraque to Lead Tax Day Protest of Failing, Government-Subsidized Seal Slaughter
For Immediate Release:
April 27, 2012
Contact:
Shakira Croce 202-483-7382
Montréal -- Led by former Montréal Canadiens forward Georges Laraque and holding signs that read, "The $eal $laughter Bleed$ Million$ in Taxe$," members of PETA and Concordia Animal Rights Association will protest on Tax Day outside the NAFFEM international fur convention in Montréal on Monday. Activists will be dressed in business suits and will hold bags filled with fake money. Their point? That the Canadian government is bankrolling a controversial fur promotion at NAFFEM in an effort to peddle seal pelts to Canadians.
When: Monday, April 30, 12 noon
Where: Place Bonaventure, 800 rue de la Gauchetière ouest (at the intersection of rue Mansfield), Montréal
"While the sealers are digging their hakapiks into the bodies of baby seals, the government is digging into the pockets of taxpayers to sustain the massacre," says PETA protester Emily Lavender, a native of Canada.
A 2010 study at the University of Guelph found that ending the commercial seal slaughter would save Canada at least $7 million each year. The Montréal fur show attracts buyers mostly from the U.S., Russia, and Europe—none of which allows seal imports anymore.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.