HSI ProtectSeals: What You Can Do

To help end the Canadian seal hunt, the largest commercial slaughter of marine mammals in the world, we need your immediate help. Here are actions you can take right now:

Boycott Canadian Seafood and Tourism

• Sign the pledge. Then, ask your friends to sign, too.
• Ask Clearwater, a major seafood exporter in the sealing provinces, to use its influence to stop the hunt.
• Download a Pocket Guide to easily identify what seafood comes from Canada.
• Ask a business near you to join the boycott.
• If you are a restaurant or seafood professional, click here.
• Don't vacation in Canada. Consider instead spending your tourist dollars in a nation that does not actively promote the barbaric slaughter of wildlife. Write to the Canadian Tourism Commission and the Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism Office to explain why you've made this decision.
• Write, fax, e-mail, or call the nearest Canadian embassy. Click here for suggested points to make.

Donate

• Support HSI's efforts to stop Canada's slaughter of seals. Click here to make a donation.

Canadians: Contact Your Government

• Contact your Senators to urge support for the "Harb Seal Bill."
• Urge five key Senators to "second" the bill.
• Tell Minister of International Trade, Stockwell Day, that the seal hunt damages Canada's international reputation, and remind him that it has resulted in ongoing global boycotts of Canadian seafood and tourism.
• Email Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Spread the Word

• Join our Stop the Hunt! Cause on Facebook.
• Email our seal campaign videos to friends or link to them from your website.
• Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper protesting the seal hunt. Click here for suggested points you can make.

Download Cool Stuff

• Web badges and banners
• Desktop wallpaper

Contact Designers

• Ask the designers who use seal fur and skin to stop providing a financial incentive for the seal hunt. See a list of designers.

Updated November 17, 2009