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Originally Posted by catinthedark

but did you read the actual facts about the hunt? i fear it does more harm to bombard the canadian government with emails and petitions that aren't based in fact. the fact is: petitions and anger and protests have already stopped the hunt of the white coats. back in 1987. so it is a waste of time to be sending these petitions. read the facts and adjust your petitions and arguments in accordance. i think you'll have more of an impact that way.

The petition doesn't mention the "white coats", it's talking about seals on the ice of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the hunt that goes on every year.
So, either the seals off Newfoundland and Labrador are not white coats, and are still hunted every year - or -
the seals off Newfoundland and Labrador are white coats, as you imply, and so the hunt of them has been stopped, like you say, and this entire petition is some kind of giant lie - which would be a waste of time.

So which is it? Are these white coats and they're not being killed at all off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, or are they not speaking of white coats, but about some seal that is hunted yearly at the end of March off Newfoundland and Labrador?
And also, they have commentary from the "grim opening of the 2005 hunt" - how did they get that if there was no 2005 hunt? I'm confused.

Here is a copy of the letter sent, in case you didn't read it.

"As the newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, you have an unparalleled opportunity to put an end to the cruel annual slaughter of more than 300,000 seals on the ice off Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian seal hunt, the largest commercial slaughter of marine mammals on the planet, targets baby seals as young as 12 days of age. A recent veterinary study showed that many of the seals were skinned while still alive and able to feel pain. This hunt must be stopped.

More and more, the citizens of the world are showing their opposition to the seal hunt, as the growing success of the Canadian seafood boycott and the recent bans on seal products in Greenland and Italy show. I urge you to make a firm commitment to do everything in your power to end this barbaric and economically unnecessary hunt as soon as possible.

Thank you for your time and consideration in this important matter."