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Animal Friends Croatia, the Scandinavian Anti-Sealing Coalition, Campaigns Against The Cruelty To Animals, Canada, the Atlantic Canadian Anti-Sealing Coalition, Canada, among other groups, are starting a massive European "Stop Commercial Sealing" campaign, urging every EU country that has not already banned seal products (or considered it) to act now.

The European Commission had asked The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to investigate the Canadian Seal hunt 2007 before making a decision about whether or not to introduce an EU wide ban of seal products.

The first part of their report concluded that Canada's commercial seal hunt is inherently inhumane. EFSA concludes that seals should be recognised as sentient marine mammals that can experience pain, distress, fear and other suffering - not fish, as they are classified in Canada. It also recommends seals should be protected from killing and skinning practices that cause pain, distress and avoidable suffering.

Now we are waiting to hear the outcome of the second part of the report, the so-called "Impact Assessment Report," before the European Commission (and after that, the EU Parliament) makes their final decision.

We urgently need you to help us spread the word about this campaign, so we can have as many European Citizens as possible write their governments asking them to ban seal products nationally. The more countries that talk about, and work actively for implementing national bans on seal products, the easier the decision will be for European-Commission and Parliament in about one or two month's time from now.

Please help us spread the word about this campaign to all your friends, members and supporters in Europe. Together we can do it! We did it with cat and dog fur – we can do it again for the seals!

Thank you!

ACT NOW !

Please send a polite letter of request to your MPs and the members of European Parliament (MEPs) to implement the ban on trade in seal products.

Sample letter you can find here, or you can write a few words on your own.

The list of MPs in your countries

Also, it is very important to urge all the European Union decision makers (MEPs) to vote for the EU ban on trade in seal products. Below you can find their contacts.

The list of MEPs for each country

Countries that still do not have a ban (please politely ask their MEPs to support both their national and the EU ban on a trade in seal products)

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Ireland

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Countries that have a ban (it is worth sending them a thank-you letter of support)

Belgium

The Netherlands

Slovenia

A note

Croatia is not a member state, but has a ban on seal trade products.

If someone wants to send a letter of support it should address it to:

Mr. Bozo Biskupic, Minister
Ministry of Culture
Runjaninova 2
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

http://www.min-kulture.hr/default.aspx?id=10

or email it to:

Mr. Zoran Sikic, Deputy Minister
Ministry of Culture
Nature Protection Directorate
Savska cesta 41
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

e-mail: zoran.sikic@min-kulture.hr (http://www.min-kulture.hr/default.aspx?id=148#)

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