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Now in its fourth day, Canada’s annual commercial slaughter of baby seals has intensified after this new area was opened to sealers. As you read this, baby seals are being shot and clubbed to death by the thousands. Will you help me save these beautiful creatures?

Already, the melting of ice due to global warming has devastated seal populations. It's estimated that more than a quarter of the seal pups born this year have died. And the survivors are now being targeted in the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet -- a slaughter whose primary purpose is to sell the skins of baby seals to the fur industry.

After my years on the ice with the ProtectSeals team, here’s what I want you to know: The Humane Society of the United States will be here until we stop the seal hunt forever. We must end this carnage now, and we desperately need your financial support to do so. With your help, we will force the Canadian government and fishing industry to stop this cruel slaughter. We will prove that the world is watching and that it will not stand idly by while hundreds of thousands of seals are clubbed or shot and skinned on the ice. Click here to make your donation to save seals today.

In the nine years I have borne witness to this cruel hunt, I can tell you that it has never gotten any easier to watch. But I am strengthened by the knowledge that we will win this fight -- with the help of you and hundreds of thousands of others who are outraged by this atrocity. 

Together, we can stop the seal hunt forever. We must! Please make your contribution today, and join me in making a personal commitment to saving the seals. Your donation today will help us to show the Canadian government and fishing industry that they have no choice but to stop the hunt.

Thank you for all that you do on behalf of animals and for your support during this terrible time on Canada's ice floes.

Sincerely,
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Rebecca Aldworth
Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues
The Humane Society of the United States

P.S. Just five days ago, I visited with seal pups on these very ice floes.  The innocence I saw on their sweet faces makes what I'm seeing today all the more tragic.  Please donate today.