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MFOA to Join Canadian Seafood Boycott |
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Written by Robert Fisk
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Saturday, 04 February 2006 |
There are few forms of animal cruelty that exceed the brutality of the annual Canadian seal hunt. We have all seen the horrific pictures of baby seals being clubbed to death and often skinned alive. Despite global opposition and years of protest more than 317,000 harp seals were killed for their fur in 2005, bringing the three year total to over a million seals. The Canadian government has used many lines of “reasoning” --- all unreasonable and flawed --- to attempt to justify the slaughter. A number of national animal protection organizations have joined together to push for a boycott of Canadian seafood.
Maine is the closest U.S. state to this killing, therefore MFOA
feels we should be as active as we can by joining the boycott. We are
going to contact Maine restaurants to encourage them to join this
boycott. The list of targeted companies are available online at
BoycottCanadianSeafood.net. This would politically also help Maine
seafood sellers. Once we have collected as many restaurants as we can
to join the boycott, MFOA will place ads in the six Maine daily
newspapers listing the restaurants that have joined the boycott. MFOA
will also use the ad to educate the Maine public of this terribly
inhumane slaughter that Maine citizens should encourage the Canadian
government to end.
How You Can HelpPlease send us a
list of restaurants in your community that serve seafood and their
addresses. MFOA will send them a packet of information and a request to
join the boycott. Even better if you would like to approach the
restaurant owner yourself we will send the packets directly to you. In
one of our newsletters we will publish a list of the boycotting
restaurants, and the MFOA members who were responsible for bringing us
restaurants that have joined the boycott. Please send us your list
today. If you had plans to visit Canada this year for vacation,
consider an alternative vacation destination and write the Canadian
government of your decision. Once again targeting a financial loss by
continuing this practice.
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January 2008