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Eight endangered sea turtles arrive at UNE's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center |
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Written by MFOA
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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BIDDEFORD, Maine - Seven Kemp's ridley turtles and one green sea turtle arrived on Jan. 25, 2008 from the New England Aquarium in Boston to the University of New England's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center where they will be rehabilitated and released to the wild. Read more
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Help MFOA Support the Ending of the Cruel Slaughter of Canadian Seal Pups |
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Written by MFOA
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Wednesday, 31 January 2007 |
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Maine Friends of Animals is asking its members and animal protection activists in Maine to please support its effort in ending one of the most egregious forms of animal cruelty, which is now being perpetrated by the Canadian government’s sanctioning of the annual slaughter of over 300,000 harp or hooked seal pups. Maine being the closest American state to this extremely inhumane hunt must support a complete ban on this brutal practice for fur. MFOA’s strategy is political and financial in nature and needs your support. Three ways you can help MFOA in this effort:
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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 |
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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. Please write:
The Hon. Geoff Regan, M.P.,
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Parliament Hill: House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario KIA 0A6
Canada
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Editorial Cartoon |
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Written by MFOA
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Saturday, 04 February 2006 |
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January 2009