Motorcade Protests East Coast Seal Hunt
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:28:45 -0700
Jun 24 2006
Imagine 325,000 dead and skinned seals lining the
Island Highway from Victoria past Campbell River.
Thats the image organizers of the Funeral Motorcade
for the Seals would like to to grasp as they travel
the distance in protest of Canadas East Coast seal
hunt.
The motorcade leaves Victoria on July 2 at 10:15 a.m.,
stopping in Duncan, Ladysmith, Nanaimo (12:15 to 12:50
p.m.), Parksville, Qualicum, Courtenay, Comox and
Campbell River, raising awareness of the annual hunt
on the ice flows off Newfoundland and Labrador.
We usually set the number of kilometres by the quota
of seals which is set by the government, said Anthony
Marr of Heal Our Planet Earth.
Marr said seven or eight vehicles will be leaving
Victoria, with others joining along the way, and he
expects up to 15 when the motorcade reaches full
strength.
We will be raising awareness by holding media
conferences in each city. We need the media to convey
our message to the general public, he said.
Our idea is to convert a statistical number like 325
kilometres into a horrific vision of 325 seal bodies
per metre. Hit the public in the guts.
Marr admits it is a lot of work to get the message of
the seals fate out to Canadians and their group has
to try to be innovative and come up with something new
all the time.
For more information on the Funeral Motorcade for the
Seals, please telephone 1-866-822-1169.
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Everyone who lives in LA (or other cities in CA),
please get the word out about Anthony and his
motorcade to your friends. Maybe you know people who
live in San Diego or Northern CA. He will start in
San Diego and work his way up the state.
I would love for us to have a HUGE motorcade on (we
believe it will be November 18, Sat., 2006) that will
go from LA to Santa Barbara (this is just for the LA
area but you could go farther if you want).
Please, I know it is very early but I just wanted
everyone to have a heads up that I will work with
Anthony in any way I can to have a HUGE turnout and WE
WANT MEDIA ATTENTION so please tell your friends and
spread the word.
thank you very much.
Sue
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Sent: 6/24/2006 8:16:34 PM
----- Original Message -----
From: Sinikka Crosland
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 8:06 PM
Subject: letter to editor: Funeral Motorcade for
the Seals
Dear Editor:
Kudos to Anthony Marr and his Funeral Motorcade
for the Seals ("Motorcade Protests East Coast Seal
Hunt", June 24, 2006). Have supporters of the brutal
yearly massacre ever stopped to wonder what might
motivate a person to take to the streets and advocate
so staunchly for the well-being of animals? Critics
of such crusades are quick to state that these are
fundraising events, but they have stopped short of
doing the math in their zeal to deflect from the true
purpose of these events. With the rising cost of gas,
animal advocates like Anthony Marr will not be further
ahead financially. They are, however--ethically
speaking--light years ahead of those who support the
mass slaughter of innocent baby harp seals. Further,
in anticipation of the usual arguments from the
sealing sector and the government, seals do not stop
being babies at 12 days old, when their white coats
begin to turn gray. This is another devious attempt
at twisting the facts by those who really know better.
May this be the last motorcade that must ever be
conducted for the seals. Hopefully our federal
government will soon locate its sense of ethics and
bring an end to the largest and most vicious slaughter
of sentient marine mammals on earth.
Respectfully yours,
Sinikka Crosland
3430 Turnbull Road
Westbank, B.C.
V4T 1W3
Ph/fax: 250-768-4803
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Marie E. Schwartz, CMA
402-216-7109/cell
Please Stop Buying Canadian Seafood.
www.shirtsforseals.com
To view the 6/12/06 Today Show expose on the Seal
"Hunt," go to www.protectseals.org
"If most of us rounded a corner on a highway and saw a
slaughter like this, we would call the police, we
would scream until our throats gave out, we would
probably charge the men with clubs. We wouldnt say,
Id do something, but there are so many other
problems in the world
Patti Davis, Newsweek, 4/6/05
Photo courtesy of SSCS 2003
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